Raymond Berengar IV the Saint, Count of Provence^[1]

Abt 1113 - 1162  (~ 49 years)

• Name	Raymond Berengar IV the Saint
  Suffix	Count of Provence
  Birth	Abt 1113
  Gender	Male
  inherited	1131
  	Count of Provence
  	Count of Provence 1131-1162 He inherited the county of Barcelona from his father Ramon Berenguer III on August 19, 1131
  Acceded	13 Nov 1137
  	ruler of Aragon
  	Ramiro II of Aragon the Monk, who sought Barcelona's aid against Alfonso VII of Castile, abdicated on November 13 that same year, leaving his kingdom to Petronilla and Ramon Berenguer. The latter essentially became ruler of Aragon, although he was never king himself,
  Death	6 Aug 1162	Borgo San Dalmazzo Piedmont, Italy
  Notes	http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ramon_Berenguer_IV,_Count_of_Barcelona http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ramon_Berenguer_IV,_Count_of_Barcelona leaving the title of Count of Barcelona to his eldest son Ramon Berenguer, who next year inherited the title of King of Aragon from the abdication of his mother Petronilla of Aragon (Ramiro II was already dead). His name was changed to Alfonso as a nod to his Aragonese lineage, and he thus became Alfonso II of Aragon http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Count_of_Barcelona The succession of Ramon Berenguer IV and Petronilla to the Kingdom of Aragon led to the creation of the Crown of Aragon. The County of Barcelona formed a constituent part of this realm, and the Crown of Spain, until the Nueva Planta decrees between 1707 and 1716, when Philip declared that all Spanish kingdoms and territories should merge into a single, centralized Kingdom of Spain. In Barcelona this was promulgated in 1716. The County of Barcelona became one of the many hereditary titles of the Spanish monarchy.
  Person ID	I5639	Glenn Cook Family
  Last Modified	19 Jun 2013

  
  

  Father	Berengar Raymond III the Great, Count of Barcelona,   b. 1082, Rodez, , Midi-Pyrénées, France d. 1131 (Age 49 years)
  Mother	Dolca of Provence, Countess of Provence,   b. Abt 1090   d. 1127 (Age ~ 37 years)
  Marriage	1112
  Family ID	F3457	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Petronilla Ramirez, Queen of Aragón,   b. 1135   d. 17 Oct 1174, Barcelona, Cataluña, Spain (Age 39 years)
  Marriage	11 Aug 1137
  		Petronila Ramon Berenguer
  Children	1. Alphonso II the Chaste of Aragon, King of Aragon,   b. May 1152   d. 25 Apr 1196 (Age ~ 43 years)   2. Sancho of Provence, Count of Provence   d. 1223   3. Peter (Pere)   d. Yes, date unknown   4. Fernando   d. Yes, date unknown   5. Raymond Berengar IV of Provence, Count of Provence   d. 1181   6. Dulcia of Barcelona, Queen consort of Portugal,   b. 1160   d. 1 Sep 1198, Coimbra, Kingdom of Portugal (Age 38 years)
  Family ID	F3456	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	19 Jun 2013

  
  

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• Sources

  [S36] Brian Tompsett, Dept of Computer Science, University of Hull, England(B.C.Tompsett@dcs.hull.ac.uk), Directory of Royal Genealogical Data, (This work is Copyright b 1994-2002 Brian C Tompsett).