Ramiro II the Monk of Aragón Sanchez, King of Aragón^[1]

Abt 1075 - 1157  (~ 82 years)

• Name	Ramiro II the Monk of Aragón Sanchez
  Suffix	King of Aragón
  Birth	Abt 1075
  Gender	Male
  Acceded	1134
  	King of Aragon
  	King of Aragon 1134\endash 1137/1157 In the time between his accession and the betrothal of his daughter, Ramiro II had already had to put down a rebellion of the nobles, and knowing himself not to be a war king, he passed royal authority to his son-in-law Ramon Berenguer on 13 November 1137. Ramon became the "Prince of the Aragonese people" (Princeps Aragonensis) and effective chief of the kingdom's armies. Ramiro never formally resigned his royal rights, continuing to use the royal title, and keeping aware of the business of the kingdom, he withdrew from public life, returning to the Abbey of San Pedro in Huesca. He later became known for the famous and passionate legend of the Bell of Huesca. He died there on 16 August 1157, the crown then formally passing to his daughter Petronilla
  Death	16 Aug 1157	Huesca
  Notes	Initially a Monk, he temporarily gave up his monastic order and married. Rejected by the navarrese he retired to his monastry in 1134. http://www.hull.ac.uk/php/cssbct/cgi-bin/gedlkup.php/n=royal?royal07693 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ramiro_II_of_Aragon The Aragonese took Ramiro out of a monastery and made him king, marrying him without papal dispensation to Agnes, sister of the Duke of Aquitaine, then betrothing their newborn daughter to Ramon Berenguer IV, Count of Barcelona, who was then named Ramiro's heir.
  Person ID	I8422	Glenn Cook Family
  Last Modified	19 Jun 2013

  
  

  Father	Sancho V of Aragón Ramirez, King of Aragón,   b. 1042   d. 4 Jun 1094, Huesca (Age 52 years)
  Mother	Felicie de Roucy   d. 3 May 1123
  Marriage	1076
  Family ID	F3468	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Agnes of Aquitaine   d. Abt 1159, Abbey of Fontevraud
  Marriage	1135	Jaca
  Children	1. Petronilla Ramirez, Queen of Aragón,   b. 1135   d. 17 Oct 1174, Barcelona, Cataluña, Spain (Age 39 years)
  Family ID	F3464	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	19 Jun 2013

  
  

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  Ramiro II of Aragon

  
  

• 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).