Alphonse II, count of Provence

Also known as Infante don Alfonso Berenguer de Aragón.

Events

Date of Birth: 1180.

The date is given by Salazar y Acha (p. 153). 1182 is given by Giordanengo and Vones-Liebenstein. Barrios Martínez (p. 84) states that he must have been born about July 1179, or maybe a few months earlier.

Date of Death: between 11 October and 30 November 1209.

Place of Death: Palermo.

The date and place are given by Salazar y Acha (p. 153). Barrios Martínez notes that Alphonse made his will 11 September 1209.

Relationships

Father: Alfonso II “el Casto”, king of Aragon.

This relationship is given by Salazar y Acha (p. 153), by Pécout, by Vones-Liebenstein, and by Giordanengo.

Mother: Infanta doña Sancha de Castilla.

This relationship is given by Salazar y Acha (p. 153), by Vones-Liebenstein, by Barrios Martínez, and by Pécout.

Spouse: Gersende, countess of Forcalquier. Married July 1193 in Aix-en-Provence.

This relationship is given by Salazar y Acha (p. 153), by Vones-Liebenstein, and by Pécout.

Children:

(Complete source citations for facts about the children on this page are currently outside of the scope of this project. Most information below comes from Barrios Martínez.)

Raimond-Bérenger IV (about 1198 - 19 August 1245), count of Provence, married Béatrice de Savoie in December 1220.

Gersende de Provence (born about 1206 - died 1263) married Guillaume (II), vicomte of Béarn.

References

Cokayne, G.E., and G.W. Watson. The Seize Quartiers of the Kings and Queens of England. (1896).

Giordanengo, G. "Alfons II., Graf der Provence 1196-1209" in Lexikon des Mittelalters Band 1 (Stuttgart 1980).

Barrios Martínez, María Dolores. Sancha, primera reina de la Corona Aragón. (Instituto de Estudios Altoaragoneses, 2017).

Pécout, Thierry. L’invention de la Provence: Raymond Bérenger V (1209-1235) (Perrin, 2004).

Salazar y Acha, Jaime de. Las dinastías reales de España en la Edad Media. (Real Academia de la Historia, 2021).

Vones-Liebenstein, Ursula. Aragon genealogical table in volume 9 of Lexikon des Mittelalters. Munich: LexMA-Verlag, 1980-1998.