Ramón Berenguer I “el Viejo”, count of Barcelona

Count of Barcelona, Girona, Osona, Carcassona, and Rasès

Events

Date of Birth: 1023.

Place of Birth: unknown.

The date is given by Salazar y Acha (p. 146). 

Date of Death: 27 May 1076.

Place of Death: Barcelona.

The date and place are given by Salazar y Acha (p. 146). 

Relationships

Father: Berenguer Ramón “el Curvo”, count of Barcelona.

This relationship is given by Bofarull y Mascaró (1:229 ff.) and by Aurell (1991), by Salazar y Acha (p. 146), and by Vones-Liebenstein.

Mother: Sancha Sánchez de Castilla.

This relationship is given by Bofarull y Mascaró (1:229 ff.), by Aurell (1991), by Salazar y Acha (p. 146), and by Vones-Liebenstein.

Spouse: Isabelle. Married 14 November 1039 at St Cucuphat, Barcelona.

This relationship is given by Bofarull y Mascaró (2:1 ff.), by Vones-Liebenstein, by Salazar y Acha (p. 146), and by Aurell (1991, 1997).

Spouse: Blanca.

This relationship is given by Aurell (1991, 1997), by Salazar y Acha (p. 146), and by Vones-Liebenstein..

Spouse: Almodis de la Marche. Married 1053.

This relationship is given by père Anselme (2:684), by Bofarull y Mascaró (2:29 ff.), by Salazar y Acha (p. 146), by Aurell (1991, 1997), and by Vones-Liebenstein.

Children (by Isabelle):

(Complete source citations for facts about the children on this page are currently outside of the scope of this project.)

Berenguer (born about 1040 - died young, before 28 May 1045).

Arnau (born about 1042 - died young, before 28 May 1045).

Pere Ramón ((born about 1044 - died between 22 April 1073 and May 1076).

Ines (born about 1046) married Guigues “Vétues”, count of Albon.

Children (by Almodis):

Ramón Berenguer “Cabeza de Estopa” (about 1054 - 6 December 1082), count of Barcelona, married Mathilde di Apulia.

Berenguer Ramón (1054 - 20 June 1097), count of Barcelona.

Sancha (born about 1058) married Guillem Ramón, count of Cerdanya.

References

Aurell i Cardona, Martí. “Jalons pour une enquête sur les strategies matrimoniales des comtes catalans (IXe-XIe s.)” in Symposium Internacional sobre els orígens de Catalunya (Segles VIII-IX): I (Volume 23 of Memorias de la Real Academia de Buenas Letras de Barcelona, 1991).

Aurell, Martin. “Du nouveau sur les comtesses catalanes (IXe-XIIe siècles)“ in Annales du Midi : revue archéologique, historique et philologique de la France méridionale  Année 1997  Volume 109  Numéro 219  pp. 357-380.

Bofarull y Mascaró, Próspero de. Los Condes de Barcelona Vindicados, y Cronología y Genealogía de los Reyes de España Considerados Como Soberanos Independientes de Su Marca 2 Volumes. (Barcelona: 1836).

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

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