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.