Ramón Berenguer II “Cap d’Estopes”, count of Barcelona

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

Events

Date of Birth: 1054.

Place of Birth: Barcelona.

The date and place are given by Salazar y Acha (p. 148). 1053 is given by Riu i Riu.

Date of Death: 6 December 1082.

Place of Death: near Gualba.

The date and place of Ramón’s murder are given Salazar y Acha (p. 148).

Relationships

Father: Ramón Berenguer I “el Viejo” de Barcelona.

This relationship is given by Bofarull y Mascaró (2:29 ff.), by Riu i Riu, by Aurell (1991, 1997), and by Vones-Liebenstein.

Mother: Almodis de la Marche.

This relationship is given by Bofarull y Mascaró (2:29 ff.), by Riu i Riu, by Vones-Liebenstein, by Aurell (1991, 1997), and by Riley-Smith (p. 250).

Spouse: Mathilde di Apulia.

This relationship is given by Bofarull y Mascaró (2:107 ff.), Salazar y Acha (p. 148), by Aurell (1991, 1997), and by Vones-Liebenstein.

Children:

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

Ramón Berenguer III “el Grande” (11 November 1082 - 19 July 1131), married (1) María Rodríguez; married (2) Almodis; married (3) Dulce, countess of Provence.

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.

Aurell, Martin. Les noces du comte: Mariage et pouvoir en Catalogne (785-1213) (1995).

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).

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

Riley-Smith, Jonathan. The First Crusaders 1095-1131. (Cambridge University Press: 1997).

Riu i Riu, Manuel. "Ramón Berenguer II" in Diccionario Biográfico electrónico (Real Academia de la Historia).

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.

Online Biographies

Ramón Berenguer II (Diccionario Biográfico electrónico; Real Academia de la Historia)