Ramón Berenguer III "el Grande", count of Barcelona

Count of Barcelona and Girona

Count of Osona

Count of Besalú

Count of Provence

Count of Cerdanya

Events

Date of Birth: 11 November 1082.

Place of Birth: Rodez.

The date and place are given by the Gran enciclopèdia catalana and by Salazar y Acha (p. 148).

Date of Death: 19 July 1131.

Place of Death: Barcelona.

The date is given by Ubieto Arteta (p. 236) and by Riu i Riu.

Relationships

Father: Ramón Berenguer II “Cap d’Estopes” de Barcelona.

This relationship is given by Bofarull y Mascaró (2:126 ff.), by by Riu i Riu, by Aurell (1991, 1997), by Salazar y Acha (p. 148), and by Vones-Liebenstein.

Mother: Mathilde di Apulia.

This relationship is given by Bofarull y Mascaró (2:126 ff.), by Aurell (1991, 1997), by Salazar y Acha (p. 148), and by Vones-Liebenstein.

Spouse: María Rodríguez.

This relationship is given by Bofarull y Mascaró (2:157 ff.), by Salazar y Acha (p. 148), and by Aurell (1991, 1997).

Spouse: Almodis.

This relationship is given by Bofarull y Mascaró (2:161 f.), by Salazar y Acha (p. 148), and by Aurell (1991, 1997).

Spouse: Dulce, countess of Provence.

This relationship is given by Bofarull y Mascaró (2:162 ff.), by Aurell (1991, 1997), by Salazar y Acha (p. 148), and by Pécout.

Children (by María):

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

Jimena (born 1105) married Bernat (III), count of Besalú.

Children (by Dulce):

Ramón Berenguer IV (1113 - 6 August 1162), count of Barcelona, married Petronila de Aragón.

Berenguela (about 1114 - January 1149) married Alfonso VIII “el Emperador”, king of Castile and León.

Berenguer Ramón (about 1115 - March 1144), count of Provence, married Béatrix, countess of Melgueil.

Bernardo (born about 1116).

Matilde (born about 1118) married Guillermo Raimundo de Castellvell.

Almodis (born about 1120) married Ponce de Cervera.

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).

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

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

“Ramon Berenguer III de Barcelona” in Gran enciclopèdia catalana. [Accessed 29 April 2018]

Riu i Riu, Manuel. "Ramón Berenguer III.," 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).

Ubieto Arteta, Antonio. Historia de Aragón. Creación y desarrollo de la Corona de Aragón. (Zaragoza: Anúbar, 1987).

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

Online Biographies

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