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Personal data Ramon Berenguer III Count of Barcelona 

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  • The name is of type '_BIRTNM'
  • Alternative name: Raymond Bérenger III de Geweldige (_BIRTNM)
  • He was born on November 11, 1082 in Rodez, Departement de l'Aveyron, Midi-Pyrénées, France.
  • He was christened in the year 1082.
  • Profession: Graaf van Barcelona, Girona en Osona.
  • (_TITLE) from 1086 till 1131: Count of Barcelona.
  • (_TITLE) from 1086 till 1107: Count of Osona.
  • (_TITLE) on 1118–1131: Count of Cerdanya.
  • (_TITLE) on 1112–1131: Count of Provence.
  • He died on July 19, 1131 in Barcelone, Província de Barcelona, Catalogne, España, he was 48 years old.
  • He is buried on July 19, 1131 in Santa Maria de Ripoll, Ripollès, Girona, Catalonia, España.

Household of Ramon Berenguer III Count of Barcelona

He is married to Douce I Countess of Provence.

They got married on February 3, 1112 at Bouches-du-Rhône, Francia, he was 29 years old.Source 11


Child(ren):

  1. Ramon Berenguer  1114-1162 


Notes about Ramon Berenguer III Count of Barcelona

Marquis Raimund Berenger III (IV) of Barcelona-7871 is the 28th great grandfather of Richard Arthur (Dick) Jalbert-1.

Marquis Raimund Berenger III (IV) of Barcelona-7871 is the 29th great grandfather of Margaret Amarulis (Peggy) Bartholomew-2.
Moriarty (Plantagenet Ancestry) pp. 98-101.
THE PLANTAGENET ANCESTRY (GS NUMBER Q940 D2T) P.38, 50, 55; SORLEY'S PEDIGREES (GS NUMBER Q929.242 SO68) P.16, 21, 26; TABLEAUX GENEALOGIQUES DES SOUVERAINS DE FRANCE ET SEU GRANDS FEUDATAIRES (GS NUMBER 944 D22L) TAB 50; TABLETTES CHRONOLOGIQUES (GS NUMBER 044 D22T) VOL 2 P.202; ANCESTRAL FILE, LDS GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY;
!Royal Ancestors of Some American Families by Michel Call SLC 1989 #305, 680;
My PAF Notes
from thepeerage.com, 2/2009:
Raimond Berengar III, Conde de Barcelona1
M, #113326, b. 11 November 1080, d. July 1130
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Last Edited=7 Aug 2005
Raimond Berengar III, Conde de Barcelona was born on 11 November 1080. He is the son of Raimond Berengar II, Conde de Barcelona (p383.htm) and Maud Guiscard (p383.htm).2 He married Douce de Provence (p383.htm), daughter of Gilbert, Comte de Provence (p383.htm) and Gerberge de Provence (p383.htm), on 3 February 1112.3 He died in July 1130 at age 49.
Raimond Berengar III, Conde de Barcelona also went by the nick-name of Raimond Berengar 'the Great' (?).2 He gained the title of Conde de Barcelona.1 He gained the title of Comte de Provence in 1112.3
Children of Raimond Berengar III, Conde de Barcelona and Douce de Provence (p383.htm)
Berengaria de Provence (p11333.htm)+ d. 3 Feb 11491
Berengar Raimond, Comte de Provence (p15042.htm)+ d. 11443
Raimond Berengar IV, Conde de Barcelona (p11330.htm)+ b. 1113, d. 6 Aug 11623
Citations
[S16 (s1.htm)] Jirí Louda and Michael MacLagan, Lines of Succession: Heraldry of the Royal Families of Europe, 2nd edition (London, U.K.: Little, Brown and Company, 1999), table 45. Hereinafter cited as Lines of Succession.
[S38 (s1.htm)] John Morby, Dynasties of the World: a chronological and genealogical handbook (Oxford, Oxfordshire, U.K.: Oxford University Press, 1989), page 115. Hereinafter cited as Dynasties of the World.
[S38 (s1.htm)] John Morby, Dynasties of the World, page 87.
Also had Berengar Ramon I of Provence, who m heiress Melgueil, f/o Ramon Berengar II of Provence, d 1166, father of Douce, conquered by cousin Ramon Berengar III of Provence. It is uncertain which wife was mother of his children. Browning says d/o El Cid
Royal Ancestry Biography
"Royal Ancestry: A Study in Colonial & Medieval Families," Douglas Richardson (2013):
"ROBERT, Count of Mortain (in Cotentin), Domesday lord of Pitstone and West Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, Blisland, Boyton, Lancarffe, Poundstock, Treroosel, and Truthwall, Cornwall, Bere Ferrers, Bolberry, Bratton Fleming, Buckland Brewer, Densham, Dunsdon, Fardel, and Weare Giffard, Devon, Ashill, Barton St. David, Bishopston, Brompton Regis, Bruton, Crewkerne, Curry Rivel, Kingstone, Shepton Montague, Stoke sub Hamdon, Swell, and Tintinhill, Somerset, etc., born about 1040. He was an uterine half-brother of William the Conqueror, King of England [see ENGLAND 1]. He was created a count about 1060. He married (1st) before 1066 MAUD DE MONTGOMERY, daughter of Roger de Montgomery, Earl of Shrewsbury, by his 1st wife, Mabel, daughter and heiress of William, seigneur of Alencon and Bellême. They had one son, William [Count of Mortain], and four daughters, Agnes, Denise (wife of Guy III, seigneur of Laval), Emma (wife of William IV, Count of Toulouse), and Sibylle [Abbess of Saintes]. About 1082 he and his wife, Maud, founded a collegiate church at St. Evroult at Mortain. His wife, Maud, died 21 Sept. 1082, and was buried in Grestain Abbey. He married (2nd) ALMODIS ___. They had one son, Robert, and one daughter, Almodis (wife of Raimon Berenguer III of Barcelona). In the period, 1082-84, he granted land in Dorset to Marmoutier Abbey at Tours. He joined the rebellion against King William Rufus in 1088, which was soon put down. He was a benefactor of many religious houses, including the abbeys of Grestain, Marmoutier, Caen, Préaux, Fécamp, Mont-St-Michel, St.- Nicholas, Angers and St. Albans. ROBERT, Count of Mortain, died 8 Dec. 1090.
L'Art de Vérifier les Dates 2 (1784): 790 (sub Montgomeri). Rud Coelicum Manuscriptorum Ecclesia Cathedralis Dunelmensis (1825): 214 ("Nomina quae in Kalendario (supra Tr. 5.) occurrunt: XI. Kal. Octobr. [21 September] - Obiit Mathildis Comitissa de Moretonio."). Dugdale Monasticon Anglicanum 6(2) (1830): 1090-1091 (Robert, Count of Mortain, styled "brother" [fratris] of King William the Conqueror in charter dated 1189). Guerard Cartulaire de l'Abbaye de Saint-Bertin (Coll. des Cartulaires de France 3) (1840): 462-463 (Count Robert, brother of the King [i.e., King William the Conqueror] witness to doc. dated c.1066-87). Le Prévost Notes pour servir el la Topographie et a l'Histoire des Communes du Département de l'Eure (1849): 30-31 (charter dated April 1066 witnessed by William, Duke of Normandy, his wife, Maud, and his "brother" [fratris], Robert). Desroches Annales civiles, militaires et généalogiques du Pays d'Avranches (1856): 58. Munford Analysis of the Domesday Book of the County of Norfolk (1858): 7-8. Delisle Rouleaux des Morts du IXe au XVe Siècle (1866): 207-208, 289-290. Delisle Chronique de Robert de Torigni 1 (1872): 319 ("Siquidem Robertus, comes Moritonii, uterinus frater Willermi regis qui regnum Angliæ subjugavit, habuit unum filium Guillermum, qui ei successit ... et tres filias, quarum unam duxit Andreas de Vitreio, aliam Guido de Laval, terciam comes Tolosanus, frater Raimundi comitis Sancti Ægidii, qui in expeditione Ierosolimitana viriliter se habuit. Genuit autem ex ea comes Tolosanus unam solummodo filiam, quam Guillermus, comes Pictavensis et dux Aquitanorum, mortuo patre prædictæ puellæ, cum hereditate propria, scilicet urbe Tolosa et comitatu Tolosano, duxit uxorem; ex qua genuit idem Guillermus filium Guillermum nomine, qui ei successit, qui pater fuit Alienor, reginæ Anglorum."). Planché The Conqueror & his Companions 1 (1874): 107-116 (biog. of Robert, Comte de Mortain and Earl of Cornwall). Le Fizelier Mémoire chronologique de Maucourt de Bourjolly seer la Ville de Laval 1 (1886): 122-128. Recueil des Historiens des Gaules et de la France 23 (1894): 583 (Ex Obtuario Ecclesiæ Moretoniensis: "8. Dec. Obiit Robertus comes Moretonii fundator istius ecclesi"). Two Cartularies of the Augustinian Priory of Bruton & Cluniac Priory of Montacute (Somerset Rec. Soc. 8) (1894): 119-120 (foundation charter of William, Count of Mortain for Montacute Cartulary dated 1102; charter names his parents, Count Robert and Countess Matilda). Round Cal. of Docs. Preserved in France 918-1206 (1899): 108, 256 (charter of Robert, Count of Mortain dated ?1085), 256-257 (charter of Robert, Count of Mortain and Almodis his wife dated 1087-91), 359, 433. Notes & Oueries 9th Ser. 8 (1901): 525-526. Bréard L'Abbaye de Notre-Dame de Grestain (1904.) Rpt. & Trans. of the Devonshire Assoc. for the Advancement of Science, Lit. & Art 2nd Ser. 8 (1906): 338-339. D.N.B. 13 (1909): 1014 (biog. of Robert of Mortain, Count of Mortain). VCH Somerset 2 (1911): 111-115. C.P. 3 (1913): 427- 428 (sub Cornwall). Douglas Domesday Monachorum (1944): 33-36. Hull Cartulary of St. Michael's Mount (Devon & Cornwall Rec. Soc. n.s. 5) (1962): 3-4. Douglas William the Conqueror (1964). D. Bates "Herluin de Conteville et sa famille" in Annales de Normandie 23 (1973): 21-38. Brown Angle-Norman Studies III (1981): 74-75. Hull Cartulary of Launceston Priory (Devon & Cornwall Rec. Soc. n.s. 30) (1987): 2-4 (charter of Robert, Count of Mortain, Earl of Cornwall brother [frater] of William King of the English, and Maud his wife dated 1076). Bates and Gazeau `L'Abbaye de Grestain & la Famille d'Herluin de Conteville,' in Annales de Normandie 40 (1990): 5-30. Anglo-Norman Studies 13 (1991): 119-144. Haskins Soc. Jour. 3 (1991): 161-162. Bates & Curry England & Normandy in the Middle Ages (1994): 136-137. Cownie Religious Patronage in Anglo-Norman England, 1066-1135 (1998): 197-199. Fleming Domesday Book & the Law (1998).
Children of Robert, Count of Mortain, by Maud de Montgomery:
i. AGNES OF MORTAIN [see next].
ii. EMMA OF MORTAIN, married WILLIAM IV, Count of Toulouse [see AQUITAINE 2]."
Heraldy of the Royal Families of Europe 1981 by MacLagan Bill Marshall World Connect IGI
BIO BIO: from http://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/CATALAN%20NOBILITY.htm#RamonBerenguerIIIdied1131B as of 2/8/2016 RAMON BERENGUER [III] "el Grande" de Barcelona, son of RAMON BERENGUER [II] "Cap d'Estopes" Comte de Barcelona & his wife Mathilde di Apulia (11 Nov 1082-19 Jul 1131, bur Ripoll Monastery). The Inquisitio circa comitatum Carcassonæ names "Raimundus-Berengarii" as the son of "Raimundo-Berengarii…Cap-de-Stopes", specifying that he was born "in festo S Martini"[391]. He succeeded his uncle in [1097] as Comte de Barcelona, Girona, i Osona. "Raymundus Berengarii Barchinonensis comes et marchio" donated property to the bishopric of Barcelona by charter dated 26 Jan 1108[392]. Ramon Berenguer and his mother Mahalta issued a charter dated 6 Jun 1112[393]. He continued his predecessors' policy of territorial expansion, becoming Comte de Besalú following the death of his son-in-law in 1111, Comte de Provence by right of his third wife in 1113, conquering Mallorca from the Moors 1114-1115 (although he lost the latter shortly afterwards), and Comte de Cerdanya in 1117. Bernard Atton [IV] d'Albi Vicomte de Carcassonne swore homage to him in 1112. "Raymundus Berengarii…comes Barchinonæ" donated "monasterium…sancti Petri de Gallicant" in Girona to "monasterio Crassensi", on the advice of "Geraldi Pontii vicecomitis Gerundensis…", by charter dated 20 Jan 1117, subscribed by "Raimundi comitis Barchinonensis, Raimundi Berengerii, Berengerii et Bernardi filiorum eius, Dulciæ comitissæ uxoris eius…"[394]. The restoration of Tarragona began in 1118, the Pope designating Oleguer Bishop of Barcelona as archbishop of Tarragona. Ramon Berenguer [III] signed a treaty of partition with the comte de Toulouse in 1125 concerning the territories in France. He supervised the formulation of the feudal code which later became known as the Usatges, the first full compilation of feudal law in any west European state[395]. During his reign, the county of Barcelona became a papal fief[396]. The testament of "Raimundus Berengarii…Barchinonensis comes et marchio" dated [8 Jul] 1130 names "Aimericum fratrem meum" as one of his manumissores and names "Raimundo Berengarii filio meo…et filie mee ipsa de Castella et illa de Fuxo"[397]. The Gesta Comitum Barcinonensium records the death of "Raimundi-Berengarii comitis" in 1131 and his burial at "Rivipullense…Monasterium"[398]. m firstly (before 1103) [as her second husband,] MARÍA [Sol] Rodríguez, [widow of Infante don PEDRO de Aragón y Navarra,] daughter of RODRIGO Díaz de Vivar "el Cid Campeador" & his wife Jimena Díaz (-[4 Aug 1104/before 1 Nov 1106]). The "Corónicas" Navarras name "dona Cristiana…dona Maria" as the two daughters of "este meo Çid" and his wife, stating that María married "el conte de Barçalona"[399]. The primary source which confirms her supposed first marriage has not yet been identified, but the date of death of her supposed first husband appears incompatible with the date of the first charter in which she appears with her [second] husband. Unless further primary source information comes to light, María's supposed first marriage should be treated with caution. Ramon Berenguer and his wife Maria granted property to a vassal by charter dated 1103[400]. Ramon Berenguer and his wife Maria donated property to the church of San Adrian "inmediata al rio Besós" by charter dated 4 Aug 1104[401]. m secondly (before 1 Nov 1106) ALMODIS, daughter of --- (-[23 Nov 1111/3 Feb 1112]). "Raymundus comes Barchinonensis" donated all that he had captured at Balagario to "uxori mea Almodis et filiis quos de ea habuero" by charter dated 1 Nov 1106[402]. Her parentage is not known. A charter dated 26 Sep 1110 records that Ramon Berenguer was still childless by his marriage at that date[403]. "Raimundis Berengarii…marchio Barchionensium, princeps Ausonensium, comes vero Gerundensium atque Bisullunensium" donated property "ecclesiam Sancte Marie intra muros Bisullunensis" to Valence Saint-Rufus by charter dated 23 Nov 1111, signed by "Raimundi comitis, Meltis comitisse"[404]. m thirdly (3 Feb 1112) DULCE [Dolça] [I] Ctss de Provence Vicomtesse de Milhaud, de Gevaudan, et de Rodez, daughter of GIRBERT de Gévaudan Vicomte de Milhaud & his wife Gerberge Ctss de Provence ([1095/1100]-[28 Nov 1127/1130]). The Brevi Historia Comitum Provinciæ records that "Gilberto comite Provinciæ" left his widow "Tiburgia…comitissa" and "Dulcia unica filia" and notes the latter's marriage to "Raymundus-Berengarii vulgo Cap-De stoupes…dictus, Comes Barcinonæ in Catalonia"[405]. Her parentage is confirmed by the Vita Sancti Ollegarii which names "Raymundum comitem Barchinonensem filium filiæ Roberti Guisardi principis Apuliæ" and "Dulcia comitissa Provinciæ uxor comitis"[406]. "Girberga comitissa" donated "comitatum...Provinciæ et Gavaldanensis et Carladensis et...honorem...in comitatu Rutenensi", which came to her "voce parentum meorum et largitione viri mei Girberti comitis patris tui", to "Dulciæ filiæ meæ" by charter dated 1 Feb 1112[407]. "Gerberga comitissa Arelatensis" granted "filiam meam in conjugium...Dulcem" to "Raymundo Berengarii comiti", together with "omni honore meo et cum...honore qui fuit Girberti comitis patris puellæ", by charter dated 3 Feb 1112[408]. "Dulcia Barchinonensis et Provinciæ comitissa" granted "totum meum honorem quem habeo vel habere debeo per paternam sive maternam hereditatem vel alio modo in Provincia et in Rutenensi comitatu" to "comiti Raymundo" by charter dated Jan 1113[409]. "Raymondi comes Barchinonensis, Dulciæ comitissæ uxoris eius, Raimundi et Berengarii filiorum suorum…" subscribed the charter dated [4/12] Feb 1114 under which "Bernardus Wilelmi…comes Ceritaniensis" donated property to the abbey of la Grasse[410]. "Raymundus Berengarii…comes Barchinonæ" donated "monasterium…sancti Petri de Gallicant" in Girona to "monasterio Crassensi" by charter dated 20 Jan 1117, subscribed by "Raimundi comitis Barchinonensis, Raimundi Berengerii, Berengerii et Bernardi filiorum eius, Dulciæ comitissæ uxoris eius…"[411]. "Dultie comitisse" signed a charter of "domni Raimundi…comitis et marchionis Burchinone et Provintie" dated 7 Mar 1125[412]. Comte Ramon Bergenguer [III] and his wife Dulce signed a commercial agreement with the Genoese dated 28 Nov 1127[413]. Comte Ramon Berenguer [III] & his first wife had one child: 1. --- de Barcelona ([1105/06]-[before 1112]). m (contract 1 Oct 1107) BERNAT [III] Comte de Besalú i Ripoll, son of GUILLÉM [II] "Trunus" Comte de Besalú i Ripoll & his wife Etiennette de Provence (-[1111/12]). Comte Ramon Berenguer [III] & his third wife had [eight] children: 2. RAMON BERENGUER [IV] de Barcelona (1113-San Dalmacio near Turin 6 Aug 1162, bur Monastery of Santa María de Ripoll). m (Barbastro 11 Aug 1137, consummated early 1151) Infanta doña PETRONILA de Aragón, daughter of RAMIRO II "el Monje" King of Aragon & his wife Agnès d'Aquitaine ([Jul] 1136-Barcelona 17 Oct 1174, bur Barcelona, Church of the Holy Cross and Santa Eulalia). 3. BERENGUER RAMON de Barcelona ([Dec 1113/Jan 1114]-murdered Melgueil Mar 1144). He succeeded his father in 1131 as Comte de Provence, Vicomte de Rodez, de Gévaudan et de Carladet. 4. BERNAT de Barcelona ([1115/16]-after 20 Jan 1117). 5. BERENGUELA de Barcelona ([1116]-Palencia 15/31 Jan 1149, bur Santiago de Compostela, Cathedral Santiago el Mayor). m (Saldaña Nov 1128) as his first wife, ALFONSO VII "el Emperador" King of Castile and León, son of RAIMOND de Bourgogne [Comté] Comte d'Amous Conde de Galicia & his wife Urraca Queen of Castile and León ([Grajal], Galicia 1 Mar 1105-Fresneda 21 Aug 1157, bur Toledo, Cathedral of Santa María). 6. JIMENA de Barcelona ([1117/18]-after 1136). m (before [8 Jul] 1130) ROGER [III] Comte de Foix, son of ROGER [II] Comte de Foix & his second wife Estefanía de Besalú (-[1147/48]). 7. [ESTEFANIA de Barcelona ([1118]-). m firstly (1128) as his second wife, CENTULE [II] Comte de Bigorre, son of BERNARD [III] Comte de Bigorre & his wife Adalmur [Azelma] de Fezensac (-[1128/30]). m secondly ([1130]) RAYMOND ARNAUD [II] Vicomte de Dax, son of ARNAUD [Dat] [Seigneur de Mixe] & his wife Guirelda Vicomtesse de Dax (-[1167]).] 8. MAHALTA de Barcelona. m GUILLEM [IV] Señor de Castellvell, son of --- (-[1166]). 9. ALMODIS de Barcelona ([1126]-after 14 Mar 1175). m (1148) [as his second wife,] PONCE [II] de Cervera Vescomte de Bas, son of PONCE [I] de Cevera & his wife Beatriz de Besalú Vescomtesa de Bas (-before 19 Nov 1155). ** from The Medieval Crown of Aragon (T.N. Bisson) p 26 Ramon Berenguer III (1096-1131) devoted himself to the possibilities of his dynastic position in the old counties. In 1107 he married his child-daughter to the dotard Bernat III of Besalu on condition of succeeding to that county should Bernat die without leaving children. This condition was fulfilled, surely not unexpectedly, in 1111. Then at the death of Count Bernat Guillem (1109-17) without heirs, Ramon Berenguer annexed Cerdanya, the dynastic homeland. These devolutions, deliberately planned, went far toward reconstituting the Guifredian patrimony. But, as in the ninth, so in the twelfth centry the Pyrenees were no barrier. Havng inherited the suzerainty of Carcassonne and Razes, counties acquired by his grandparents in 1067, Ramon Berenguer III secured sworn fidelities from the men of Carcassone in 1107 and the homage of the viscount in 1112. In that year, too, Ramon married Dolca of Provence, yet another diplomatic triumphant. Entitled count of Provence from 1113 and possessed of trans-Pyrenean domains stretching from Nice to the Ariege, Ramon Berenguer III henceforth threatened the Occitanian hegemony of the count of Toulouse, with whom a treaty of partition was passed in 1125. Since establishing ties with Norman Sicily, the lords and merchants of the coastal counties had taken to the sea. Toward 1100 Barcelona was a thriving place, rebuilding within its old walls, expanding in its surburbs, prospering in its trades and industries. Its mariners probably joined the Pisans and Geneoese in complaining of piracy by Moors in the Balearic Islands. In 1114-15 Ramon Berenguer III, called 'duke of the Catalans' by admiring Pisans, led a coalition of crusaders to seize Majorca. Although the islands were promptly recaptured by the Almoravids, the exploit was symptomatic of enlarged Catalonia designs in the Mediterranean. In 1118 began new efforts to restore Tarragona. The count commended the city and its hinterland to Bishop Oleguer of Barcelona... Another decade would pass, however, before resettlement began in earnest under the Norman knight Robert Bordet, to whom Oleuer ceded his jurisdictinal right sin 1129. These were trying years on the Christina fronteir, for the Almoravids had cut off tributory payments from taifa chieftans and otherwise discourage campaigning. The Aragonese now seemed as threatening to Catalonian prospects as the Moors themselves. In his last years Ramon Berenguer III worked to secure his rights--to develope mercantile tolls, to correct violators o ht peace--and he planned an overseas cursade. ** from Wikipedia listing for Ramon Berenguer III, Count of Barcelona as of 2/8/2016 Ramon Berenguer III the Great was the count of Barcelona, Girona, and Ausona from 1086 (jointly with Berenguer Ramon II and solely from 1097), Besalú from 1111, Cerdanya from 1117, and count of Provence in the Holy Roman Empire, from 1112, all until his death in Barcelona in 1131. As Ramon Berenguer I, he was Count of Provence from 1112 in right of his wife. Born on 11 November 1082 in Rodez, Viscounty of Rodez, County of Toulouse, Francia, he was the son of Ramon Berenguer II. He succeeded his father to co-rule with his uncle Berenguer Ramon II. He became the sole ruler in 1097, when Berenguer Ramon II was forced into exile. During his rule Catalan interests were extended on both sides of the Pyrenees. By marriage or vassalage he incorporated into his realm almost all of the Catalan counties (except Urgell and Peralada). He inherited the counties of Besalú (1111) and Cerdanya (1117) and in between married Douce, heiress of Provence (1112). His dominions then stretched as far east as Nice. In alliance with the Count of Urgell, Ramon Berenguer conquered Barbastro and Balaguer. He also established relations with the Italian maritime republics of Pisa and Genoa, and in 1114 and 1115 attacked with Pisa the then-Muslim islands of Majorca and Ibiza.[1] They became his tributaries and many Christian slaves there were recovered and set free. Ramon Berenguer also raided mainland Muslim dependencies with Pisa's help, such as Valencia, Lleida and Tortosa. In 1116, Ramon traveled to Rome to petition Pope Paschal II for a crusade to liberate Tarragona.[2] By 1118 he had captured and rebuilt Tarragona, which became the metropolitan seat of the church in Catalonia (before that, Catalans had depended ecclesiastically on the archbishopric of Narbonne).[citation needed] Toward the end of his life Ramon Berenguer became a Templar.[3] He gave his five Catalonian counties to his eldest son Ramon Berenguer IV and Provence to the younger son Berenguer Ramon. He died on 23 January/19 July 1131 and was buried in the Santa Maria de Ripoll monastery. Marriages and descendants First wife, María Rodríguez de Vivar, second daughter of El Cid (died ca. 1105) María, married Bernat III, Count of Besalú (died 1111) Jimena, also known as Eixemena, married Roger III, Count of Foix Second wife, Almodis Third wife, Douce or Dolça de Gévaudaun, heiress of Provence (died ca. 1127) Almodis, married Ponce de Cervera, mother of Agalbursa, who married Barisone II of Arborea Berenguela or Berengaria (1116-1149), married Alfonso VII of Castile Ramon Berenguer IV, Count of Barcelona (1113/1114-1162) married Petronilla of Aragon Berenguer Ramon I, Count of Provence (ca. 1115-1144) Bernat, died young References ^ Bernard F. Reilly, The Contest Christian and Muslim Spain:1031-1157, (Blackwell Publishing, 1995), 176. ^ Bernard F. Reilly, The Contest Christian and Muslim Spain:1031-1157, 177. ^ Helen Nicholson, A Brief History of the Knights Templar, (Constable & Robinson Ltd., 2010), 102.
Ramon Berenguer III the Great Ramon Berenguer III the Great (11 November 1082 - 23 January or 19 July 1131) was the count of Barcelona, Girona, and Ausona from 1086 (jointly with Berenguer Ramon II and solely from 1097), Besalú from 1111, Cerdanya from 1117, and count of Provence in the Holy Roman Empire, from 1112, all until his death in Barcelona in 1131. As Ramon Berenguer I, he was Count of Provence in right of his wife. Ramon Berenguer III Ramon Berenguer in the late 12th-century Liber feudorum maior Count of Barcelona Reign 1086-1131 Predecessor Berenguer Ramon II Successor Ramon Berenguer IV Born 11 November 1082 Rodez, Viscounty of Rodez Died 23 January/19 July 1131 (aged 48) Barcelona Buried Santa Maria de Ripoll Noble family Barcelona Spouse(s) María Rodríguez de Vivar Almodis Douce I of Provence Issue María Jimena or Eixemena Almodis Berenguela or Berengaria Ramon Berenguer IV, Count of Barcelona Berenguer Ramon I, Count of Provence Father Ramon Berenguer II Mother Maud of Apulia Signature
Raimond-Bérenger III de Barcelone (1082-1131) Raimond-Bérenger III de Barcelone, surnommé le Grand (né le 11 novembre 1082 à Rodez - mort le 19 juillet 1131 à Barcelone), fut comte de Barcelone, de Gérone et d'Osona dès 1082 (conjointement avec son oncle Bérenger-Raimond II tout d'abord, puis seul à partir de 1097), de Besalù en 1111, de Cerdagne en 1117, de Provence en 1112, et ce jusqu'à sa mort en 1131. Jeunesse Raimond-Bérenger est le fils aîné de Raimond-Bérenger II, comte de Barcelone, conjointement avec son frère jumeau, Bérenger-Raimond II. Sa mère, Mahaut de Pouille, est la fille aînée du Normand Robert Guiscard, duc d'Apulie, de Calabre et de Sicile, et de sa seconde épouse, la princesse lombarde Sykelgaite de Salerne. Il a plusieurs sœurs aînées. Quand il naît, le 11 novembre 1082, sa mère rend visite à Mahaut de Rouergue, épouse du comte de Toulouse Guillaume IV, à Rodez. Né le 11 novembre 1082, il succède à son père Raimond-Bérenger II quinze jours plus tard alors que ce dernier est assassiné. Ce meurtre est rapidement imputé à l'oncle de Raimond-Bérenger III, Bérenger-Raimond II. Celui-ci cherche d'abord à écarter son neveu du pouvoir, mais un parti de seigneurs s'oppose à lui : en 1083, le parti " antifratricide ", mené par Raimond Folch Ier de Cardona et Bernard Guillaume de Queralt, avec le soutien de l'évêque de Vic, Bérenger Sunifred de Lluçà, décide de confier la tutelle de l'enfant au comte de Cerdagne, Guillaume Ier. En 1086, le parti antifratricide se brise et un nouveau parti, mené par Géraud Alemand II de Cervelló et Bérenger Sunifred de Lluçà, et les famille Montcada et Cabrera, trouve un accord avec Bérenger-Raimond II : celui-ci conserve la tutelle de Raimond-Bérenger III, à la condition qu'il accepte de lui céder le pouvoir à sa majorité, en 1093. Veuve, sa mère se remarie avec le vicomte de Narbonne Aymeri Ier. Raimond-Bérenger III commence à assumer la réalité du pouvoir, avec son oncle, vers 1090. En 1091, le pape Urbain II, lorsqu'il rétablit nommément l'archevêché de Tarragone en faveur de Bérenger Sunifred de Lluça, l'évêque de Vic, adresse une lettre conjointement à Bérenger-Raimond II et Raimond-Bérenger. En 1095, Raimond-Bérenger III mène une première guerre contre la ville de Tortose. Il semble cependant que Raimond-Bérenger III, sous l'influence du parti antifratricide, s'éloigne de son oncle. Vers la fin de l'année 1096 ou le début de l'année 1097 a lieu, à la cour du roi de León Alphonse VI, un combat judiciaire auquel participe Bérenger-Raimond II et qu'il perd. Une fois celui-ci mort, certainement à Jérusalem, en 1097, Raimond-Bérenger III reste seul pour assumer le pouvoir. Règne Les domaines de Raimond-Bérenger III à sa mort (1131). La lutte contre les Almoravides[modifier | modifier le code] En 1097, avec l'aide de son oncle Artaud Ier, le comte de Pallars, Raimond-Bérenger III attaque Amposta. L'année suivante, il assiège et s'empare d'Orpesa, place forte du Cid. Celui-ci se retourne alors contre le roi taïfa de Valence, allié de Raimond-Bérenger III, et attaque Morvedre. Le comte de Barcelone et le Cid se réconcilient pourtant, et le mariage entre Raimond-Bérenger III et la fille du Cid, Maria Rodriguez de Vivar, est célébré en 1098. C'est d'ailleurs à l'occasion de la visite du jeune couple au monastère de Ripoll qu'est composé le Carmen Campidoctoris. Elle meurt cependant en août 1104, et Raimond-Bérenger III épouse en 1106 Almodis, certainement une fille du comte de Mortain, mais elle meurt sans doute cette année même. L'avancée des Almoravides dans la péninsule ibérique va complètement bouleverser les rapports de force dans la région. À partir de 1102, ils envahissent la région de Valence. En 1107, Raimond-Bérenger III mène une expédition contre Balaguer, mais les Almoravides contre-attaquent dans le Penedès, détruisent Olèrdola et mettent le siège devant le château de Gelida. Raimond-Bérenger III arrive à les contenir, mais se voit obligé de demander l'aide du roi de France, Louis VI, sans rien obtenir. Une fois l'offensive almoravide repoussée, Raimond-Bérenger III engage le repeuplement d'Olèrdola. L'expansion vers le nord L'attaque des Almoravides a cependant empêché Raimond-Bérenger III de profiter d'un moment propice pour reprendre en main les comtés de Carcassonne et de Razès. En 1112, il passe finalement un accord avec le vicomte Bernard Aton : celui-ci reconnaît être le vassal du Barcelonais et tenir Carcassonne et le Razès en fief du comte de Barcelone, qui reçoit également 15 000 sous melgoriens. Raimond-Bérenger III cherche aussi à renforcer son influence sur les comtés catalans. En 1107, il donne sa fille, Chimène, en mariage au comte de Besalu, Bernard III, avec le comté d'Osona en dot. Bernard III et Raimond-Bérenger III se sont accordés pour établir la succession mutuelle de leurs comtés au cas où l'un d'eux mourrait sans descendance. En 1111, à la mort de Bernard III, sans enfant, tous les domaines passent à Raimond-Bérenger III. Comme le comte de Cerdagne, Bernard Guillaume, vassal du comte de Besalú, réclame la reconnaissance de ses droits sur le comté, Raimond-Bérenger III lui rachète ses droits. Enfin, afin de s'attacher son demi-frère, le vicomte de Narbonne Aymeri II, dans son combat contre le vicomte de Carcassonne Bernard Aton IV, lui cède le Fenouillèdes et le Peyrepertusès. Le reste du comté de Besalú est alors définitivement uni au comté de Barcelone. En 1112, Raimond-Bérenger III épouse Douce de Gévaudan, fille de Gilbert Ier, comte de Gévaudan, et de Gerberge d'Arles, comtesse de Provence. Gerberge a cédé, deux jours avant le mariage, le comté de Provence à sa fille, qui la cède elle-même à Raimond-Bérenger III le jour du mariage. L'année suivante, il reçoit de Douce l'ensemble des droits comtaux. Il rentre cependant en conflit avec le comte de Toulouse, Alphonse Jourdain : celui-ci est l'arrière-petit-fils d'Emma de Provence, épouse du comte de Toulouse Guillaume III. L'expédition des Baléares En 1114, Raimond-Bérenger III mène une expédition contre le royaume taïfa des Baléares, à l'initiative des Pisans, mais placée sous son commandement. Il reçoit le soutien de seigneurs du Languedoc et de Provence. En 1114, il s'empare de la ville de Majorque, puis d'Ibiza. Raimond-Bérenger III fait un important et libère un grand nombre de captifs chrétiens. Mais les Almoravides attaquent le comté de Barcelone par l'ouest à la fin de l'année 1114 et par le sud au début de l'année 1115. La deuxième fois, Raimond-Bérenger III est poussé à revenir pour combattre les Almoravides. Il se retire de Majorque et d'Ibiza qui tombent aux mains des Almoravides. Raimond-Bérenger III fixant le drapeau de Barcelone sur le château de Fos-sur-Mer, par Marià Fortuny (1857), Reial Acadèmia Catalana de Belles Arts de Sant Jordi (en dépôt au Palais de la Généralité de Catalogne). Raimond-Bérenger III espère monter une nouvelle expédition et souhaite recevoir le soutien du pape. Il s'embarque pour Rome, mais la mort du pape Pascal II, qui lui était favorable, et les opérations d'Alphonse Ier d'Aragon, qui mène la guerre contre le royaume taïfa de Saragosse et reçoit toute l'attention papale, ne permettent pas la réalisation du plan de Raimond-Bérenger III. De retour d'Italie, il doit mater une rébellion en Provence et s'empare du château de Fos-sur-Mer. L'expansion en Catalogne En 1117, Raimond-Bérenger III incorpore le comté de Cerdagne, à la suite de l'extinction de la dynastie comtale. En 1118, il donne à l'évêque Oldegar la ville de Tarragone et sa région, afin qu'il la repeuple. Il obtient également pour lui l'érection de Tarragone au rang d'archevêché, détaché de l'archevêché de Narbonne, et avec l'autorité sur les évêchés catalans. En 1119, il engage le repeuplement des Garrigues. Il favorise les ordres militaires dans ses domaines, et autorise l'arrivée des Hospitaliers en 1109, puis des Templiers en 1123 ou 1126. Mais Raimond-Bérenger III rentre en rivalité avec le roi d'Aragon, Alphonse Ier, pour la conquête de Lérida, Tortose et Valence. Il passe un accord avec le gouverneur almoravide de Lérida, Abdallah ibn Iyad, qui lui cède Corbins, contre son soutien contre les Aragonais. Alphonse Ier, cependant, s'empare de Saragosse en 1118. Raimond-Bérenger III multiplie alors les contacts avec les Almoravides et s'associe au gouverneur de Tortose. Entre 1120 et 1124, il doit s'intéresser également à ses relations avec Carcassonne. Raimond-Bérenger III veut aussi résoudre la question provençale. Un traité est conclu, en 1125, avec Alphonse Jourdain : celui-ci reçoit la partie du comté de Provence au nord de la Durance, qui devient marquisat. Le reste du comté, au sud, reste aux mains de Raimond-Bérenger III. En 1126, Abdallah ibn Iyad se retourne contre Raimond-Bérenger III et envahit la vallée du Sègre, menaçant Albesa et les terres du comte d'Urgell, et reprenant Lérida, tout juste conquise par le roi d'Aragon. Le comte de Barcelone est lui mis en déroute à Corbins, tandis que son allié, le comte de Pallars Jussà Bernard Raimond, est tué. Enfin, en 1128, Raimond-Bérenger III combat le comte d'Ampurias, Pons II, et le fait prisonnier. Il obtient que celui-ci abandonne la région de Peralada, qui passe à Barcelone. Décès Raimond-Bérenger III semble avoir pris l'habit de chevalier du Temple le 14 juillet 1131, certainement de façon symbolique. Il décède quelques jours plus tard, le 19 juillet 1131. Il lègue le comté de Barcelone à son fils aîné, Raimond-Bérenger, avec les comtés de Carcassonne et de Razès. Son fils cadet, Bérenger-Raimond, reçoit le comté de Provence. Économie L'arrêt du versement des tributs par les musulmans oblige Raimond-Bérenger III à engager une réforme économique radicale à partir de 1113. Il lève plusieurs impôts nouveaux, tels que le bovatge (un impôt en argent prélevé sur les paires de bœufs), des taxes sur les marchés de vivres à Barcelone et du quint (une taxe sur les navires qui entrent dans le port qui dépendent de la juridiction comtale). Il décide également d'abandonner les pièces de mancus au profit des maravédis entre 1097 et 1098. Mariage et enfants En février 1099, Raimond-Bérenger III épouse Marie Rodriguez de Vivar, fille du Cid, roi de Valence. Ils ont ensemble deux filles : Marie (? - ?) ; Chimène (1105 - ?), qui épouse en 1107 le comte de Besalu, Bernard III, puis en 1117 le comte de Foix, Roger III. À la suite de la mort de Marie de Vivar en 1105, il épouserait en 1106 Almodis de Mortain, fille du comte de Mortain Guillaume, un des barons les plus puissants d'Angleterre et de Normandie, et d'une certaine Adelise. La jeune fille meurt vers 1110 et cette union reste sans enfant. Cela semble non confirmé par Almodis serait la seconde épouse de Robert, père de Guillaume (voir lien : Normandy, nobility) Il se remarie le 3 février 1112 avec Douce de Provence, comtesse de Provence, et devient comte de Provence sous le nom de Raimond-Bérenger Ier. Ils ont sept enfants : Bérengère (1108 - 1149), mariée en 1128 à Alphonse VII, roi de Castille et de Léon ; Raimond-Bérenger IV (1113 - 1162), comte de Barcelone et prince d'Aragon, à la suite de son mariage avec Pétronille d'Aragon ; Bérenger-Raimond (1114 - 1144), comte de Provence ; Bernard (1117) ; Etiennette (1118 - après 1131), mariée en 1128 à Centulle III, comte de Bigorre, puis vers 1130 à Raymond II Arnaud († 1167), vicomte de Dax ; Mathilde (vers 1120 - après 1157), mariée à Jaspert, vicomte de Castelnou, puis à Guillaume Raymond II, seigneur de Castellvell ; Almodis (1126 - après 1164), mariée en 1148 à Pons de Cervera, vicomte de Bas.

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    Darryl Lundy, The Peerage, a genealogical survey of teh Peerage of Britian as well as the royal families of Europe(http://thepeerage.com : accessed 30 Jul 2019), Raimond Berengar III. Cit. Date: 31 Jan 2019;
    Raimond Berengar III, Conde de Barcelona was born on 11 November 1080. He was the son of Raimond Berengar II, Conde de Barcelona and Maud de Hauteville.2 He married Douce Comtesse de Gvaudan et de Provence, daughter of Gilbert Comte de Gvaudan Vicomte de Millau et de Carlat and Gerberge Comtesse de Provence, on 3 February 1112.3 He died in July 1130 at age 49. Raimond Berengar III, Conde de Barcelona also went by the nick-name of Raimond Berengar \'the Great\'.2 He gained the title of Conde de Barcelona.1 He gained the title of Comte de Provence in 1112.3Children of Raimond Berengar III, Conde de Barcelona and Douce Comtesse de Gvaudan et de Provence Berengaria de Provence+1 d. 3 Feb 1149 Berengar Raimond, Comte de Provence+3 d. 1144 Raimond Berengar IV, Conde de Barcelona+3 b. 1113, d. 6 Aug 1162Citations [S16] Jir Louda and Michael MacLagan, Lines of Succession: Heraldry of the Royal Families of Europe, 2nd edition (London, U.K.: Little, Brown and Company, 1999), table 45. Hereinafter cited as Lines of Succession. [S38] John Morby, Dynasties of the World: a chronological and genealogical handbook (Oxford, Oxfordshire, U.K.: Oxford University Press, 1989), page 115. Hereinafter cited as Dynasties of the World. [S38] John Morby, Dynasties of the World, page 87.
  2. Ramon Berenguer III (1080-1131), Find a grave
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    Ramon Berenguer III
    BIRTH 10 Nov 1080 Rodez, Departement de l'Aveyron, Midi-Pyrénées, France
    DEATH 19 Aug 1131 (aged 50) Spain
    BURIAL Santa Maria de Ripoll
    Ripoll, Provincia de Girona, Cataluna, Spain Show Map
    MEMORIAL ID 88496813
    Count of Barcelona and Provence, Girona and Ausona, as well as Besalu. He was the son of Ramon Berenguer II and Matilda Guiscard.
    Ramon was the husband of Maria Rodriguez, the second daughter of El Cid. They had two children.
    Secondly, her married an ALmodis, but nad no issue.
    Thirdly, he married Douce of Provence, the heir of Provence, giving him the right to Provence, France. They had five children.
  3. Ramon Berenguer, "Find a Grave Index"
    "Find a Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVLW-SG71 : 4 October 2023), Ramon Berenguer, ; Burial, Ripoll, Provincia de Girona, Cataluna, Spain, Santa Maria de Ripoll; citing record ID 88496813, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com.
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  4. RAH Ramon Berenguer III
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  5. France , Rodez :naissance de Raymond Bérenger III de Barcelone ,comte de Barcelone ...dit "le grand"
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  6. Ramon Berenguer III (1082-1131), Foundation for Medieval Genealogy
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    RAMON BERENGUER [III] "el Grande" de Barcelona, son of RAMON BERENGUER [II] "Cap d'Estopes" Comte de Barcelona & his wife Mathilde di Apulia (11 Nov 1082-19 Jul 1131, bur Ripoll Monastery). The Inquisitio circa comitatum Carcassonæ names "Raimundus-Berengarii" as the son of "Raimundo-Berengarii…Cap-de-Stopes", specifying that he was born "in festo S Martini"[385]. He succeeded his uncle in [1097] as Comte de Barcelona, Girona, i Osona. "Raymundus Berengarii Barchinonensis comes et marchio" donated property to the bishopric of Barcelona by charter dated 26 Jan 1108[386]. Ramon Berenguer and his mother Mahalta issued a charter dated 6 Jun 1112[387]. He continued his predecessors' policy of territorial expansion, becoming Comte de Besalú following the death of his son-in-law in 1111, Comte de Provence by right of his third wife in 1113, conquering Mallorca from the Moors 1114-1115 (although he lost the latter shortly afterwards), and Comte de Cerdanya in 1117. Bernard Atton [IV] d'Albi Vicomte de Carcassonne swore homage to him in 1112. "Raymundus Berengarii…comes Barchinonæ" donated "monasterium…sancti Petri de Gallicant" in Girona to "monasterio Crassensi", on the advice of "Geraldi Pontii vicecomitis Gerundensis…", by charter dated 20 Jan 1117, subscribed by "Raimundi comitis Barchinonensis, Raimundi Berengerii, Berengerii et Bernardi filiorum eius, Dulciæ comitissæ uxoris eius…"[388]. The restoration of Tarragona began in 1118, the Pope designating Oleguer Bishop of Barcelona as archbishop of Tarragona. Ramon Berenguer [III] signed a treaty of partition with the comte de Toulouse in 1125 concerning the territories in France. He supervised the formulation of the feudal code which later became known as the Usatges, the first full compilation of feudal law in any west European state[389]. During his reign, the county of Barcelona became a papal fief[390]. The testament of "Raimundus Berengarii…Barchinonensis comes et marchio" dated [8 Jul] 1130 names "Aimericum fratrem meum" as one of his manumissores and names "Raimundo Berengarii filio meo…et filie mee ipsa de Castella et illa de Fuxo"[391]. The Gesta Comitum Barcinonensium records the death of "Raimundi-Berengarii comitis" in 1131 and his burial at "Rivipullense…Monasterium"[392].

    m firstly (before 1103) [as her second husband,] MARÍA [Sol] Rodríguez, [widow of Infante don PEDRO de Aragón y Navarra,] daughter of RODRIGO Díaz de Vivar "el Cid Campeador" & his wife Jimena Díaz (-[4 Aug 1104/before 1 Nov 1106]). The "Corónicas" Navarras name "dona Cristiana…dona Maria" as the two daughters of "este meo Çid" and his wife, stating that María married "el conte de Barçalona"[393]. The primary source which confirms her supposed first marriage has not yet been identified, but the date of death of her supposed first husband appears incompatible with the date of the first charter in which she appears with her [second] husband. Unless further primary source information comes to light, María's supposed first marriage should be treated with caution. Ramon Berenguer and his wife Maria granted property to a vassal by charter dated 1103[394]. Ramon Berenguer and his wife Maria donated property to the church of San Adrian "inmediata al rio Besós" by charter dated 4 Aug 1104[395].

    m secondly (before 1 Nov 1106) ALMODIS, daughter of --- (-[23 Nov 1111/3 Feb 1112]). "Raymundus comes Barchinonensis" donated all that he had captured at Balagario to "uxori mea Almodis et filiis quos de ea habuero" by charter dated 1 Nov 1106[396]. Her parentage is not known. A charter dated 26 Sep 1110 records that Ramon Berenguer was still childless by his marriage at that date[397]. "Raimundis Berengarii…marchio Barchionensium, princeps Ausonensium, comes vero Gerundensium atque Bisullunensium" donated property "ecclesiam Sancte Marie intra muros Bisullunensis" to Valence Saint-Rufus by charter dated 23 Nov 1111, signed by "Raimundi comitis, Meltis comitisse"[398].

    m thirdly (3 Feb 1112) DULCE [Dolça] [I] Ctss de Provence Vicomtesse de Milhaud, de Gevaudan, et de Rodez, daughter of GIRBERT de Gévaudan Vicomte de Milhaud & his wife Gerberge Ctss de Provence ([1095/1100]-[28 Nov 1127/1130]). The Brevi Historia Comitum Provinciæ records that "Gilberto comite Provinciæ" left his widow "Tiburgia…comitissa" and "Dulcia unica filia" and notes the latter's marriage to "Raymundus-Berengarii vulgo Cap-De stoupes…dictus, Comes Barcinonæ in Catalonia"[399]. Her parentage is confirmed by the Vita Sancti Ollegarii which names "Raymundum comitem Barchinonensem filium filiæ Roberti Guisardi principis Apuliæ" and "Dulcia comitissa Provinciæ uxor comitis"[400]. "Girberga comitissa" donated "comitatum...Provinciæ et Gavaldanensis et Carladensis et...honorem...in comitatu Rutenensi", which came to her "voce parentum meorum et largitione viri mei Girberti comitis patris tui", to "Dulciæ filiæ meæ" by charter dated 1 Feb 1112[401]. "Gerberga comitissa Arelatensis" granted "filiam meam in conjugium...Dulcem" to "Raymundo Berengarii comiti", together with "omni honore meo et cum...honore qui fuit Girberti comitis patris puellæ", by charter dated 3 Feb 1112[402]. "Dulcia Barchinonensis et Provinciæ comitissa" granted "totum meum honorem quem habeo vel habere debeo per paternam sive maternam hereditatem vel alio modo in Provincia et in Rutenensi comitatu" to "comiti Raymundo" by charter dated Jan 1113[403]. "Raymondi comes Barchinonensis, Dulciæ comitissæ uxoris eius, Raimundi et Berengarii filiorum suorum…" subscribed the charter dated [4/12] Feb 1114 under which "Bernardus Wilelmi…comes Ceritaniensis" donated property to the abbey of la Grasse[404]. "Raymundus Berengarii…comes Barchinonæ" donated "monasterium…sancti Petri de Gallicant" in Girona to "monasterio Crassensi" by charter dated 20 Jan 1117, subscribed by "Raimundi comitis Barchinonensis, Raimundi Berengerii, Berengerii et Bernardi filiorum eius, Dulciæ comitissæ uxoris eius…"[405]. "Dultie comitisse" signed a charter of "domni Raimundi…comitis et marchionis Burchinone et Provintie" dated 7 Mar 1125[406]. Comte Ramon Bergenguer [III] and his wife Dulce signed a commercial agreement with the Genoese dated 28 Nov 1127[407].

    Comte Ramon Berenguer [III] & his first wife had one child:

    1. --- de Barcelona ([1105/06]-[before 1112]).

    Comte Ramon Berenguer [III] & his third wife had [eight] children:

    2. RAMON BERENGUER [IV] de Barcelona (1113-San Dalmacio near Turin 6 Aug 1162, bur Monastery of Santa María de Ripoll).
    3. BERENGUER RAMON de Barcelona ([Dec 1113/Jan 1114]-murdered Melgueil Mar 1144).
    4. BERNAT de Barcelona ([1115/16]-after 20 Jan 1117).
    5. BERENGUELA de Barcelona ([1116]-Palencia 15/31 Jan 1149, bur Santiago de Compostela, Cathedral Santiago el Mayor).
    6. JIMENA de Barcelona ([1117/18]-after 1136).
    7. [ESTEFANIA de Barcelona ([1118]-).
    8. MAHALTA de Barcelona.
    9. ALMODIS de Barcelona ([1126]-after 14 Mar 1175).
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    Ramon Berenguer III the Great was the count of Barcelona, Girona, and Ausona from 1086 (jointly with Berenguer Ramon II and solely from 1097), Besalú from 1111, Cerdanya from 1117, and count of Provence in the Holy Roman Empire, from 1112, all until his death in Barcelona in 1131. As Ramon Berenguer I, he was Count of Provence from 1112 in right of his wife.
    Biography:
    Born on 11 November 1082 in Rodez, Viscounty of Rodez, County of Toulouse, Francia, he was the son of Ramon Berenguer II.[1] He succeeded his father to co-rule with his uncle Berenguer Ramon II. He became the sole ruler in 1097, when Berenguer Ramon II was forced into exile.
    Responding to increased raids into his lands by the Almoravids in 1102, Ramon counter-attacked, assisted by Ermengol V, Count of Urgell, but was defeated and Ermengol killed at the battle of Mollerussa.[2]
    During his rule Catalan interests were extended on both sides of the Pyrenees. By marriage or vassalage he incorporated into his realm almost all of the Catalan counties (except Urgell and Peralada). He inherited the counties of Besalú (1111) and Cerdanya (1117) and in between married Douce, heiress of Provence (1112). His dominions then stretched as far east as Nice.
    In alliance with the Count of Urgell, Ramon Berenguer conquered Barbastro and Balaguer. He also established relations with the Italian maritime republics of Pisa and Genoa, and in 1114 and 1115 attacked with Pisa the then-Muslim islands of Majorca and Ibiza.[3] They became his tributaries and many Christian slaves there were recovered and set free. Ramon Berenguer also raided mainland Muslim dependencies with Pisa's help, such as Valencia, Lleida and Tortosa. In 1116, Ramon traveled to Rome to petition Pope Paschal II for a crusade to liberate Tarragona.[4] By 1118 he had captured and rebuilt Tarragona, which became the metropolitan seat of the church in Catalonia (before that, Catalans had depended ecclesiastically on the archbishopric of Narbonne).
    In 1127, Ramon Berenguer signed a commercial treaty with the Genoese.[5] Toward the end of his life he became a Templar.[6] He gave his five Catalan counties to his eldest son Ramon Berenguer IV and Provence to the younger son Berenguer Ramon.
    He died on 23 January/19 July 1131 and was buried in the Santa Maria de Ripoll monastery.
    Marriages and descendants:
    Ramon's first wife was María Rodríguez de Vivar, second daughter of El Cid (died ca. 1105).[7] They had one child. María, married Bernat III, Count of Besalú (died 1111)
    His second wife Almodis produced no children.
    His third wife was Douce (Dolça de Gévaudaun), heiress of Provence (died ca. 1127).[1] Their union produced at least seven children: Ramon Berenguer IV, Count of Barcelona (1113/1114-1162) married Petronilla of Aragon, daughter of Ramiro II, King of Aragón[1]
    Berenguer Ramon I, Count of Provence (ca. 1115-1144)[1]
    Bernat, died young
    Berenguela or Berengaria (1116-1149), married Alfonso VII of Castile
    Jimena (1117-1136), also known as Eixemena, married Roger III, Count of Foix
    Estefania (b. 1118), married Centule II, Count of Bigorre
    Almodis, married Ponce de Cervera, mother of Agalbursa, who married Barisone II of Arborea.

    References:
    1. Cheyette 2001, p. 20.
    2. Reilly 2003, p. 107.
    3. Reilly 1995, p. 176.
    4. Reilly 1995, p. 177.
    5. Phillips 2007, p. 254.
    6. Nicholson 2010, p. 102.
    7. Sabaté 2017, p. 144.
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ramon_Berenguer_III,_Count_of_Barcelona
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