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Personal data Almodis van la Marche 

• She was born in the year 1020.
• (Levens event) .Source 1

  Almodis de la Marche (c. 1020 – 16 October 1071) was the daughter of Bernard I, Count of Marche and wife Amélie. She married Hugh V of Lusignan around 1038 and they had two sons and one daughter:
  
  Hugh VI of Lusignan (c. 1039-1101)
  Jordan de Lusignan
  Mélisende de Lusignan (b. bef. 1055), married before 1074 to Simon I "l'Archevêque", Vidame de Parthenay
  
  Almodis and Hugh of Lusignan divorced due to consanguinity, and Hugh arranged for her to marry Count Pons of Toulouse in 1040. Together they produced several children, including:
  
  William IV of Toulouse
  Raymond IV of Toulouse
  Hugh, Abbot of Saint-Gilles
  Almodis of Toulouse, married Count Pierre of Melgueil
  
  She was still Pons' wife in April 1053, but shortly thereafter Almodis was abducted by Ramon Berenguer I, Count of Barcelona. He kidnapped her from Narbonne with the aid of a fleet sent north by his ally, the Muslim emir of Tortosa. They married immediately (despite the fact both of her previous husbands were still alive) and they appear with their twin sons in a charter the next year. Pope Victor II excommunicated Almodis and Ramon for this illegal marriage until 1056. Together they produced four children:
  
  Berenguer Ramon II, Count of Barcelona
  Ramon Berenguer II, Count of Barcelona
  Agnes of Barcelona, married Count Guigues II of Albon
  Sancha of Barcelona, married Count Guillermo Ramon I of Cerdagne
  
  Almodis maintained contact with her former husbands and many children, and in 1066/1067 she traveled to Toulouse for her daughter's wedding. A few years before, in 1060, Hugh V of Lusignan had revolted against his lord, Duke William VIII of Aquitaine, in support of Almodis' son William IV of Toulouse. Her sons supported one another in military campaigns; Hugh VI of Lusignan, Raymond IV of Toulouse, and Berenguer Ramon all took the Cross.
  
  Her third husband Ramon had a son from a previous marriage, Pedro Ramon, who was his heir. Pedro apparently resented Almodis' influence and was concerned she was trying to replace him with her own two sons. He murdered her in October 1071. Pedro was disinherited and exiled for his crime, and fled the country. When his father died in 1076, Barcelona was split between Berenguer Ramon and Ramon Berenguer, Almodis' sons. The family history of murder did not end with Pedro Ramon, as Berenguer Ramon earned his nickname "The Fratricide" when he killed his own twin brother.

• She died on October 16, 1071, she was 51 years old.
• A child of Bertrand I van la Marche and Amalia de Montignac
• This information was last updated on January 23, 2013.

Household of Almodis van la Marche

(1) She is married to Hugo V van Lusignan.

They got married in the year 1038, she was 18 years old.Source 1

Child(ren):

1. Jordan van Lusignan  
2. Hugo VI van Lusignan  1039-1102 
3. Mélisende van Lusignan  < 1055-????

(2) She is married to Pons II William I van Toulouse.

They got married in the year 1040, she was 20 years old.Source 2

Child(ren):

1. Almodis van Toulouse  
2. Hugh van Toulouse  
3. Raymond IV van Toulouse  
4. Willem IV van Toulouse  1040-1094 

The couple were divorced in 1053.Source 2

(3) She is married to Raymond Berengar I "de Oude" van Barcelona.

They got married after April 1053.Source 1

Child(ren):

1. Agnes van Barcelona  
2. Sancha van Barcelona  
3. Berengarius Raymond II van Barcelona  1053-1096
4. Raymond Berengarius II van Barcelona  1053-1082 

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