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Personal data Raymond Berengarius III "de Grote" van Barcelona 

• He was born on November 11, 1082 in Rodez.
• (Geschiedenis) .Source 1

  Raymond Berengarius III (?, 11 november 1082 - Barcelona, 19 juli 1131), bijg. de Grote, was de enige zoon van Ramon Berenguar II, graaf van Barcelona.
  
  Hij werd, na het overlijden van zijn vader in 1082, samen met zijn oom Berengarius Raymond II co-graaf van Barcelona en vanaf 1097 alleen.
  
  Hij huwde in 1112 met gravin Dulcia van Provence en werd daardoor co-graaf van Provence (als Raymond Berengar I van Provence).

• (Levens event) .Source 2

  Ramon Berenguer III the Great was the count of Barcelona, Girona, and Ausona from 1082 (jointly with Berenguer Ramon II and solely from 1097), Besalú from 1111, Cerdanya from 1117, and 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 in 1082 in Rodez, 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.
  Statue of Ramon Berenguer III by Josep Llimona
  
  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 those of 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 in 1131 and was buried in the Santa Maria de Ripoll monastery.

• He died on July 19, 1131 in Barcelona, he was 48 years old.
• He is buried in Santa Maria de Ripoll klooster.
• A child of Raymond Berengarius II van Barcelona and Mathilde van Calabrië
• This information was last updated on January 28, 2013.

Household of Raymond Berengarius III "de Grote" van Barcelona

(1) He is married to María Rodríguez van Vivar.

They got married before 1105.Source 2

Child(ren):

1. Jimena van Barcelona  
2. Maria van Barcelona  

(2) He is married to Almodis.

They got married after 1105.Source 2

(3) He is married to Dulcia van Provence.

They got married on February 3, 1112 at Arles, he was 29 years old.Source 3

Child(ren):

1. Almodis van Barcelona  
2. Mafalda van Barcelona  
3. Raymond Berengar IV van Barcelona  1113-1162 
4. Berengarius Raymond van Barcelona  1114-1144
5. Berengaria van Barcelona  1116-1149 
6. Bernard van Barcelona  1117-1117
7. Stephania van Barcelona  1118-????

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