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Personal data Petronila OF ARAGON 

• She was born on June 29, 1136 in Huesca, España.

  Attention: Age at marriage (??-??-1150) below 16 years (14).

• Title: Queen of Aragon
• Profession: Queen.
• She died on October 15, 1173 in Barcelona, Catalonia, España, she was 37 years old.
• She is buried in Capilla Real, Granada, España.
• A child of Ramiro II OF ARAGON and Agnes OF AQUITAINE

Household of Petronila OF ARAGON

She is married to Ramon Berenguer IV OF BARCELONA.

They got married in the year 1150, she was 13 years old.

Child(ren):

1. Alfonso II OF ARAGON  1157-1196 
2. Dulce OF ARAGON  1160-1198 

• The couple has common ancestors.



Notes about Petronila OF ARAGON

Petronila Ramírez (Huesca, 29 June 1136 - Barcelona, 15 October 1173), whose name is also spelled Petronilla or Petronella (Aragonese Peyronela or Payronella, and Catalan: Peronel·la), was Queen regnant of Aragon from 1137 until 1164. She was the daughter and successor of Ramiro II by Agnes of Aquitaine.

Petronila came to the throne through special circumstances. Her father, Ramiro, was bishop of Barbastro-Roda when his brother, Alfonso I, died heirless in 1134 and left the crown to the three religious military orders. Instead, the nobility of Aragon raised Ramiro to the throne. As king, he received a papal dispensation to abdicate from his monastic vows in order to secure the succession to the throne. King Ramiro the Monk, as he is known, married Agnes, daughter of Duke William IX of Aquitaine and Gascony, and through her produced an heiress, Petronila. At one year old, Petronila was bethrothed (Barbastro, 11 August 1137) to Ramon Berenguer IV, Count of Barcelona. Immediately thereafter, Ramiro abdicated in favour of Petronila and Ramon Berenguer and returned to monastic life.

Petronila married Ramon Berenguer in 1150. Upon his death, Petronila renounced the crown of Aragon in favour of her eldest son, Ramon, who, in compliment to the Aragonese, changed his name to Alfonso. Her son was the first ruler of both Aragon and Catalonia (where he is known as Alfons I) thereby establishing the dynastic union between the two countries that lasted until the Crown of Aragon was dissolved in 1707. Alfonso II was seven years old when on 18 July 1164 Petronila abdicated. She died in Barcelona in 1173 and was buried at Barcelona cathedral. Her tomb has been lost.

Source: Wikipedia

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