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Berengaria of Barcelona
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Berengaria of Barcelona
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Effigy of Queen Berengaria at the Cathedral of Santiago de Compostela
Queen consort of León and Castile
Reign 1128 1149
Born c.?1116
Barcelona
Died 15 January 1149
Palencia
Burial 15 January 1149
Cathedral of Santiago de Compostela
Spouse Alfonso VII of León and Castile
House House of Barcelona
Father Ramon Berenguer III, Count of Barcelona
Mother Douce I, Countess of Provence
Religion Roman Catholicism
Berengaria of Barcelona (1116 January 15, 1149), called in Spanish Berenguela de Barcelona, was Queen consort of Castile, León and Galicia. She was the daughter of Ramon Berenguer III, Count of Barcelona, and Douce I, Countess of Provence.[1]
On November 10/17 1128 in Saldaña, Berengaria married Alfonso VII, King of Castile, León and Galicia.[1] Their children were:
Sancho III of Castile (1134 1158)
Ramon, living 1136, died in infancy
Ferdinand II of León (1137 1188)
Constance (c. 1138 1160), married Louis VII of France
Sancha (c. 1139 1179), married Sancho VI of Navarre
García (c. 1142 1145/6)
Alfonso (c. 1144 c. 1149)
She died in Palencia, and was buried at the Cathedral of Santiago de Compostela.
Appearance and character
"She was a very beautiful and extremely graceful young girl who loved chastity and truth and all God-fearing people."[2]
Preceded by
Beatrice Queen consort of León and Castile
1128 1149 Succeeded by
Richeza of Poland
References
Reilly 1995, p. 168.
Chronica Adefonsi Imperatoris, Book 1 Chapter 12, trans. Simon Barton and Richard Fletcher in The World of El Cid: Chronicles of the Reconquest, (Manchester University Press, 2000) page 168.
Sources
Reilly, Bernard F. (1995). The Contest of Christian and Muslim Spain, 1031-1157. Blackwell Publishing Inc.
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