Ramon Berenguer I, Count of Barcelona
Ramon Berenguer I the Old | |
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Cerdagne, in return for their rights over Carcassonne in 1067.[1] | |
| Count of Barcelona | |
| Reign | 1035–1076 |
| Predecessor | Berenguer Ramon I |
| Successor | Ramon Berenguer II and
Almodis de la Marche |
| Issue | Peter Raymundi Ramon Berenguer II, Count of Barcelona Berenguer Ramon II, Count of Barcelona Agnes Sancha |
| Father | Berenguer Ramon I the Crooked |
| Mother | Sancha Sanchez |
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Ramon Berenguer I (1023 – 26 May 1076), called the Old (Catalan: el Vell, French: le Vieux), was Count of Barcelona in 1035–1076. He promulgated the earliest versions of a written code of Catalan law, the Usages of Barcelona.
Born in 1024, he succeeded his father, Berenguer Ramon I the Crooked in 1035.[2] It was during his reign that the dominant position of Barcelona among the other Catalan counties became evident.
Ramon Berenguer campaigned against the
Another major achievement of his was beginning the
While still married to his second wife Blanca, he became involved with the wife of the Count of Toulouse,
Ramon Berenguer I, together with his third wife Almodis, also founded the Romanesque cathedral of Barcelona, to replace the older basilica presumably destroyed by Almanzor. Their velvet and brass bound wooden coffins are still displayed in the Gothic cathedral which eventually replaced the cathedral that they founded.
He was succeeded by his twin sons Ramon Berenguer II and Berenguer Ramon II.
Family and issue
- First wife, possibly Isabel, daughter of Count Sancho of Gascony[5]
- Berenguer (died young)
- Arnau (died young)
- Peter Raymundi (1050–1073?), murdered his father's third wife, Almodis, and was exiled
- Second wife, Blanca of Narbonne, daughter of Llop Ato Zuberoa and Ermengarda of Narbonne
- Third wife, Almodis de La Marche, countess of Limoges
- Ramon Berenguer II, Count of Barcelona the Towhead (1053/54–1082)
- Berenguer Ramon II, Count of Barcelona the Fratricide (1053/54–1097)
- Agnes, married Guigues II of Albon
- Sancha, married William Raymond, count of Cerdanya
References
- ^ Bishko 1980, p. 40.
- ^ a b c Reilly 1995, p. 48-49.
- ^ a b Humphrey 1993, p. 34.
- ^ Reilly 1995, p. 67.
- ^ Reilly 1995, p. 71.
Sources
- Bishko, Charles Julian (1980). Studies in Medieval Spanish Frontier History. Variorum Reprints.
- Reilly, Bernard F. (1995). The Contest of Christian and Muslim Spain, 1031-1157. Blackwell Publishing.
- Humphrey, Patricia (1993). "Ermessenda of Barcelona: The Status of her Authority". In Vann, Theresa M. (ed.). Queens, Regents and Potentates. Academia Press.
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