Jimena Berenguer de Barcelona

• Preferred Name: Jimena Berenguer de Barcelona^{[1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10]}
  
• Gender: F
  
• FSID: G68G-TV2
  
• http://familysearch.org/v1/TitleOfNobility: Princesse de Valence; Comtesse de Foix
  
• Death: aproximadamente 1160 in Foix, Ariège, Midi-Pyrénées, Kingdom of France at LATI: N2.8333 LONG: E0.5833
  
• Birth: BET 1117 AND 1118 in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain at LATI: N1.45 LONG: E0.0833 with note: Secondary sources often speculate that she is the daughter of Ramon Berengeur’s first wife, Maria, but primary sources indicate that she is really the daughter of his third wife, Dulce de Gevaudan, Countess of Provence.
  
• Notes:

  === Life Sketch ===
  JIMENA de Barcelona ([1117/18]-after 1136). The testament of "Raimundus Berengarii…Barchinonensis comes et marchio" dated [8 Jul] 1130 names "Raimundo Berengarii filio meo…et filie mee ipsa de Castella et illa de Fuxo"[422]. Her name is more recognisably reproduced in the charter dated Nov 1149 of her son "Roggerus-Bernardi comes Fuxensis, filius Roggerii et Xaminiæ"[423].
  
  In most secondary sources, Jimena is shown as the daughter of her father´s first marriage and widow of Bernat [III] Conde de Besalú. However, no primary source has yet been identified which confirms that this is correct and several reasons point to it being unlikely. Firstly, if Jimena had been the widow of the last comte de Besalú, her second husband would presumably have had the right to claim the county in her name, and there appears to be no indication that he ever did this. Secondly, the testament of her father names "filie mee…illa de Fuxo" after his daughter "ipsa de Castella".
  
  This would normally indicate that the former was younger than the latter. The only possible reason for reversing the order of his daughters would have been the supposed precedence of the queen of Castile over the comtesse de Foix. However, no other example of this adjustment to the order of names in primary source documents has been found, except those justified by the supposed precedence of children holding ecclesiastical office over lay children.
  
  Thirdly, Jimena would have named her daughter after her own mother.
  
  Fourthly, the dates of marriage of Jimena´s two known children, in the 1150s, suggest that they were born in the 1130s, which is not inconsistent with Jimena having been born from her father´s third marriage. This appears to be corroborated by the charter dated 26 Oct 1136 by which “Rogerius comes Fuxensis [et] Essena coniux ipsius” founded the commanderie of Ville-Dieu which refers to "infantes nostros"[424].
  
  The date of the marriage of Comte Roger´s daughter Bradimène is inconsistent with this hypothesis, unless she was born from an otherwise unrecorded earlier marriage, or was illegitimate, as is proposed in the document TOULOUSE NOBILITY. The only factor which appears to indicate the co-identity of the two daughters is that Jimena could have been named after her maternal grandmother, mother of her father´s first wife. However, the name was not uncommon in Spain at the time, and it is quite possible that Jimena was named after another relative.
  
  Until further primary source data emerges which contradicts this hypothesis, it has been decided to show Jimena as her father´s daughter by his third marriage in this document. m (before [8 Jul] 1130) ROGER [III] Comte de Foix, son of ROGER [II] Comte de Foix & his second wife Estefanía de Besalú (-[1147/48]).
  
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• m. BEF 1130 in Foix, Ariège, Occitanie, France

1. Dulce de Foix, b. 1140 in Foix, Ariège, Occitanie, France     d. 25 de diciembre de 1209 in Guàrdia de Noguera, Castell de Mur, Lérida, Cataluña, España

1. Title: Ancestry Family Trees
   Author: Ancestry Family Tree
   
2. Title: Legacy NFS Source: Ximene (Christina) von Barcelona - Government record: death:
   Note: Government record: death:
   Page: Migrated from user-supplied source citation: urn:familysearch:source:3247570654
   
3. Title: Foundation For Medieval Genealogy
   Publication: Name: https://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/CATALAN%20NOBILITY.htm#_Toc23531363;
   Note: Nobility of Catalonia
   Page: It names her and gives facts about her husband, children and parentage.
   
4. Title: Royal Genealogies (Volume II)
   Author: James Anderson, D.D., Royal Genealogies (Volume II), Table 465, Page 714 (bottom center).
   
5. Title: Foundation for Medieval Genealogy
   Publication: Name: https://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/CATALAN%20NOBILITY.htm#JimenaBarcelonaMRogerIIIFoix;
   Note: JIMENA de Barcelona ([1117/18]-after 1136). The testament of "Raimundus Berengarii…Barchinonensis comes et marchio" dated [8 Jul] 1130 names "Raimundo Berengarii filio meo…et filie mee ipsa de Castella et illa de Fuxo"[422]. Her name is more recognisably reproduced in the charter dated Nov 1149 of her son "Roggerus-Bernardi comes Fuxensis, filius Roggerii et Xaminiæ"[423]. In most secondary sources, Jimena is shown as the daughter of her father´s first marriage and widow of Bernat [III] Conde de Besalú. However, no primary source has yet been identified which confirms that this is correct and several reasons point to it being unlikely. Firstly, if Jimena had been the widow of the last comte de Besalú, her second husband would presumably have had the right to claim the county in her name, and there appears to be no indication that he ever did this. Secondly, the testament of her father names "filie mee…illa de Fuxo" after his daughter "ipsa de Castella". This would normally indicate that the former was younger than the latter. The only possible reason for reversing the order of his daughters would have been the supposed precedence of the queen of Castile over the comtesse de Foix. However, no other example of this adjustment to the order of names in primary source documents has been found, except those justified by the supposed precedence of children holding ecclesiastical office over lay children. Thirdly, Jimena would have named her daughter after her own mother. Fourthly, the dates of marriage of Jimena´s two known children, in the 1150s, suggest that they were born in the 1130s, which is not inconsistent with Jimena having been born from her father´s third marriage. This appears to be corroborated by the charter dated 26 Oct 1136 by which “Rogerius comes Fuxensis [et] Essena coniux ipsius” founded the commanderie of Ville-Dieu which refers to "infantes nostros"[424]. The date of the marriage of Comte Roger´s daughter Bradimène is inconsistent with this hypothesis, unless she was born from an otherwise unrecorded earlier marriage, or was illegitimate, as is proposed in the document TOULOUSE NOBILITY. The only factor which appears to indicate the co-identity of the two daughters is that Jimena could have been named after her maternal grandmother, mother of her father´s first wife. However, the name was not uncommon in Spain at the time, and it is quite possible that Jimena was named after another relative. Until further primary source data emerges which contradicts this hypothesis, it has been decided to show Jimena as her father´s daughter by his third marriage in this document. m (before [8 Jul] 1130) ROGER [III] Comte de Foix, son of ROGER [II] Comte de Foix & his second wife Estefanía de Besalú (-[1147/48]).
   
6. Title: Web: Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index, 1000-Current
   Publication: Name: http://search.ancestry.com/collections/9289/records/11404480;
   
7. Title: Legacy NFS Source: Ximene (Christina) von Barcelona - birth-name: Ximene (Christina) von Barcelona
   Author: Public Member Trees, Ancestry.com, Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2006;, www.ancestry.com, null, Page number: Database online.
   Note: birth-name: Ximene (Christina) von Barcelona Ancestry.com, Public Member Trees (Provo, UT, USA, Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2006). birth: about 1108; Barcelona, Cataluña, Spain Ancestry.com, Public Member Trees (Provo, UT, USA, Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2006). birth-name: Ximene (Christina) von Barcelona Ancestry.com, Public Member Trees (Provo, UT, USA, Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2006). birth: about 1108; Barcelona, Cataluña, Spain Ancestry.com, Public Member Trees (Provo, UT, USA, Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2006).
   Page: Migrated from user-supplied source citation: urn:familysearch:source:3244735390
   
8. Title: Roots Web World Connect Project
   Author: Roots Web World Connect Project, database: lorenfamily.
   
9. Title: Legacy NFS Source: Ximene (Christina) von Barcelona - birth-name: Ximene (Christina) von Barcelona
   Author: Public Member Trees, Ancestry.com, Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2006;, www.ancestry.com, null, Page number: Database online.
   
10. Title: Histoire de l'Europe et de la Mediterranée
    Publication: Name: http://histoireeurope.fr/RechercheLocution.php?Locutions=Chim%E8ne+de+Barcelone&Date1=&Date2=&maf=;
    Note: see memories