Ramon Berenguer I Count of Barcelona

• Preferred Name: Ramon Berenguer I Count of Barcelona^{[1] [2] [3]}
  
• Gender: M
  
• Reino: BET 1018 AND 1076 in Barcelona,Girona,e Ausona at LATI: N1.45 LONG: E0.0833 with note: GEDCOM data
  
• Birth: 1023 in Barcelona,Espanha at LATI: N1.3874 LONG: E0.1736 with note: GEDCOM data
  
• Burial: JUN 1076 in Catedral de la Santa Creu i Santa Eulàlia Barcelona Provincia de Barcelona Catalonia at LATI: N1.3874 LONG: E0.1736
  
• Death: 26 MAY 1076 in Barcelona, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain at LATI: N1.3874 LONG: E0.1736 with note: GEDCOM data. Find A Grave.
  
• http://familysearch.org/v1/TitleOfNobility: comte de Girona et d'Ausona, seigneur de LauracBET 1071 AND 1076
  
• http://familysearch.org/v1/TitleOfNobility: Count of BarcelonaBET 1035 AND 1076
  
• FSID: LBJM-VXF
  
• Notes:

  Description: Guillaume IV de Toulouse lui donne en fief le château de Laurac et les terres du Lauraguais

• Notes:

  === Life Sketch ===
  Ramon Berenguer I (1023–1076), 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.
  
  Count of Barcelona
  Reign
  1035–1076
  Predecessor
  Berenguer Ramon I
  Successor
  Ramon Berenguer II and
  
  Berenguer Ramon II
  Born
  1023
  Died
  26 May 1076
  Buried
  Barcelona Cathedral
  Noble family
  House of Barcelona
  Spouse(s)
  Elisabeth of Narbonne
  Blanca of Narbonne
  Almodis de la Marche
  Father
  Berenguer Ramon I the Crooked
  Mother
  Sancha Sanchez
  Signature
  Signum-ramon-berenguer-I-barcelona.jpg
  Religion
  Roman Catholicism
  
  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 Moors, extending his dominions as far west as Barbastro and imposing heavy tributes (parias) on other Moorish cities.[2] Historians claim that those tributes helped create the first wave of prosperity in Catalan history. During his reign Catalan maritime power started to be felt in the western Mediterranean. Ramon Berenguer the Old was also the first count of Catalonia to acquire lands (the counties of Carcassonne and Razés) and influence north of the Pyrenees.[2]
  
  Another major achievement of his was beginning the codification of Catalan law in the written Usatges of Barcelona which was to become the first full compilation of feudal law in Western Europe. Legal codification was part of the count's efforts to forward and somehow control the process of feudalization which started during the reign of his weak father, Berenguer Ramon. Another major contributor was the Church acting through the institution of the Peace and Truce of God. This established a general truce among warring factions and lords in a given region for a given time. The earliest extant date for introducing the Truce of God in Western Europe is 1027 in Catalonia, during the reign of his father, Berenguer Ramon.
  
  While still married to his second wife Blanca, he became involved with the wife of the Count of Toulouse, Almodis de La Marche, countess of Limoges.[3] Both quickly married and were consequently excommunicated by Pope Victor II.[3][4]
  
  Ramon Berenguer I, together with his third wife Almodis, also founded the Romanesque cathedral of Barcelona, to replace the older basilica presumably destroyed by Al-Mansur. 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 Wolf Ato Zuberoa and Ermengarda of Narbonne
  
  Third wife, Almodis de La Marche, countess of Limoges
  Berenguer Ramon II, Count of Barcelona the Fratricide (1053/54-1097)
  Ramon Berenguer II, Count of Barcelona the Towhead (1053/54-1082)
  Agnes, married Guigues II of Albon
  Sancha, married William Raymond, count of Cerdanya
  
  Notes
  
  1. Charles Julian Bishko, 40.
  2. a b c Bernard F. Reilly, 48-49.
  3. a b Patricia Humphrey, 34.
  4. Bernard F. Reilly, 67.
  5. Bernard F. Reilly, 71.
  
  References
  
  Charles Julian Bishko (1968–9), "Fernando I and the Origins of the Leonese-Castilian Alliance with Cluny," Studies in Medieval Spanish Frontier History.
  Bernard F. Reilly, The Contest of Christian and Muslim Spain, 1031-1157, Blackwell Publishing, 1995.
  Ermessenda of Barcelona. The status of her authority, Patricia Humphrey, Queens, Regents and Potentates, ed. Theresa M. Vann, Academia Press, 1993.
  
  BIO
  BIO: Marquis of Barcelona and Nelviejo, by purchase, 1033; Count of Carcassonne and Raez, 1070.
  
  ** from http://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/CATALAN%20NOBILITY.htm#RamonBerenguerIdied1076B as of 3/16/201
  
  === !Royal Ancestors of Some LDS Families by ===
  !Royal Ancestors of Some LDS Families by Michel L. Call.
  
  === !Ancestral Roots by Weis, Seventh Editio ===
  !Ancestral Roots by Weis, Seventh Edition line 185-2 !Count of Toulouse
  
  === !Royal Ancestors of Some American Famili ===
  !Royal Ancestors of Some American Families by Michel Call SLC 1989 #409;
  
  === Moriarty 41-42, 44-45. ===
  Moriarty 41-42, 44-45.
  
  === THE PLANTAGENET ANCESTRY (GS NUMBER Q940 ===
  THE PLANTAGENET ANCESTRY (GS NUMBER Q940 D2T) P.8, 55, 58, 81; SORLEY'S PEDIGREES (GS NUMBER Q929.242 SO68) P.16, 17, 21; TABLEAUX GENEALOGIQUES DE SOUVERAINS DE LA FRANCE ET SEU GRANDS FEUDATAIRES (GS NUMBER 944 D22G) TAB 45; TABLETTES CHRONOLOGIQUES (GS NUMBER 944 D22T) VOL 2 P.63, 221, 276; ANCESTRAL FILE, LDS GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY;
  
  === REF: Weis: Ancestral Roots of Certain Am ===
  REF: Weis: Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists 185-2.

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1. Ramon Berenguer II Count of Barcelona, b. 1053 in Barcelona, Provincia de Barcelona, Cataluna, Spain     d. 6 DEC 1082 in Girona, Provincia de Girona, Cataluna, Spain

1. Title: Project Medlands
   Publication: Name: https://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/TOULOUSE.htm#_Toc495243641;
   
2. Title: Wikiwand - Ramon Berenguer I (1023-1076)
   Author: 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.
   Publication: Name: https://www.wikiwand.com/en/Ramon_Berenguer_I,_Count_of_Barcelona;
   Note: Ramon Berenguer I (1023–1076), 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. Count of Barcelona Reign 1035–1076 Predecessor Berenguer Ramon I Successor Ramon Berenguer II and Berenguer Ramon II Born 1023 Died 26 May 1076 Buried Barcelona Cathedral Spouse(s) Elisabeth of Narbonne Blanca of Narbonne 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 Born in 1024, he succeeded his father, Berenguer Ramon I the Crooked in 1035. It was during his reign that the dominant position of Barcelona among the other Catalan counties became evident. Ramon Berenguer campaigned against the Moors, extending his dominions as far west as Barbastro and imposing heavy tributes (parias) on other Moorish cities. Historians claim that those tributes helped create the first wave of prosperity in Catalan history. During his reign Catalan maritime power started to be felt in the western Mediterranean. Ramon Berenguer the Old was also the first count of Catalonia to acquire lands (the counties of Carcassonne and Razés) and influence north of the Pyrenees. Another major achievement of his was beginning the codification of Catalan law in the written Usatges of Barcelona which was to become the first full compilation of feudal law in Western Europe. Legal codification was part of the count's efforts to forward and somehow control the process of feudalization which started during the reign of his weak father, Berenguer Ramon. Another major contributor was the Church acting through the institution of the Peace and Truce of God. This established a general truce among warring factions and lords in a given region for a given time. The earliest extant date for introducing the Truce of God in Western Europe is 1027 in Catalonia, during the reign of his father, Berenguer Ramon. While still married to his second wife Blanca, he became involved with the wife of the Count of Toulouse, Almodis de La Marche, countess of Limoges. Both quickly married and were consequently excommunicated by Pope Victor II. 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 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
   
3. Title: Ramon Berenguer (1024-1076), "Find A Grave Index"
   Author: "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVV9-1XD1 : 26 July 2019), Ramon Berenguer, 1076; Burial, Barcelona, Provincia de Barcelona, Cataluna, Spain, Catedral de la Santa Creu i Santa Eulàlia; citing record ID 9402706, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com.
   Publication: Name: https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVV9-1XD1;
   Note: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/9402706/ramon-berenguer Ramon Berenguer I BIRTH 1024 DEATH 27 May 1076 (aged 51–52) Spain BURIAL Catedral de la Santa Creu i Santa Eulàlia Barcelona, Provincia de Barcelona, Cataluna, Spain MEMORIAL ID 9402706 Catalonian Monarch. He was the Count of Barcelona from 1035 to 1076. He succeeded his father, Berenguer Ramon the Crooked in 1035. He was succeeded by his twin sons.