Ramon Berenguer III Count of Barcelona

• Preferred Name: Ramon Berenguer III Count of Barcelona^{[1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]}
  
• Alternate Name: Ramón Berenguer Conde de Barcelona III
  
• Gender: M
  
• Burial: 19 JUL 1131 in Santa Maria de Ripoll, Ripollès, Girona, Catalonia, España at LATI: N2.1997 LONG: E0.1902 with note: Typo
  
• Affiliation: with note: Description: Knight of the Templar
  
• http://familysearch.org/v1/TitleOfNobility: Count of OsonaBET 1086 AND 1107 with note: with Berenguer Ramon II (1082–1097) Wikipedia
  
• FSID: L8WB-9MG
  
• http://familysearch.org/v1/TitleOfNobility: Count of CerdanyaBET 1118 AND 1131 with note: Wikipedia
  
• Death: 19 de julio de 1131 in Barcelona, Barcelona, Cataluña, España at LATI: N1.3874 LONG: E0.1736
  
• http://familysearch.org/v1/TitleOfNobility: Count of BarcelonaBET 1086 AND 1131 with note: with Berenguer Ramon II (1082–1097) Wikipedia
  
• http://familysearch.org/v1/TitleOfNobility: Count of ProvenceBET 1112 AND 1131 with note: with Douce I (1112–1127) Wikipedia
  
• Birth: 11 NOV 1082 in Rodez, Aveyron, Midi-Pyrénées, France at LATI: N4.5 LONG: E0.5833
  
• Notes:

  === Life Sketch ===
  Ramon Berenguer III the Great was the count of Barcelona, Girona, and Ausona from 1086 (jointly with Berenguer Ramon II and solely from 1097), Besalú from 1111, Cerdanya from 1117, and count of Provence in the Holy Roman Empire, from 1112, all until his death in Barcelona in 1131. As Ramon Berenguer I, he was Count of Provence from 1112 in right of his wife.
  
  «b»Biography«/b»
  Born on 11 November 1082 in Rodez, Viscounty of Rodez, County of Toulouse, Francia, he was the son of Ramon Berenguer II. He succeeded his father to co-rule with his uncle Berenguer Ramon II. He became the sole ruler in 1097, when Berenguer Ramon II was forced into exile.
  
  During his rule Catalan interests were extended on both sides of the Pyrenees. By marriage or vassalage he incorporated into his realm almost all of the Catalan counties (except Urgell and Peralada). He inherited the counties of Besalú (1111) and Cerdanya (1117) and in between married Douce, heiress of Provence (1112). His dominions then stretched as far east as Nice.
  
  In alliance with the Count of Urgell, Ramon Berenguer conquered Barbastro and Balaguer. He also established relations with the Italian maritime republics of Pisa and Genoa, and in 1114 and 1115 attacked with Pisa the then-Muslim islands of Majorca and Ibiza. They became his tributaries and many Christian slaves there were recovered and set free. Ramon Berenguer also raided mainland Muslim dependencies with Pisa's help, such as Valencia, Lleida and Tortosa. In 1116, Ramon traveled to Rome to petition Pope Paschal II for a crusade to liberate Tarragona. By 1118 he had captured and rebuilt Tarragona, which became the metropolitan seat of the church in Catalonia (before that, Catalans had depended ecclesiastically on the archbishopric of Narbonne).
  
  In 1127, Ramon Berenguer signed a commercial treaty with the Genoese. Toward the end of his life he became a Templar. He gave his five Catalan counties to his eldest son Ramon Berenguer IV and Provence to the younger son Berenguer Ramon.
  
  He died on 23 January/19 July 1131 and was buried in the Santa Maria de Ripoll monastery.
  
  «b»Marriages and descendants«/b»
  Ramon's first wife was María Rodríguez de Vivar, second daughter of El Cid (died ca. 1105). They had one child.
  
  1.) María, married Bernat III, Count of Besalú (died 1111)
  
  His second wife Almonds produced no children.
  
  His third wife was Douce (Dolça de Gévaudaun), heiress of Provence (died ca. 1127). Their union produced at least seven children:
  
  1.) Ramon Berenguer IV, Count of Barcelona (1113/1114-1162) married Petronilla of Aragon, daughter of Ramiro II, King of Aragón
  
  2.) Berenguer Ramon I, Count of Provence (ca. 1115-1144)
  
  3.) Bernat, died young
  
  4.) Berenguela or Berengaria (1116-1149), married Alfonso VII of Castile
  
  5.) Jimena (1117-1136), also known as Eixemena, married Roger III, Count of Foix
  
  6.) Estefania (b. 1118), married Centule II, Count of Bigorre
  
  7.) Almodis, married Ponce de Cervera, mother of Agalbursa, who married Barisone II of Arborea.
  
  Raimond-Bérenger III de Barcelone (1082-1131)
  Raimond-Bérenger III de Barcelone, surnommé le Grand (né le 11 novembre 1082 à Rodez - mort le 19 juillet 1131 à Barcelone), fut comte de Barcelone, de Gérone et d'Osona dès 1082 (conjointement avec s
  
  BIO
  BIO: from http://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/CATALAN%20NOBILITY.htm#RamonBerenguerIIIdied1131B as of 2/8/2016
  
  RAMON BERENGUER [III] "el Grande" de Barcelona, son of RAMON BERENGUER [II] "Cap d'Estopes"
  
  === !Royal Ancestors of Some American Famili ===
  !Royal Ancestors of Some American Families by Michel Call SLC 1989 #305, 680;
  
  === THE PLANTAGENET ANCESTRY (GS NUMBER Q940 ===
  THE PLANTAGENET ANCESTRY (GS NUMBER Q940 D2T) P.38, 50, 55; SORLEY'S PEDIGREES (GS NUMBER Q929.242 SO68) P.16, 21, 26; TABLEAUX GENEALOGIQUES DES SOUVERAINS DE FRANCE ET SEU GRANDS FEUDATAIRES (GS NUMBER 944 D22L) TAB 50; TABLETTES CHRONOLOGIQUES (GS NUMBER 044 D22T) VOL 2 P.202; ANCESTRAL FILE, LDS GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY;
  
  === Royal Ancestry Biography ===
  “Royal Ancestry: A Study in Colonial & Medieval Families,” Douglas Richardson (2013):
  “ROBERT, Count of Mortain (in Cotentin), Domesday lord of Pitstone and West Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, Blisland, Boyton, Lancarffe, Poundstock, Treroosel, and Truthwall, Cornwall, Bere Ferrers, Bolberry, Bratton Fleming, Buckland Brewer, Densham, Dunsdon, Fardel, and Weare Giffard, Devon, Ashill, Barton St. David, Bishopston, Brompton Regis, Bruton, Crewkerne, Curry Rivel, Kingstone, Shepton Montague, Stoke sub Hamdon, Swell, and Tintinhill, Somerset, etc., born about 1040. He was an uterine half-brother of William the Conqueror, King of England [see ENGLAND 1]. He was created a count about 1060. He married (1st) before 1066 MAUD DE MONTGOMERY, daughter of Roger de Montgomery, Earl of Shrewsbury, by his 1st wife, Mabel, daughter and heiress of William, seigneur of Alencon and Bellême. They had one son, William [Count of Mortain], and four daughters, Agnes, Denise (wife of Guy III, seigneur of Laval), Emma (wife of William IV, Count of Toulouse), and Sibylle [Abbess of Saintes]. About 1082 he and his wife, Maud, founded a collegiate church at St. Evroult at Mortain. His wife, Maud, died 21 Sept. 1082, and was buried in Grestain Abbey. He married (2nd) ALMODIS ___. They had one son, Robert, and one daughter, Almodis (wife of Raimon Berenguer III of Barcelona). In the period, 1082-84, he granted land in Dorset to Marmoutier Abbey at Tours. He joined the rebellion against King William Rufus in 1088, which was soon put down. He was a benefactor of many religious houses, including the abbeys of Grestain, Marmoutier, Caen, Préaux, Fécamp, Mont-St-Michel, St.- Nicholas, Angers and St. Albans. ROBERT, Count of Mortain, died 8 Dec. 1090.
  L'Art de Vérifier les Dates 2 (1784): 790 (sub Montgomeri). Rud Coelicum Manuscriptorum Ecclesia Cathedralis Dunelmensis (1825): 214 ("Nomina quae in Kalendario (supra Tr. 5.) occurrunt: XI. Kal. Octobr. [21 September] - Obiit Mathildis Comitissa de Moretonio."). Dugdale Monasticon Anglicanum 6(2) (1830): 1090-1091 (Robert, Count of Mortain, styled "brother" [fratris] of King William the Conqueror in charter dated 1189). Guerard Cartulaire de l'Abbaye de Saint-Bertin (Coll. des Cartulaires de France 3) (1840): 462-463 (Count Robert, brother of the King [i.e., King William the Conqueror] witness to doc. dated c.1066-87). Le Prévost Notes pour servir el la Topographie et a l'Histoire des Communes du Département de l'Eure (1849): 30-31 (charter dated April 1066 witnessed by William, Duke of Normandy, his wife, Maud, and his "brother" [fratris], Robert). Desroches Annales civiles, militaires et généalogiques du Pays d'Avranches (1856): 58. Munford Analysis of the Domesday Book of the County of Norfolk (1858): 7-8. Delisle Rouleaux des Morts du IXe au XVe Siècle (1866): 207-208, 289-290. Delisle Chronique de Robert de Torigni 1 (1872): 319 ("Siquidem Robertus, comes Moritonii, uterinus frater Willermi regis qui regnum Angliæ subjugavit, habuit unum filium Guillermum, qui ei successit ... et tres filias, quarum unam duxit Andreas de Vitreio, aliam Guido de Laval, terciam comes Tolosanus, frater Raimundi comitis Sancti Ægidii, qui in expeditione Ierosolimitana viriliter se habuit. Genuit autem ex ea comes Tolosanus unam solummodo filiam, quam Guillermus, comes Pictavensis et dux Aquitanorum, mortuo patre prædictæ puellæ, cum hereditate propria, scilicet urbe Tolosa et comitatu Tolosano, duxit uxorem; ex qua genuit idem Guillermus filium Guillermum nomine, qui ei successit, qui pater fuit Alienor, reginæ Anglorum."). Planché The Conqueror & his Companions 1 (1874): 107-116 (biog. of Robert, Comte de Mortain and Earl of Cornwall). Le Fizelier Mémoire chronologique de Maucourt de Bourjolly seer la Ville de Laval 1 (1886): 122-128. Recueil des Historiens des Gaules et de la France 23 (1894): 583 (Ex Obtuario Ecclesiæ Moretoniensis: "8. Dec. Obiit Robertus comes Moretonii fundator istius ecclesi"). Two Cartularies of the Augustinian Priory of Bruton & Cluniac Priory of Montacute (Somerset Rec. Soc. 8) (1894): 119-120 (foundation charter of William, Count of Mortain for Montacute Cartulary dated 1102; charter names his parents, Count Robert and Countess Matilda). Round Cal. of Docs. Preserved in France 918-1206 (1899): 108, 256 (charter of Robert, Count of Mortain dated ?1085), 256-257 (charter of Robert, Count of Mortain and Almodis his wife dated 1087-91), 359, 433. Notes & Oueries 9th Ser. 8 (1901): 525-526. Bréard L’Abbaye de Notre-Dame de Grestain (1904.) Rpt. & Trans. of the Devonshire Assoc. for the Advancement of Science, Lit. & Art 2nd Ser. 8 (1906): 338-339. D.N.B. 13 (1909): 1014 (biog. of Robert of Mortain, Count of Mortain). VCH Somerset 2 (1911): 111-115. C.P. 3 (1913): 427- 428 (sub Cornwall). Douglas Domesday Monachorum (1944): 33-36. Hull Cartulary of St. Michael's Mount (Devon & Cornwall Rec. Soc. n.s. 5) (1962): 3-4. Douglas William the Conqueror (1964). D. Bates "Herluin de Conteville et sa famille" in Annales de Normandie 23 (1973): 21-38. Brown Angle-Norman Studies III (1981): 74-75. Hull Cartulary of Launceston Priory (Devon & Cornwall Rec. Soc. n.s. 30) (1987): 2-4 (charter of Robert, Count of Mortain, Earl of Cornwall brother [frater] of William King of the English, and Maud his wife dated 1076). Bates and Gazeau `L'Abbaye de Grestain & la Famille d'Herluin de Conteville,' in Annales de Normandie 40 (1990): 5-30. Anglo-Norman Studies 13 (1991): 119-144. Haskins Soc. Jour. 3 (1991): 161-162. Bates & Curry England & Normandy in the Middle Ages (1994): 136-137. Cownie Religious Patronage in Anglo-Norman England, 1066-1135 (1998): 197-199. Fleming Domesday Book & the Law (1998).
  Children of Robert, Count of Mortain, by Maud de Montgomery:
  i. AGNES OF MORTAIN [see next].
  ii. EMMA OF MORTAIN, married WILLIAM IV, Count of Toulouse [see AQUITAINE 2].”
  
  === Moriarty (Plantagenet Ancestry) pp. 98-1 ===
  Moriarty (Plantagenet Ancestry) pp. 98-101.
  
  === Heraldy of the Royal Families of Europe ===
  Heraldy of the Royal Families of Europe 1981 by MacLagan Bill Marshall World Connect IGI
  
  === Marquis Raimund Berenger III (IV) of Ba ===
  Marquis Raimund Berenger III (IV) of Barcelona-7871 is the 28th great grandfather of Richard Arthur (Dick) Jalbert-1.
  
  Marquis Raimund Berenger III (IV) of Barcelona-7871 is the 29th great grandfather of Margaret Amarulis (Peggy) Bartholomew-2.
  
  === Also had Berengar Ramon I of Provence, w ===
  Also had Berengar Ramon I of Provence, who m heiress Melgueil, f/o Ramon Berengar II of Provence, d 1166, father of Douce, conquered by cousin Ramon Berengar III of Provence. It is uncertain which wife was mother of his children. Browning says d/o El Cid
  
  === My PAF Notes ===
  from thepeerage.com, 2/2009:
  Raimond Berengar III, Conde de Barcelona1
  M, #113326, b. 11 November 1080, d. July 1130
  Raimond Berengar III, Conde de Barcelona|b. 11 Nov 1080\nd. Jul 1130|p11333.htm#i113326|Raimond Berengar II, Conde de Barcelona|d. 6 Dec 1082|p383.htm#i3822|Maud Guiscard|d. a 1111|p383.htm#i3823|Raimond B. I., Conde de Barcelona|d. 1076|p15276.htm#i152758||||Robert Guiscard, Duca d'Apulia|d. 1085|p383.htm#i3824||||
  Last Edited=7 Aug 2005
  Raimond Berengar III, Conde de Barcelona was born on 11 November 1080. He is the son of Raimond Berengar II, Conde de Barcelona and Maud Guiscard .2 He married Douce de Provence , daughter of Gilbert, Comte de Provence and Gerberge de Provence , on 3 February 1112.3 He died in July 1130 at age 49.
  Raimond Berengar III, Conde de Barcelona also went by the nick-name of Raimond Berengar 'the Great' (?).2 He gained the title of Conde de Barcelona.1 He gained the title of Comte de Provence in 1112.3
  Children of Raimond Berengar III, Conde de Barcelona and Douce de Provence
  Berengaria de Provence + d. 3 Feb 11491
  Berengar Raimond, Comte de Provence + d. 11443
  Raimond Berengar IV, Conde de Barcelona + b. 1113, d. 6 Aug 11623
  Citations
  [S16 ] Jirí Louda and Michael MacLagan, Lines of Succession: Heraldry of the Royal Families of Europe, 2nd edition (London, U.K.: Little, Brown and Company, 1999), table 45. Hereinafter cited as Lines of Succession.
  [S38 ] John Morby, Dynasties of the World: a chronological and genealogical handbook (Oxford, Oxfordshire, U.K.: Oxford University Press, 1989), page 115. Hereinafter cited as Dynasties of the World.
  [S38 ] John Morby, Dynasties of the World, page 87.

• m. 3 FEB 1112 in Bouches-du-Rhône, Francia

1. Ramon Berenguer IV Count of Barcelona, b. 1114 in Rodez, Departement de l'Aveyron, Midi-Pyrénées, France     d. 6 AUG 1162 in Borgo San Dalmazzo, Privincia di Cuneo, Piemonte, Italy
2. Jimena Berenguer de Barcelona, b. BET 1117 AND 1118 in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain     d. aproximadamente 1160 in Foix, Ariège, Midi-Pyrénées, Kingdom of France
3. Berenguela de Barcelona, b. 6 JUN 1116 in Barcelona, Barcelona, Aragon, Spain     d. 15 JAN 1149 in Palencia, Provincia de Palencia, Castilla y León, Spain

• m. ABT 1106

• m. aproximadamente 1104 in Barcelona, Cataluña, España

1. Title: France , Rodez :naissance de Raymond Bérenger III de Barcelone ,comte de Barcelone ...dit "le grand"
   Author: site geneanet :base collaborative " Pierfit"
   Publication: Name: https://gw.geneanet.org/pierfit?lang=fr&p=ramon+berenguer+iii&n=de+barcelone;
   Page: pour confirmer ma filiation en ligne directe ,à la 28 ème génération
   
2. Title: Ramon Berenguer, "Find A Grave Index"
   Author: "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVLW-SG71 : 12 June 2020), Ramon Berenguer, 1131; Burial, , ; citing record ID , Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com.
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3. Title: Ramon Berenguer III, Count of Barcelona (1082-1131), Wikipedia
   Author: Sources: Cheyette, Fredric L. (2001). Ermengard of Narbonne and the World of the Troubadours. Cornell University Press. Nicholson, Helen (2010). A Brief History of the Knights Templar. Constable & Robinson Ltd. Phillips, Jonathan P. (2007). The Second Crusade: Extending the Frontiers of Christendom. Yale University Press. Reilly, Bernard F. (1995). The Contest Christian and Muslim Spain:1031-1157. Blackwell Publishing. Reilly, Bernard F. (2003). The Medieval Spains. Cambridge University Press. Sabaté, Flocel, ed. (2017). The Crown of Aragon: A Singular Mediterranean Empire. Brill.
   Publication: Name: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ramon_Berenguer_III,_Count_of_Barcelona;
   Note: Ramon Berenguer III the Great was the count of Barcelona, Girona, and Ausona from 1086 (jointly with Berenguer Ramon II and solely from 1097), Besalú from 1111, Cerdanya from 1117, and count of Provence in the Holy Roman Empire, from 1112, all until his death in Barcelona in 1131. As Ramon Berenguer I, he was Count of Provence from 1112 in right of his wife. Biography: Born on 11 November 1082 in Rodez, Viscounty of Rodez, County of Toulouse, Francia, he was the son of Ramon Berenguer II.[1] He succeeded his father to co-rule with his uncle Berenguer Ramon II. He became the sole ruler in 1097, when Berenguer Ramon II was forced into exile. Responding to increased raids into his lands by the Almoravids in 1102, Ramon counter-attacked, assisted by Ermengol V, Count of Urgell, but was defeated and Ermengol killed at the battle of Mollerussa.[2] During his rule Catalan interests were extended on both sides of the Pyrenees. By marriage or vassalage he incorporated into his realm almost all of the Catalan counties (except Urgell and Peralada). He inherited the counties of Besalú (1111) and Cerdanya (1117) and in between married Douce, heiress of Provence (1112). His dominions then stretched as far east as Nice. In alliance with the Count of Urgell, Ramon Berenguer conquered Barbastro and Balaguer. He also established relations with the Italian maritime republics of Pisa and Genoa, and in 1114 and 1115 attacked with Pisa the then-Muslim islands of Majorca and Ibiza.[3] They became his tributaries and many Christian slaves there were recovered and set free. Ramon Berenguer also raided mainland Muslim dependencies with Pisa's help, such as Valencia, Lleida and Tortosa. In 1116, Ramon traveled to Rome to petition Pope Paschal II for a crusade to liberate Tarragona.[4] By 1118 he had captured and rebuilt Tarragona, which became the metropolitan seat of the church in Catalonia (before that, Catalans had depended ecclesiastically on the archbishopric of Narbonne). In 1127, Ramon Berenguer signed a commercial treaty with the Genoese.[5] Toward the end of his life he became a Templar.[6] He gave his five Catalan counties to his eldest son Ramon Berenguer IV and Provence to the younger son Berenguer Ramon. He died on 23 January/19 July 1131 and was buried in the Santa Maria de Ripoll monastery. Marriages and descendants: Ramon's first wife was María Rodríguez de Vivar, second daughter of El Cid (died ca. 1105).[7] They had one child. María, married Bernat III, Count of Besalú (died 1111) His second wife Almodis produced no children. His third wife was Douce (Dolça de Gévaudaun), heiress of Provence (died ca. 1127).[1] Their union produced at least seven children: Ramon Berenguer IV, Count of Barcelona (1113/1114–1162) married Petronilla of Aragon, daughter of Ramiro II, King of Aragón[1] Berenguer Ramon I, Count of Provence (ca. 1115–1144)[1] Bernat, died young Berenguela or Berengaria (1116–1149), married Alfonso VII of Castile Jimena (1117-1136), also known as Eixemena, married Roger III, Count of Foix Estefania (b. 1118), married Centule II, Count of Bigorre Almodis, married Ponce de Cervera, mother of Agalbursa, who married Barisone II of Arborea. References: 1. Cheyette 2001, p. 20. 2. Reilly 2003, p. 107. 3. Reilly 1995, p. 176. 4. Reilly 1995, p. 177. 5. Phillips 2007, p. 254. 6. Nicholson 2010, p. 102. 7. Sabaté 2017, p. 144.
   
4. Title: Ramon Berenguer III (1082-1131), Foundation for Medieval Genealogy
   Publication: Name: https://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/CATALAN%20NOBILITY.htm#RamonBerenguerIIIdied1131A;
   Note: RAMON BERENGUER [III] "el Grande" de Barcelona, son of RAMON BERENGUER [II] "Cap d'Estopes" Comte de Barcelona & his wife Mathilde di Apulia (11 Nov 1082-19 Jul 1131, bur Ripoll Monastery). The Inquisitio circa comitatum Carcassonæ names "Raimundus-Berengarii" as the son of "Raimundo-Berengarii…Cap-de-Stopes", specifying that he was born "in festo S Martini"[385]. He succeeded his uncle in [1097] as Comte de Barcelona, Girona, i Osona. “Raymundus Berengarii Barchinonensis comes et marchio” donated property to the bishopric of Barcelona by charter dated 26 Jan 1108[386]. Ramon Berenguer and his mother Mahalta issued a charter dated 6 Jun 1112[387]. He continued his predecessors' policy of territorial expansion, becoming Comte de Besalú following the death of his son-in-law in 1111, Comte de Provence by right of his third wife in 1113, conquering Mallorca from the Moors 1114-1115 (although he lost the latter shortly afterwards), and Comte de Cerdanya in 1117. Bernard Atton [IV] d'Albi Vicomte de Carcassonne swore homage to him in 1112. “Raymundus Berengarii…comes Barchinonæ” donated “monasterium…sancti Petri de Gallicant” in Girona to “monasterio Crassensi”, on the advice of “Geraldi Pontii vicecomitis Gerundensis…”, by charter dated 20 Jan 1117, subscribed by “Raimundi comitis Barchinonensis, Raimundi Berengerii, Berengerii et Bernardi filiorum eius, Dulciæ comitissæ uxoris eius…”[388]. The restoration of Tarragona began in 1118, the Pope designating Oleguer Bishop of Barcelona as archbishop of Tarragona. Ramon Berenguer [III] signed a treaty of partition with the comte de Toulouse in 1125 concerning the territories in France. He supervised the formulation of the feudal code which later became known as the Usatges, the first full compilation of feudal law in any west European state[389]. During his reign, the county of Barcelona became a papal fief[390]. The testament of "Raimundus Berengarii…Barchinonensis comes et marchio" dated [8 Jul] 1130 names "Aimericum fratrem meum" as one of his manumissores and names "Raimundo Berengarii filio meo…et filie mee ipsa de Castella et illa de Fuxo"[391]. The Gesta Comitum Barcinonensium records the death of "Raimundi-Berengarii comitis" in 1131 and his burial at "Rivipullense…Monasterium"[392]. m firstly (before 1103) [as her second husband,] MARÍA [Sol] Rodríguez, [widow of Infante don PEDRO de Aragón y Navarra,] daughter of RODRIGO Díaz de Vivar "el Cid Campeador" & his wife Jimena Díaz (-[4 Aug 1104/before 1 Nov 1106]). The "Corónicas" Navarras name "dona Cristiana…dona Maria" as the two daughters of "este meo Çid" and his wife, stating that María married "el conte de Barçalona"[393]. The primary source which confirms her supposed first marriage has not yet been identified, but the date of death of her supposed first husband appears incompatible with the date of the first charter in which she appears with her [second] husband. Unless further primary source information comes to light, María´s supposed first marriage should be treated with caution. Ramon Berenguer and his wife Maria granted property to a vassal by charter dated 1103[394]. Ramon Berenguer and his wife Maria donated property to the church of San Adrian "inmediata al rio Besós" by charter dated 4 Aug 1104[395]. m secondly (before 1 Nov 1106) ALMODIS, daughter of --- (-[23 Nov 1111/3 Feb 1112]). "Raymundus comes Barchinonensis" donated all that he had captured at Balagario to "uxori mea Almodis et filiis quos de ea habuero" by charter dated 1 Nov 1106[396]. Her parentage is not known. A charter dated 26 Sep 1110 records that Ramon Berenguer was still childless by his marriage at that date[397]. "Raimundis Berengarii…marchio Barchionensium, princeps Ausonensium, comes vero Gerundensium atque Bisullunensium" donated property "ecclesiam Sancte Marie intra muros Bisullunensis" to Valence Saint-Rufus by charter dated 23 Nov 1111, signed by "Raimundi comitis, Meltis comitisse"[398]. m thirdly (3 Feb 1112) DULCE [Dolça] [I] Ctss de Provence Vicomtesse de Milhaud, de Gevaudan, et de Rodez, daughter of GIRBERT de Gévaudan Vicomte de Milhaud & his wife Gerberge Ctss de Provence ([1095/1100]-[28 Nov 1127/1130]). The Brevi Historia Comitum Provinciæ records that "Gilberto comite Provinciæ" left his widow "Tiburgia…comitissa" and "Dulcia unica filia" and notes the latter's marriage to "Raymundus-Berengarii vulgo Cap-De stoupes…dictus, Comes Barcinonæ in Catalonia"[399]. Her parentage is confirmed by the Vita Sancti Ollegarii which names “Raymundum comitem Barchinonensem filium filiæ Roberti Guisardi principis Apuliæ” and “Dulcia comitissa Provinciæ uxor comitis”[400]. “Girberga comitissa” donated “comitatum...Provinciæ et Gavaldanensis et Carladensis et...honorem...in comitatu Rutenensi”, which came to her “voce parentum meorum et largitione viri mei Girberti comitis patris tui”, to “Dulciæ filiæ meæ” by charter dated 1 Feb 1112[401]. “Gerberga comitissa Arelatensis” granted “filiam meam in conjugium...Dulcem” to “Raymundo Berengarii comiti”, together with “omni honore meo et cum...honore qui fuit Girberti comitis patris puellæ”, by charter dated 3 Feb 1112[402]. “Dulcia Barchinonensis et Provinciæ comitissa” granted “totum meum honorem quem habeo vel habere debeo per paternam sive maternam hereditatem vel alio modo in Provincia et in Rutenensi comitatu” to “comiti Raymundo” by charter dated Jan 1113[403]. "Raymondi comes Barchinonensis, Dulciæ comitissæ uxoris eius, Raimundi et Berengarii filiorum suorum…" subscribed the charter dated [4/12] Feb 1114 under which "Bernardus Wilelmi…comes Ceritaniensis" donated property to the abbey of la Grasse[404]. “Raymundus Berengarii…comes Barchinonæ” donated “monasterium…sancti Petri de Gallicant” in Girona to “monasterio Crassensi” by charter dated 20 Jan 1117, subscribed by “Raimundi comitis Barchinonensis, Raimundi Berengerii, Berengerii et Bernardi filiorum eius, Dulciæ comitissæ uxoris eius…”[405]. "Dultie comitisse" signed a charter of "domni Raimundi…comitis et marchionis Burchinone et Provintie" dated 7 Mar 1125[406]. Comte Ramon Bergenguer [III] and his wife Dulce signed a commercial agreement with the Genoese dated 28 Nov 1127[407]. Comte Ramon Berenguer [III] & his first wife had one child: 1. --- de Barcelona ([1105/06]-[before 1112]). Comte Ramon Berenguer [III] & his third wife had [eight] children: 2. RAMON BERENGUER [IV] de Barcelona (1113-San Dalmacio near Turin 6 Aug 1162, bur Monastery of Santa María de Ripoll). 3. BERENGUER RAMON de Barcelona ([Dec 1113/Jan 1114]-murdered Melgueil Mar 1144). 4. BERNAT de Barcelona ([1115/16]-after 20 Jan 1117). 5. BERENGUELA de Barcelona ([1116]-Palencia 15/31 Jan 1149, bur Santiago de Compostela, Cathedral Santiago el Mayor). 6. JIMENA de Barcelona ([1117/18]-after 1136). 7. [ESTEFANIA de Barcelona ([1118]-). 8. MAHALTA de Barcelona. 9. ALMODIS de Barcelona ([1126]-after 14 Mar 1175).
   
5. Title: Royal Genealogies (Volume II)
   Author: James Anderson, D.D., Royal Genealogies (Volume II), Table 465, Page 714 (bottom center).
   
6. Title: Peerage, The
   Author: Darryl Lundy, The Peerage, a genealogical survey of teh Peerage of Britian as well as the royal families of Europe(http://thepeerage.com : accessed 30 Jul 2019), Raimond Berengar III. Cit. Date: 31 Jan 2019;
   Note: Raimond Berengar III, Conde de Barcelona was born on 11 November 1080. He was the son of Raimond Berengar II, Conde de Barcelona and Maud de Hauteville.2 He married Douce Comtesse de Gvaudan et de Provence, daughter of Gilbert Comte de Gvaudan Vicomte de Millau et de Carlat and Gerberge Comtesse de Provence, on 3 February 1112.3 He died in July 1130 at age 49. Raimond Berengar III, Conde de Barcelona also went by the nick-name of Raimond Berengar \'the Great\'.2 He gained the title of Conde de Barcelona.1 He gained the title of Comte de Provence in 1112.3Children of Raimond Berengar III, Conde de Barcelona and Douce Comtesse de Gvaudan et de Provence Berengaria de Provence+1 d. 3 Feb 1149 Berengar Raimond, Comte de Provence+3 d. 1144 Raimond Berengar IV, Conde de Barcelona+3 b. 1113, d. 6 Aug 1162Citations [S16] Jir Louda and Michael MacLagan, Lines of Succession: Heraldry of the Royal Families of Europe, 2nd edition (London, U.K.: Little, Brown and Company, 1999), table 45. Hereinafter cited as Lines of Succession. [S38] John Morby, Dynasties of the World: a chronological and genealogical handbook (Oxford, Oxfordshire, U.K.: Oxford University Press, 1989), page 115. Hereinafter cited as Dynasties of the World. [S38] John Morby, Dynasties of the World, page 87.
   
7. Title: Ramon Berenguer III (1080-1131), Find a grave
   Publication: Name: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/88496813/ramon-berenguer;
   Note: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/88496813/ramon-berenguer Ramon Berenguer III BIRTH 10 Nov 1080 Rodez, Departement de l'Aveyron, Midi-Pyrénées, France DEATH 19 Aug 1131 (aged 50) Spain BURIAL Santa Maria de Ripoll Ripoll, Provincia de Girona, Cataluna, Spain Show Map MEMORIAL ID 88496813 Count of Barcelona and Provence, Girona and Ausona, as well as Besalu. He was the son of Ramon Berenguer II and Matilda Guiscard. Ramon was the husband of Maria Rodriguez, the second daughter of El Cid. They had two children. Secondly, her married an ALmodis, but nad no issue. Thirdly, he married Douce of Provence, the heir of Provence, giving him the right to Provence, France. They had five children.
   
8. Title: Baronial Order of Magna Charta & Military Order of the Crusades
   Publication: Name: https://www.magnacharta.com/dtk/templar-ancestors/;