Michael Matthew Groat PhD's Genealogical Database

Individuals: 97,713  Families: 61,838  
Gedcom Last Modified: December 14, 2025 00:59:10

Inés d'Aquitania


Preferred Parents:
Father: Guillaume d'Aquitaine IX le Troubadour Duc D'Aquitaine, b. 22 OCT 1071 in Perigueux, Dordogne, Aquitaine, France   d. 10 FEB 1127 in Poitiers, Vienne, Poitou-Charentes, France

Family 1: Ramiro II of Aragon ,    b. 24 APR 1086 in Aragón, Spain    d. 16 AUG 1157 in Huesca, Aragón, Spain
  1. Petronilla of Aragon , b. 29 JUN 1136 in Huesca, Aragón, Spain     d. 17 OCT 1174 in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
Family 2: Aimery Viscount of Thouars,    b. 1095 in Anjou, Isere, Rhone-Alpes, France    d. 1127, killed in battle in Thouars, Deux-Sevres, Poitou-Charentes, France
  1. Geoffroy de Thouars IV, b. ABT 1120 in Thouars, Deux-Sèvres, France     d. 1151/1155 in Fontevraud Abbey Fontevraud-l'Abbaye, Departement de Maine-et-Loire, Pays de la Loire, France
Sources:
  1. Title: Legacy NFS Source: Agnes of Poitiers -
    Author: Stirnet.com, Peter Barns-Graham, Chairman, Name: http://www.stirnet.com;, Page number: Aquitaine1, Iberia03, Thouars1
    Note: Peter Barns-Graham, Chairman, Stirnet.com (http://www.stirnet.com).
    Page: Migrated from user-supplied source citation: urn:familysearch:source:3246398939
  2. Title: Wikiwand: Fontevraud Abbey
    Author: From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
    Publication: Name: https://www.wikiwand.com/en/Fontevraud_Abbey;
    Note: The Royal Abbey of Our Lady of Fontevraud or Fontevrault (in French: abbaye de Fontevraud) was a monastery in the village of Fontevraud-l'Abbaye, near Chinon, in the former French duchy of Anjou. It was founded in 1101 by the itinerant preacher Robert of Arbrissel. The foundation flourished and became the center of a new monastic Order, the Order of Fontevrault. This order was composed of double monasteries, in which the community consisted of both men and women—in separate quarters of the abbey—all of which were subject to the authority of the Abbess of Fontevraud. The Abbey of Fontevraud itself consisted of four separate communities, all completely managed by the same abbess. The first permanent structures were built between 1110 and 1119. The area where the Abbey is located was then part of what is sometimes referred to as the Angevin Empire. The King of England, Henry II, his wife, Eleanor of Aquitaine, and son, King Richard the Lionheart were all buried here at the end of the 12th century. It was disestablished as a monastery during the French Revolution. The Abbey is situated in the Loire Valley, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, between Chalonnes-sur-Loire and Sully-sur-Loire within the Loire-Anjou-Touraine French regional natural park (Parc naturel régional Loire-Anjou-Touraine). The complex of monastic buildings served as a prison from 1804 to 1963. Since 1975, it has hosted a cultural centre, the Centre Culturel de l'Ouest. History Founder Main article: Robert of Arbrissel Robert of Arbrissel had served as the Archpriest of the Diocese of Rennes, carrying out the reformist agenda of its bishop. When the bishop died in 1095, Robert was driven out of the diocese due to the hostility of the local clergy. He then became a hermit in the forest of Craon, where he practiced a life of severe penance, together with a number of other men who went on to found major monastic institutions. His eloquence and asceticism attracted many followers, for whom in 1096 he founded a monastery of canons regular at La Roë, of which he was the first abbot. In that same year Pope Urban II summoned him to Angers and appointed him an apostolic missionary, authorizing him to preach anywhere. His preaching drew large crowds of devoted followers, both men and women, even lepers. As a result, many men wished to embrace the religious life, whom he sent to his abbey. When the canons of that house objected to the influx of candidates of lower social states, he resigned his office and left the community. Fontevraud Around 1100 Robert and his followers settled in a valley called Fons Ebraldi where he established a monastic community. Initially the men and women lived together in the same house, in an ancient ascetic practice called Syneisaktism. This practice had been widely condemned by Church authorities, however, and under pressure the community soon segregated according to gender, with the monks living in small priories where they lived in community in service to the nuns and under their rule. They were recognized as a religious community in 1106, both by the Bishop of Angers and by Pope Paschal II. Robert, who soon resumed his life of itinerant preaching, appointed Hersende of Champagné to lead the community. Later her assistant, Petronilla of Chemillé, was elected as the first abbess in 1115. Robert wrote a brief Rule of Life for the community, based upon the Rule of St. Benedict. Unlike the other monastic orders characterized by double monasteries, the monks and nuns of the Order of Fontevrault followed the same Rule. In his Rule, Robert dealt with four principal points: silence, good works, food and clothing, encouraging the utmost in simplicity of life and dress. He directed that the abbess should never be chosen from among those who had been brought up at Fontevrault, but that she should be someone who had had experience of the world (de conversis sororibus). This latter injunction was observed only in the case of the first two abbesses and was canceled by Pope Innocent III in 1201. At the time of Robert's death in 1117, there were about 3,000 nuns in the community. In the early years the Plantagenets were great benefactors of the abbey and while Isabella d'Anjou was the abbess, King Henry II's widow, Eleanor of Aquitaine, made the abbey her place of residence. Abbess Louise de Bourbon left her crest on many of the alterations to the abbey building which she made during her term of office. Decline With the passing of the Plantagenet dynasty Fontevrault and her dependencies began to fall upon hard times. At the end of the 12th century, the Abbess of Fontevrault, Matilda of Flanders (1189-1194), complained about the extreme poverty which the abbey was suffering. As a result, in 1247 the nuns were permitted to receive inheritances to provide income for their needs, contrary to monastic custom. The fragile economic basis of the Order was exacerbated by the devastation of the Hundred Years War, which lasted throughout the 14th century. A canonical visitation of fifty of the priories of the Order in 1460 showed most of them to be barely occupied, if not abandoned. Suppression and later history The Order was dispersed during the French Revolution. In November 1789, all property of the Catholic Church was declared to be the property of the nation. On 17 August 1792, a Revolutionary decree ordered evacuation of all monasteries, to be completed by 1 October 1792. At that time, there were still some 200 nuns and a small community of monks in residence at Fontevraud. The last abbess, Julie Sophie Charlotte de Pardaillan d'Antin, is said to have died in poverty in Paris in 1797. The abbey became a prison in 1804. The prison was planned to hold 1,000 prisoners, and the former abbey required major changes, including new barracks in addition to the transformation of monastic buildings into dormitories, workshops, and common areas. Prisoners–-men, women and children-–began arriving in 1814. Eventually, it held some 2,000 prisoners, earning the prison the reputation of being the "toughest in France after Clairvaux". Political prisoners experienced the harshest conditions: some French Resistance prisoners were shot there under the Vichy Government. In 1963 it was given to the French Ministry of Culture, and a major restoration was undertaken. In 1975 the Centre culturel de l'Ouest was formed to preserve the abbey and promote it as a cultural venue. The complex was opened to the public in 1985. Restoration of the abbey church according to the earlier restoration under the architect Lucien Magne was completed in 2006. The order was revived by Mme Rose in 1806 as one for women only and following a modified rule. List of abbesses Petronille de Chemillé (1115-1149) Matilda of Anjou (1149-1155) Audeburge of Hautes-Bruyères (1155-1180) She founded Amesbury Abbey, near Stonehenge in England, in 1177 Gilles or Gillette (1180-1189) Adélaide (1189) Matilda of Flanders (1189-1194) Matilda of Bohemia (1194-1207) Marie of Burgundy (1207-1208) widow of Odo II, Duke of Burgundy Alice of Bourbon (1208-1209) daughter of the previous abbess Adele (or Alice) of Brittany (1209-1218) daughter of Bertha, Duchess of Brittany, and her son second husband Odo, Viscount of Porhoet[6] Bertha (1218-1228) Alice of Blois (1228-1244) daughter of Theobald V, Count of Blois, and his second wife Alix of France.[7] Mabile of La Ferté (1244-1265) Jeanne de Dreux (1265-1276) Isabeau Davoir (1276-1284) Marguerite de Pocey (1284-1304) Eleanor of Brittany (1304-1342) Isabel of Valois (1342-?) Marie of Brittany (1457-1477) Anne of Orléans (1477-1491) Renée de Bourbon (1491-1534) Louise de Bourbon (1534-1575) Éléonore de Bourbon (1575-1611) Louise de Bourbon de Lavedan (1611-1637) Jeanne-Baptiste de Bourbon (1637-1670) Gabrielle de Rochechouart de Mortemart (1670-1704) Louise-Françoise de Rochechouart de Mortemart (1704-1742), niece of the previous abbess Marie-Louise de Timbrone (1753-1765) Julie-Gillette de Pardaillan d'Antin (1765-1792) Architecture Features The abbey was originally the site of the graves of King Henry II of England, his wife Eleanor of Aquitaine, their son King Richard I of England, their daughter Joan, their grandson Raymond VII of Toulouse, and Isabella of Angoulême, wife of Henry and Eleanor's son King John. However, there is no remaining corporal presence of Henry, Eleanor, Richard, or the others on the site. Their remains were possibly destroyed during the French Revolution. The bodies of the French monarchs were likewise removed from the Basilica of St Denis in 1793 by order of the French government. Henriette Louise de Bourbon, granddaughter of Louis XIV and Madame de Montespan, grew up here. Princess Thérèse of France, daughter of Louis XV, is also buried there. Cultural references Jean Genet described the experiences of a thirty-year-old prisoner at Fontevrault in his semi-autobiographical novel, "Miracle de la rose," although there is no evidence that Genet was ever imprisoned there himself. "La Cage aux Rossignols (A Cage of Nightingales)," a French film released in 1945, was filmed at the abbey.
  3. Title: Wikiwand: Agnes of Aquitaine, Queen of Aragon
    Author: From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
    Publication: Name: https://www.wikiwand.com/en/Agnes_of_Aquitaine,_Queen_of_Aragon;
    Note: Agnes (French: Agnès, Spanish: Inés; c.1105–c.1159) was Queen of Aragon during her brief marriage to King Ramiro II, a former monk. The couple separated after the birth of their only child, Queen Petronilla, and retired to monasteries. Agnes chose the Abbey of Fontevraud, from where she continued to take part in the affairs of her sons from her first marriage to Aimery V, Viscount of Thouars. First marriage Agnes was the daughter of William IX, Duke of Aquitaine and Count of Poitiers, and Philippa, Countess of Toulouse. She was the namesake of her aunt Agnes, wife of King Peter I of Aragon and Navarre. Her first marriage, to Aimery V, the viscount of Thouars, was celebrated some time prior to 9 January 1117, when the couple confirmed the possessions of the abbey of Saint-Laon de Thouars. Before Aimery's death in 1127, Agnes bore him three sons: William I (died 1151), succeeded his father Guy (died c. 1149), lord of Oiron Geoffrey IV (died 1173), succeeded William Second marriage On 13 November 1135 in the cathedral of Jaca, the ancient capital of the Kingdom of Aragon, Agnes married King Ramiro II, a monk who had resigned the bishopric of Roda in order to succeed his childless brother Alfonso the Battler. The anonymous contemporary author of the Chronica Adefonsi imperatoris attributes the initiative in Ramiro's marriage to the Aragonese: They elected Alfonso's brother king. This man was a monk, and his name was Ramiro. They gave him the sister of the Count of Poitiers for a wife. Even though this was a great sin, the Aragonese did it, for they had lost their king and hoped that there would be an offspring from the royal family. . . King Ramiro went to his wife, and she conceived and gave birth to a daughter. . . He transferred the kingdom to his daughter and acknowledged his sins. He then did penance. Agnes' age (approximately thirty) and proven fertility in her prior marriage were probably the main reasons the Aragonese sought her out. Agnes' brother, Duke William X, was also one of the few regional supporters of Antipope Anacletus II, who, as the weaker claimant to the papacy, might be persuaded to support Ramiro's irregular (and uncanonical) accession. Agnes' dowry was a church at Loscertales. In a document from the same month as his marriage, Ramiro declares that he "took a wife not out of carnal lust, but for the restoration of the blood and the lineage" (uxorem quoque non carnis libidine, set sanguinis ac proienici restauratione duxi). Later medieval and early modern historians, embarrassed by the disregard for canon law, invented explanations to reconcile the marriage of a bishop with what was current in their own day. The fourteenth-century Chronicle of San Juan de la Peña records that messengers were sent to the pope to obtain the proper dispensation. The Aragonese translation of the same chronicle places Ramiro's religious status in doubt ("some chronicles say that he was not in holy orders," algunas cronónicas dizen que no era en sacres órdenes). At the Second Lateran Council in 1139, the church, perhaps influenced by the case of Ramiro and Agnes, declared the marriages of clerics to be null and void. Prior to this, they were legitimate, but illegal, marriages. Queenship The first known royal diploma in which Agnes appears as queen is an original dated 29 January 1136. By August Agnes had borne a daughter, Petronilla. Agnes' last appearance in an Aragonese document is from October 1136: a joint donation with her husband of a mill and a horse at Loscertales to the monastery of San Pedro de Antefruenzo. She and Ramiro may have separated shortly after this. Her brother died on a pilgrimage to Santiago de Compostela on 3 April 1137. It was probably during his passage through Iberia that his consent to the proposed marriage of the infant Petronilla was obtained; there is no evidence that Agnes took any part in arranging the future of her daughter. In a series of acts between 11 August and 13 November 1137, Ramiro betrothed his daughter to the powerful Count Raymond Berengar IV of Barcelona, made his subjects swear an oath of allegiance to the count and then handed over the royal power to him. The transfer of power done, Ramiro returned to religious life and Agnes retired to the Abbey of Fontevraud, where her mother had lived. She is recorded there between 1141 and 1147, and there she died around 1159.
  4. Title: Copy of Agnes of Aquitaine, Queen of Aragon in Wikipedia
    Author: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agnes_of_Aquitaine,_wife_of_Ramiro_II_of_Aragon
    Publication: Name: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agnes_of_Aquitaine,_Queen_of_Aragon;
    Note: Agnes (French: Agnès, Spanish: Inés; c. 1105– c. 1159) was Queen of Aragon during her brief marriage to King Ramiro II, a former monk. The couple separated after the birth of their only child, Queen Petronilla, and retired to monasteries. Agnes chose the Abbey of Fontevraud, from where she continued to take part in the affairs of her sons from her first marriage to Aimery V, Viscount of Thouars. Agnes was the daughter of William IX, Duke of Aquitaine and Count of Poitiers, and Philippa, Countess of Toulouse. Her first marriage, to Aimery V, Viscount of Thouars, was celebrated some time prior to 9 January 1117, when the couple confirmed the possessions of the abbey of Saint-Laon de Thouars. Before Aimery's death in 1127, the couple had three sons. On 13 November 1135 in the cathedral of Jaca, the ancient capital of the Kingdom of Aragon, Agnes married King Ramiro II, a monk who had resigned the bishopric of Roda. The first known royal diploma in which Agnes appears as queen is an original dated 29 January 1136. By August Agnes had borne a daughter, Petronilla. Agnes retired to the Abbey of Fontevraud, where her mother had lived. She is recorded there between 1141 and 1147, and there she died around 1159.
    Page: Relationship
  5. Title: Human Family Project
    Author: Mary H. Slawson, Human Family Project - Reconstruction of the Irish Surnames from Milesus to 1600 (Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Medieval History Specialist, Ireland 2005).
  6. Title: Legacy NFS Source: Agnes of Aquitaine -
    Author: Royal Index, University of Hull, England, Internet, Internet, www.dcs.hull.ac.uk
    Page: Migrated from user-supplied source citation: urn:familysearch:source:2332880681
  7. Title: Agnes of Aquitaine in the Global, Find A Grave Index for Burials at Sea and other Select Burial Locations, 1300s-Current
    Publication: Name: http://search.ancestry.com/collections/60541/records/2464051;
    Note: Name: Agnes of Aquitaine Birth Date: 1105 Birth Place: France Death Date: 7 Mar 1147 Death Place: Fontevraud-l'Abbaye, Departement de Maine-et-Loire, Pays de la Loire, France Cemetery: Fontevraud Abbey Burial or Cremation Place: Fontevraud-l'Abbaye, Departement de Maine-et-Loire, Pays de la Loire, France Has Bio?: Y Mother: Philippa of Toulouse Spouse: Ramiro of Aragon Children: Petronila of Aragon URL: https://www.findagrave.com/mem...
  8. Title: Agnes of Aquitaine, Queen of Aragon in Wikipedia
    Author: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agnes_of_Aquitaine,_wife_of_Ramiro_II_of_Aragon
    Publication: Name: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agnes_of_Aquitaine,_Queen_of_Aragon;
    Note: NOTE: wikipedia changed the url from" https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agnes_of_Aquitaine,_Queen_of_Aragon to https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agnes_of_Aquitaine,_wife_of_Ramiro_II_of_Aragon Agnes (French: Agnès, Spanish: Inés; c. 1105– c. 1159) was Queen of Aragon during her brief marriage to King Ramiro II, a former monk. The couple separated after the birth of their only child, Queen Petronilla, and retired to monasteries. Agnes chose the Abbey of Fontevraud, from where she continued to take part in the affairs of her sons from her first marriage to Aimery V, Viscount of Thouars. Agnes was the daughter of William IX, Duke of Aquitaine and Count of Poitiers, and Philippa, Countess of Toulouse. Her first marriage, to Aimery V, Viscount of Thouars, was celebrated some time prior to 9 January 1117, when the couple confirmed the possessions of the abbey of Saint-Laon de Thouars. Before Aimery's death in 1127, the couple had three sons. On 13 November 1135 in the cathedral of Jaca, the ancient capital of the Kingdom of Aragon, Agnes married King Ramiro II, a monk who had resigned the bishopric of Roda. The first known royal diploma in which Agnes appears as queen is an original dated 29 January 1136. By August Agnes had borne a daughter, Petronilla. Agnes retired to the Abbey of Fontevraud, where her mother had lived. She is recorded there between 1141 and 1147, and there she died around 1159.
  9. Title: Agnes of Aquitaine (1105-1147), Find a Grave
    Publication: Name: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/88115607/agnes-of_aquitaine;
    Note: Agnes of Aquitaine BIRTH 1105 France DEATH 7 Mar 1147 (aged 41–42) Fontevraud-l'Abbaye, Departement de Maine-et-Loire, Pays de la Loire, France BURIAL Fontevraud Abbey Fontevraud-l'Abbaye, Departement de Maine-et-Loire, Pays de la Loire, France MEMORIAL ID 88115607
  10. Title: Wikiwand: Kingdom of Aragon
    Author: From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
    Publication: Name: https://www.wikiwand.com/en/Kingdom_of_Aragon;
    Note: The Kingdom of Aragon (Aragonese: Reino d'Aragón, Catalan: Regne d'Aragó, Latin: Regnum Aragonum, Spanish: Reino de Aragón) was a medieval and early modern kingdom on the Iberian Peninsula, corresponding to the modern-day autonomous community of Aragon, in Spain. It should not be confused with the larger Crown of Aragon, that also included other territories — the Principality of Catalonia (which included the County of Barcelona and the other Catalan Counties), the Kingdom of Valencia, the Kingdom of Majorca, and other possessions that are now part of France, Italy, and Greece — that were also under the rule of the King of Aragon, but were administered separately from the Kingdom of Aragon. In 1479, upon John II of Aragon’s death, the crowns of Aragon and Castile were united to form the nucleus of modern Spain. The Aragonese lands, however, retained autonomous parliamentary and administrative institutions, such as the Corts, until the Nueva Planta decrees, promulgated between 1707 and 1715 by Philip V of Spain in the aftermath of the War of the Spanish Succession, finally put an end to it. History Independent kingdom Aragon was originally a Carolingian feudal county around the city of Jaca, which in the first half of the 9th century became a vassal state of the kingdom of Pamplona (later Navarre), its own dynasty of counts ending without male heir in 922. The name Aragón is the same as that of the river Aragón, which flows by Jaca. It might derive from the Basque Aragona/Haragona meaning "good upper valley" (haran+goi+ona, where haran = "valley", goi = "upper, high", and ona = good). Alternatively, the name may be derived from the earlier Roman province of Hispania Tarraconensis. On the death of Sancho III of Navarre in 1035, the Kingdom of Navarre was divided into three parts: (1) Pamplona and its hinterland along with western and coastal Basque districts, (2) Castile, and (3) Sobrarbe, Ribagorza and Aragon. Sancho's son Gonzalo inherited Sobrarbe and Ribargorza, whereas his illegitimate son Ramiro received Aragon, but Gonzalo was killed soon after and all the land he owned went to his brother Ramiro, thus becoming the first de facto king of Aragon, although he never used that title. By defeating his brother, García Sánchez III of Navarre, Ramiro achieved independence for Aragon. His son Sancho Ramírez, who also inherited the kingdom of Navarre, was the first to call himself "King of the Aragonese and Pamplonese." As the Aragonese domains expanded to the south, conquering land from Al Andalus, the capital city moved from Jaca to Huesca (1096), and later to Zaragoza (1118). After Alfonso the Battler died childless in 1135, different rulers were chosen for Navarre and Aragon, and the two kingdoms ceased to have the same ruler. By 1285 the southernmost areas of what is nowadays Aragon had been taken from the Moors. Dynastic union with the County of Barcelona See also: Crown of Aragon The Kingdom of Aragon gave the name to the Crown of Aragon, created in 1150 with the dynastic union resulting from the marriage of the Princess of Aragon, Petronilla, and the Count of Barcelona, Ramon Berenguer IV. Their son Alfonso II inherited all of the territories within the House of Aragon and within the House of Barcelona. The King of Aragon also held the title of Count of Barcelona and ruled territories that consisted of not only the present administrative region of Aragon, but also Catalonia, and later the kingdoms of Majorca, Valencia, Sicily, Naples and Sardinia. The King of Aragón was the direct ruler of the Aragonese region, and held the titles of Count of Provence, Count of Barcelona, Lord of Montpellier, and Duke of Athens and Neopatria. Each of these titles gave him sovereignty over a certain region, and these titles changed as he won and lost territories. In the 14th century, his power was greatly restricted by the Union of Aragon. Union of the Crowns of Aragon and Castile and afterwards The Crown of Aragon became a part of the Spanish monarchy after the dynastic union with Castile, which supposed the de facto unification of both kingdoms under a common monarch. The house of Barcelona held the Crown until 1410, when it went extinct. Subsequently, in 1412 the Aragonese secured the election of a Castilian prince, Ferdinand of Antequera, to the vacant Aragonese throne, over strong Catalan opposition. One of Ferdinand's successors, John II of Aragon (1458–1479), countered residual Catalan resistance by arranging for his heir, Ferdinand, to marry Isabella, the heir apparent of Henry IV of Castile. In 1479, upon John II's death, the crowns of Aragon and Castile were united to form the nucleus of modern Spain. However, Aragonese territories retained their autonomous parliamentary and administrative institutions, such as the Corts, until the Nueva Planta decrees, which were promulgated between 1707 and 1715 by Philip V of Spain in the aftermath of the War of the Spanish Succession. The decrees de jure ended the kingdoms of Aragon, Valencia and Mallorca, and the Principality of Catalonia, and merged them with Castile to officially form the Spanish kingdom. A new Nueva Planta decree in 1711 restored some rights in Aragon, such as the Aragonese Civil Rights, but preserved the end of the political independence of the kingdom. The previous Kingdom of Aragon remained as an administrative unit until 1833, when it was divided into the three existing provinces. In the aftermath of Francisco Franco's death, Aragon became one of the autonomous communities of Spain in 1982.
Master Index | Pedigree Chart | Descendency Chart
Please send genealogical corrections, additions, or comments to Michael Matthew Groat PhD
Created by GIMMWebService Version 1.0.3 (Program Information), Copyright 2023 © Michael Groat
(Web design layout and pedigree indentation subroutine) Copyright 1996 © Randy Winch (gumby@edge.net) and Tim Doyle (tdoyle@doit.com)
(Internal GEDCOM data structures and GEDCOM file parsing) Copyright 2014-2021 © Giulio Genovese (giulio.genovese@gmail.com)

Like the program that you see? Any support is appreciated!

Paypal