Person:Petronila Of Aragon (1)
Petronila of Aragon
b.1135 Aragón, Spain
d.17 Oct 1174 Barcelona, Spain
Parents and Siblings
(edit)
m. 1 Jan 1136
  1. Petronila of Aragon
Spouse and Children
(edit)
m. 11 Aug 1137
  1. Alfonso II of Aragon
  2. Peter of Aragon
  3. Aldonza Of Barcelona
  4. Ramon Berenguer III , Count of Provence
  5. Dulce Berenguer
  6. Sancho , Count of Provence
Add another spouse & children
Facts and Events
Name Petronila of Aragon
Gender Female
Birth? 1135 Aragón, Spain
Alt Birth[2] about Jul 1136
Marriage 11 Aug 1137 to Ramon Berenger, IV, Count of Barcelona "The Saint"
Alt Marriage 11 Aug 1137 Aragón, Spainto Ramon Berenger, IV, Count of Barcelona "The Saint"
Other 1151 marriage confirmed
with Ramon Berenger, IV, Count of Barcelona "The Saint"
Death? 17 Oct 1174 Barcelona, Spain
Burial[2] BarcelonaChurch of the Holy Cross and Santa Eulalia


the text in this section is copied from an article in Wikipedia

Petronilla of Aragon (29 June 1136, in Huesca – 15 October 1173, in Barcelona) whose name is also spelled Petronila or Petronella (Aragonese Peyronela or Payronella, and ), was Queen regnant of Aragon from 1137 until 1164. She was the daughter and successor of Ramiro II by Agnes of Aquitaine. By right of her marriage, she was also styled Countess of Barcelona.


Petronilla came to the throne through special circumstances. Her father, Ramiro, was bishop of Barbastro-Roda when his brother, Alfonso I, died without an heir in 1134, and left the crown to the three religious military orders. The nobility of Aragon, however, raised Ramiro to the throne. As king, he received a papal dispensation to abdicate from his monastic vows in order to secure the succession to the throne. King Ramiro the Monk, as he is known, married Agnes, daughter of Duke William IX of Aquitaine and Gascony, and through her produced an heiress, Petronilla. When she was just a little over one year old, Petronilla was married in Barbastro on 11 August 1137 to Ramon Berenguer IV, Count of Barcelona. Immediately thereafter, Ramiro abdicated in favour of Petronilla and Ramon Berenguer and returned to monastic life.

Petronilla consummated her marriage to Ramon Berenguer in the early part of 1151,[1] when she reached the age of 15. The marriage produced five children (four sons and a daughter):

Shortly after her husband's death in 1162, Petronilla renounced the crown of Aragon in favour of her eldest son, Ramon Berenguer, who, as a compliment to the Aragonese, changed his name to Alfonso. Her son was the first ruler of both Aragon and Catalonia (where he is known as Alfons I) thereby establishing the dynastic union between the two countries that lasted until the Crown of Aragon was dissolved in 1707. The two realms remained largely separate in a federal state in which each had its own system of laws and government. The ruler used both titles of King of Aragon and Count of Barcelona. Alfonso II was seven years old when on 18 July 1164 Petronilla abdicated on his behalf. She died in Barcelona in October 1173 and was buried at Barcelona Cathedral. Her tomb has been lost.

This page uses content from the English Wikipedia. The original content was at Petronila of Aragon. The list of authors can be seen in the page history. As with WeRelate, the content of Wikipedia is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
References
  1.   Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia. (Online: Wikimedia Foundation, Inc.), Petronila of Aragon.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 PETRONILA Queen of Aragon, in Cawley, Charles. Medieval Lands: A prosopography of medieval European noble and royal families.
Retrieved from "http://www.werelate.org/wiki/Person:Petronila_Of_Aragon_%281%29"