Person:Ramiro II of Aragon (1)

Ramiro II of Aragon
d.16 Aug 1157 Huesca, Spain
m. 1 Jan 1136
  1. Petronila of Aragon1135 - 1174
Facts and Events
Name Ramiro II of Aragon
Alt Name The Monk _____
Religious Name[3] Brother _____ _____
Unknown Ramiro II Sanchez
Gender Male
Birth[2] 1086 Aragon, Spain
Alt Marriage 1 Jan 1134 to Agnes of Aquitaine, Queen of Aragon
Marriage 1 Jan 1136 Spainto Agnes of Aquitaine, Queen of Aragon
Death? 16 Aug 1157 Huesca, Spain
Burial[2] HuescaMonastery of San Pedro el Viejo, Huesca
Reference Number[1] Q316194?


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Ramiro II (24 April 1086 – 16 August 1157), called the Monk, was King of Aragon from 1134 until withdrawing from public life in 1137. Although a monk, he was elected king by the Aragonese nobility upon the death of his childless brother, Alfonso the Battler. He then had a daughter, Petronilla, whom he had marry Count Ramon Berenguer IV of Barcelona, unifying Aragon and Barcelona into the Crown of Aragon.

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References
  1. Ramiro II of Aragon, in Wikipedia.
  2. 2.0 2.1 Infante don RAMIRO de Aragón, in Cawley, Charles. Medieval Lands: A prosopography of medieval European noble and royal families.
  3. He was a Monk, temporarily gave up his monastic order to marry. Returned to his monastry in 1134.