Countess of Limosges
Almodis was the daughter of Bernard I, Count of Marche and Amelia of Aulnay, granddaughter of Adalbert I Count de la Marche and Almode de Limoges, Cadelon IV, Vicomte d'Aulnay and Arsendis. Almodis was born about 1020.
Almodis married Hugh V of Lusignan, 5th Lord of Lusignan and Lord of Couhé, son of Hugh IV. They had two sons and one daughter:
* Hugh VI de Lusignan
* Jordan de Lusignan
* Melisende, wife of Simon I "l'Archevêque", Vidame de Parthenay
Almodis were divorced on the basis of consanguinity, and Hugh arranged her marriage to widower Count Pons of Toulouse, the son of William III Taillefer and Emma of Provence. Pons They married in 1040 and had several children including:
* Almode de Toulouse, wife of Pierre de Melgueil, Count of Melgueil
* Guillaume (William) IV de Toulouse married Emma de Mortain
* Raymond St Giles IV married Elvira of Castile
* Hughes, Abbott of St Gilles
In 1053, Pons repudiated Almodis, who had been kidnapped by Raimond de Berenguer, the Count of Barcelona and son of Berenguer Ramon I, the Crooked or Hunchback and Sancha Sanchez. Raimond was now looking at his third wife, with one surviving son, Pere. Almodis and Raimond were married immediately, producing twins sons by 1054. Their children were:
* Berenguer Ramon II, Count of Barcelona
* Ramon Berenguer II, Count of Barcelona
* Agnes, wife of Count Guigues II of Albon
* Sancha, wife of Count Guillermo Ramon I of Cerdagne
Almodia and Raimond were excommunicated by Pope Victor II in 1056, declaring their marriage illegal as both her previous husbands were alive.
Almodis kept in touch and her previous husbands and all her children, attending her daughter's wedding, and Hugh even rebelled against his own lord, Duke William VIII of Aquitaine in favor of Almodis's son, William of Toulouse, by Pons, resulting in his death during a sortie. All of her sons, regardless of their fathers, supported on another in military events.
Raimond's first wife and mother of his first born son, Pere (Pedro), was Isabel Trencavel, Almodis's niece, the daughter of her sister, Rangearde de la Marche. Before Raimond's marriage to Almodis, Pere was his father's heir. Pere soon felt his position was being usurped by Almodis and her sons influence on his father, and murdered Almodis in October of 1071. Pere was disinherited and exiled from the country. When Raimond died in 1076, Barcelona was split between his two remaining twin sons by Almodis, Ramon and Berenguer "The Fratricide" who later killed Ramon and perished on a pilgrimage to Jerusalem.
Almodis was the daughter of Bernard I, Count of Marche and Amelia of Aulnay, granddaughter of Adalbert I Count de la Marche and Almode de Limoges, Cadelon IV, Vicomte d'Aulnay and Arsendis. Almodis was born about 1020.
Almodis married Hugh V of Lusignan, 5th Lord of Lusignan and Lord of Couhé, son of Hugh IV. They had two sons and one daughter:
* Hugh VI de Lusignan
* Jordan de Lusignan
* Melisende, wife of Simon I "l'Archevêque", Vidame de Parthenay
Almodis were divorced on the basis of consanguinity, and Hugh arranged her marriage to widower Count Pons of Toulouse, the son of William III Taillefer and Emma of Provence. Pons They married in 1040 and had several children including:
* Almode de Toulouse, wife of Pierre de Melgueil, Count of Melgueil
* Guillaume (William) IV de Toulouse married Emma de Mortain
* Raymond St Giles IV married Elvira of Castile
* Hughes, Abbott of St Gilles
In 1053, Pons repudiated Almodis, who had been kidnapped by Raimond de Berenguer, the Count of Barcelona and son of Berenguer Ramon I, the Crooked or Hunchback and Sancha Sanchez. Raimond was now looking at his third wife, with one surviving son, Pere. Almodis and Raimond were married immediately, producing twins sons by 1054. Their children were:
* Berenguer Ramon II, Count of Barcelona
* Ramon Berenguer II, Count of Barcelona
* Agnes, wife of Count Guigues II of Albon
* Sancha, wife of Count Guillermo Ramon I of Cerdagne
Almodia and Raimond were excommunicated by Pope Victor II in 1056, declaring their marriage illegal as both her previous husbands were alive.
Almodis kept in touch and her previous husbands and all her children, attending her daughter's wedding, and Hugh even rebelled against his own lord, Duke William VIII of Aquitaine in favor of Almodis's son, William of Toulouse, by Pons, resulting in his death during a sortie. All of her sons, regardless of their fathers, supported on another in military events.
Raimond's first wife and mother of his first born son, Pere (Pedro), was Isabel Trencavel, Almodis's niece, the daughter of her sister, Rangearde de la Marche. Before Raimond's marriage to Almodis, Pere was his father's heir. Pere soon felt his position was being usurped by Almodis and her sons influence on his father, and murdered Almodis in October of 1071. Pere was disinherited and exiled from the country. When Raimond died in 1076, Barcelona was split between his two remaining twin sons by Almodis, Ramon and Berenguer "The Fratricide" who later killed Ramon and perished on a pilgrimage to Jerusalem.
Countess of Limosges
Almodis was the daughter of Bernard I, Count of Marche and Amelia of Aulnay, granddaughter of Adalbert I Count de la Marche and Almode de Limoges, Cadelon IV, Vicomte d'Aulnay and Arsendis. Almodis was born about 1020.
Almodis married Hugh V of Lusignan, 5th Lord of Lusignan and Lord of Couhé, son of Hugh IV. They had two sons and one daughter:
* Hugh VI de Lusignan
* Jordan de Lusignan
* Melisende, wife of Simon I "l'Archevêque", Vidame de Parthenay
Almodis were divorced on the basis of consanguinity, and Hugh arranged her marriage to widower Count Pons of Toulouse, the son of William III Taillefer and Emma of Provence. Pons They married in 1040 and had several children including:
* Almode de Toulouse, wife of Pierre de Melgueil, Count of Melgueil
* Guillaume (William) IV de Toulouse married Emma de Mortain
* Raymond St Giles IV married Elvira of Castile
* Hughes, Abbott of St Gilles
In 1053, Pons repudiated Almodis, who had been kidnapped by Raimond de Berenguer, the Count of Barcelona and son of Berenguer Ramon I, the Crooked or Hunchback and Sancha Sanchez. Raimond was now looking at his third wife, with one surviving son, Pere. Almodis and Raimond were married immediately, producing twins sons by 1054. Their children were:
* Berenguer Ramon II, Count of Barcelona
* Ramon Berenguer II, Count of Barcelona
* Agnes, wife of Count Guigues II of Albon
* Sancha, wife of Count Guillermo Ramon I of Cerdagne
Almodia and Raimond were excommunicated by Pope Victor II in 1056, declaring their marriage illegal as both her previous husbands were alive.
Almodis kept in touch and her previous husbands and all her children, attending her daughter's wedding, and Hugh even rebelled against his own lord, Duke William VIII of Aquitaine in favor of Almodis's son, William of Toulouse, by Pons, resulting in his death during a sortie. All of her sons, regardless of their fathers, supported on another in military events.
Raimond's first wife and mother of his first born son, Pere (Pedro), was Isabel Trencavel, Almodis's niece, the daughter of her sister, Rangearde de la Marche. Before Raimond's marriage to Almodis, Pere was his father's heir. Pere soon felt his position was being usurped by Almodis and her sons influence on his father, and murdered Almodis in October of 1071. Pere was disinherited and exiled from the country. When Raimond died in 1076, Barcelona was split between his two remaining twin sons by Almodis, Ramon and Berenguer "The Fratricide" who later killed Ramon and perished on a pilgrimage to Jerusalem.
Almodis was the daughter of Bernard I, Count of Marche and Amelia of Aulnay, granddaughter of Adalbert I Count de la Marche and Almode de Limoges, Cadelon IV, Vicomte d'Aulnay and Arsendis. Almodis was born about 1020.
Almodis married Hugh V of Lusignan, 5th Lord of Lusignan and Lord of Couhé, son of Hugh IV. They had two sons and one daughter:
* Hugh VI de Lusignan
* Jordan de Lusignan
* Melisende, wife of Simon I "l'Archevêque", Vidame de Parthenay
Almodis were divorced on the basis of consanguinity, and Hugh arranged her marriage to widower Count Pons of Toulouse, the son of William III Taillefer and Emma of Provence. Pons They married in 1040 and had several children including:
* Almode de Toulouse, wife of Pierre de Melgueil, Count of Melgueil
* Guillaume (William) IV de Toulouse married Emma de Mortain
* Raymond St Giles IV married Elvira of Castile
* Hughes, Abbott of St Gilles
In 1053, Pons repudiated Almodis, who had been kidnapped by Raimond de Berenguer, the Count of Barcelona and son of Berenguer Ramon I, the Crooked or Hunchback and Sancha Sanchez. Raimond was now looking at his third wife, with one surviving son, Pere. Almodis and Raimond were married immediately, producing twins sons by 1054. Their children were:
* Berenguer Ramon II, Count of Barcelona
* Ramon Berenguer II, Count of Barcelona
* Agnes, wife of Count Guigues II of Albon
* Sancha, wife of Count Guillermo Ramon I of Cerdagne
Almodia and Raimond were excommunicated by Pope Victor II in 1056, declaring their marriage illegal as both her previous husbands were alive.
Almodis kept in touch and her previous husbands and all her children, attending her daughter's wedding, and Hugh even rebelled against his own lord, Duke William VIII of Aquitaine in favor of Almodis's son, William of Toulouse, by Pons, resulting in his death during a sortie. All of her sons, regardless of their fathers, supported on another in military events.
Raimond's first wife and mother of his first born son, Pere (Pedro), was Isabel Trencavel, Almodis's niece, the daughter of her sister, Rangearde de la Marche. Before Raimond's marriage to Almodis, Pere was his father's heir. Pere soon felt his position was being usurped by Almodis and her sons influence on his father, and murdered Almodis in October of 1071. Pere was disinherited and exiled from the country. When Raimond died in 1076, Barcelona was split between his two remaining twin sons by Almodis, Ramon and Berenguer "The Fratricide" who later killed Ramon and perished on a pilgrimage to Jerusalem.
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