Berenguer Ramon I of Barcelona was the son of Raymond Borrell, count of Barcelona, Girona, and Ausona and his wife Ermesinde of Carcassonne. He was also called The Crooked and The Hunchback. In 1021, he married Sancha Sánchez, in Spain, daughter of Sancho I Garcés, count of Castile, and Urraca Perez deCastile. In 1027, he married secondly Guisla of Lluca,The daughter of Sunifred de Lluca and Ermesenda de Balsareny Raymond Berengar and Sancha Sánchez were the parents of two sons, Raymond Berengar, and a son Sancho. From his second marriage to Guisla of Lluca, he had a son, William, and two daughters, Clemencia who married Ermengol III and a daughter of unknown name who was mother of Hugh I and Eudes I, Dukes of Burgundy, and of Henry, Count of Portugal. Berengar Raymond was a peaceful man and and during his reign peace ruled. He stayed close to the church and maintained relations with the papacy and pilgrimaged to Rome in 1032. The government of Berengar Raymond I started to decline in Catalonia. When his father died, Berengar Raymond was a minor and his mother Ermesinde was regent until 1023. Even when he attained his majority, his mother would not give up the powers of regency and reigned with him, this left him weak and indecisive. He died on May 26, 1035 and was buried in Santa Maria de Ripoll. He was succeeded in Barcelona and Gerona by his son by his first wife, Raymond Berengar; and in Ausona by William, son of his second wife.
(Bio by Audrey DeCamp Hoffman the 27th great-granddaughter of Berenguer Ramon I of Barcelona)
Addendum - (someone created a Duplicate memorial for his mother recently- not sure why when one has been in existence for over 10 years)
(Bio by Audrey DeCamp Hoffman the 27th great-granddaughter of Berenguer Ramon I of Barcelona)
Addendum - (someone created a Duplicate memorial for his mother recently- not sure why when one has been in existence for over 10 years)
Berenguer Ramon I of Barcelona was the son of Raymond Borrell, count of Barcelona, Girona, and Ausona and his wife Ermesinde of Carcassonne. He was also called The Crooked and The Hunchback. In 1021, he married Sancha Sánchez, in Spain, daughter of Sancho I Garcés, count of Castile, and Urraca Perez deCastile. In 1027, he married secondly Guisla of Lluca,The daughter of Sunifred de Lluca and Ermesenda de Balsareny Raymond Berengar and Sancha Sánchez were the parents of two sons, Raymond Berengar, and a son Sancho. From his second marriage to Guisla of Lluca, he had a son, William, and two daughters, Clemencia who married Ermengol III and a daughter of unknown name who was mother of Hugh I and Eudes I, Dukes of Burgundy, and of Henry, Count of Portugal. Berengar Raymond was a peaceful man and and during his reign peace ruled. He stayed close to the church and maintained relations with the papacy and pilgrimaged to Rome in 1032. The government of Berengar Raymond I started to decline in Catalonia. When his father died, Berengar Raymond was a minor and his mother Ermesinde was regent until 1023. Even when he attained his majority, his mother would not give up the powers of regency and reigned with him, this left him weak and indecisive. He died on May 26, 1035 and was buried in Santa Maria de Ripoll. He was succeeded in Barcelona and Gerona by his son by his first wife, Raymond Berengar; and in Ausona by William, son of his second wife.
(Bio by Audrey DeCamp Hoffman the 27th great-granddaughter of Berenguer Ramon I of Barcelona)
Addendum - (someone created a Duplicate memorial for his mother recently- not sure why when one has been in existence for over 10 years)
(Bio by Audrey DeCamp Hoffman the 27th great-granddaughter of Berenguer Ramon I of Barcelona)
Addendum - (someone created a Duplicate memorial for his mother recently- not sure why when one has been in existence for over 10 years)
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