Ramon Berenguer II of BarcelonaAge: 28 years1054–1082
- Name
- Ramon Berenguer II of Barcelona
- Given names
- Ramon Berenguer II
- Surname
- of Barcelona
- Name prefix
- Count
Birth | about 1054 30 |
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Death of a father | Ramon Berenguer I ‘el Vell’ of Barcelona 1076 (Age 22 years) |
Birth of a son #1 | Ramon Berenguer III of Barcelona 1082 (Age 28 years) |
Record ID number | MH:I374 yes |
Record ID number | View this family MH:F214 yes |
Death | 5 December 1082 (Age 28 years) |
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Shared note | Ramon Berenguer II the Towhead or Cap de estopes[1][2] (1053 or 1054 – December 5, 1082) was Count of Barcelona from 1076 until his death. He ruled jointly with his twin brother Berenguer Ramon II.
He succeeded his father Ramon Berenguer I, Count of Barcelona to co-rule with his twin brother Berenguer Ramon, in 1075.
The twins failed to agree and divided their possessions between them, against the will of their late father. Ramon Berenguer the Towhead, called so because of the thickness and colour of his hair, was killed while hunting in the woods in 1082. His brother, who went on to become the sole ruler of Catalonia, was credited by popular opinion of having orchestrated this murder. Berenguer Ramon the Fratricide was later succeeded by Ramon Berenguer's son Ramon Berenguer III.
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* Mahalta (or Maud) of Apulia, born ca. 1059, died 1111/1112, daughter of Duke Robert Guiscard and of Sikelgaita de Salerno. Following his murder, she remarried to Aimery I of Narbonne, being mother of his son Aimery II
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+ Ramon Berenguer III the Great, count of Barcelona and Provence (before 1082-1131) |