Ramon Berenguer II Count of Barcelona 1 2
- Born: 1054, <Barcelona, Aragon>, Spain
- Marriage (1): Mathilda of Apulia in 1078
- Died: 5 Dec 1082 at age 28
Another name for Ramon was Raimund Berenger II "the Towhead" Count of Barcelona.
Research Notes:
Twin brother of Berenguer Ramon II, by whom he was murdered.
From Wikipedia - Ramon Berenguer II, Count of Barcelona :
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 .
Ramon Berenguers's marriage and child 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 Ramon Berenguer III the Great, count of Barcelona and Provence (before 1082-1131)
Death Notes:
Murdered by his twin brother, Berenguer Ramon II.
Ramon married Mathilda of Apulia, daughter of Robert I "Guiscard" de Hauteville and Sigelgaita Princess of Salerno, in 1078. (Mathilda of Apulia was born about 1059 in <Apulia, Calabria>, Italy and died in 1083.)
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