Biography of Agnes Poitiers Queen Consort Aragon Queen Consort Pamplona 1072-1097

Paternal Family Tree: Poitiers

Before 22nd October 1071 [her father] Guy William Poitiers VIII Duke Aquitaine (age 46) and [her mother] Hildegarde Burgundy Duchess Aquitaine (age 15) were married. She by marriage Duchess Aquitaine. The difference in their ages was 31 years. She the daughter of [her grandfather] Robert I Duke Burgundy (age 60) and [her grandmother] Ermengarde Blanche Ingelger Duchess Burgundy (age 53). He the son of [her grandfather] William "Great" V Duke Aquitaine and [her grandmother] Agnes Ivrea Duchess Aquitaine. They were second cousin once removed.

In 1072 Agnes Poitiers Queen Consort Aragon Queen Consort Pamplona was born to [her father] Guy William Poitiers VIII Duke Aquitaine (age 47) and [her mother] Hildegarde Burgundy Duchess Aquitaine (age 16).

On 7th October 1072 Sancho "Strong" II King Leon II King Castile (age 35) died. His brother [her brother-in-law] Alfonso (age 31) succeeded VI King Castile. [her half-sister] Agnes Poitiers Queen Consort Leon Queen Consort Castile (age 14) by marriage Queen Consort Castile.

In 1078 [her half-sister] Agnes Poitiers Queen Consort Leon Queen Consort Castile (age 19) died.

In 1086 Peter I King Aragon I King Pamplona (age 18) and Agnes Poitiers Queen Consort Aragon Queen Consort Pamplona (age 14) were married. She by marriage Queen Consort Aragon, Queen Consort Pamplona. She the daughter of Guy William Poitiers VIII Duke Aquitaine (age 61) and Hildegarde Burgundy Duchess Aquitaine (age 30). He the son of Sancho Ramírez I King Aragon V King Pamplona (age 44) and Isabella Urgell Queen Consort Aragon Queen Consort Pamplona.

Around 1086 [her son] Peter Jiménez was born to [her husband] Peter I King Aragon I King Pamplona (age 18) and Agnes Poitiers Queen Consort Aragon Queen Consort Pamplona (age 14).

On 25th September 1086 [her father] Guy William Poitiers VIII Duke Aquitaine (age 61) died. His son [her brother] William (age 14) succeeded IX Duke Aquitaine.

In 1088 [her brother] William "Troubadour" Poitiers IX Duke Aquitaine (age 16) and [her sister-in-law] Ermengarde Anjou Duchess Brittany and Aquitaine (age 20) were married. She by marriage Duchess Aquitaine. She the daughter of [her uncle] Fulk "Réchin" Anjou 4th Count Anjou (age 45) and Hildegarde Beaugency Countess Anjou (age 44). He the son of [her father] Guy William Poitiers VIII Duke Aquitaine and [her mother] Hildegarde Burgundy Duchess Aquitaine (age 32). They were half first cousins.

In 1094 [her brother] William "Troubadour" Poitiers IX Duke Aquitaine (age 22) and [her sister-in-law] Philippa Rouerge Duchess Aquitaine were married. She by marriage Duchess Aquitaine. She the daughter of William Rouerge Duke Narbonne (age 54) and Emma Mortain Duchess Narbonne. He the son of [her father] Guy William Poitiers VIII Duke Aquitaine and [her mother] Hildegarde Burgundy Duchess Aquitaine (age 38).

William of Worcester's Chronicle of England

William of Worcester, born around 1415, and died around 1482 was secretary to John Fastolf, the renowned soldier of the Hundred Years War, during which time he collected documents, letters, and wrote a record of events. Following their return to England in 1440 William was witness to major events. Twice in his chronicle he uses the first person: 1. when writing about the murder of Thomas, 7th Baron Scales, in 1460, he writes '… and I saw him lying naked in the cemetery near the porch of the church of St. Mary Overie in Southwark …' and 2. describing King Edward IV's entry into London in 1461 he writes '… proclaimed that all the people themselves were to recognize and acknowledge Edward as king. I was present and heard this, and immediately went down with them into the city'. William’s Chronicle is rich in detail. It is the source of much information about the Wars of the Roses, including the term 'Diabolical Marriage' to describe the marriage of Queen Elizabeth Woodville’s brother John’s marriage to Katherine, Dowager Duchess of Norfolk, he aged twenty, she sixty-five or more, and the story about a paper crown being placed in mockery on the severed head of Richard, 3rd Duke of York.

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On 4th June 1094 [her father-in-law] Sancho Ramírez I King Aragon V King Pamplona (age 52) died. His son [her husband] Peter (age 26) succeeded I King Aragon, I King Pamplona.

In 1097 [her husband] Peter I King Aragon I King Pamplona (age 29) and Bertha Queen Consort Aragon Queen Consort Pamplona (age 22) were married. She by marriage Queen Consort Aragon, Queen Consort Pamplona. He the son of [her father-in-law] Sancho Ramírez I King Aragon V King Pamplona and Isabella Urgell Queen Consort Aragon Queen Consort Pamplona.