Biography of Alfonso II King Aragon 1157-1196

Paternal Family Tree: Barcelona

Alfonso II King Aragon and Sancha Ivrea Queen Consort Aragon were married. She by marriage Queen Consort Aragon. She the daughter of Alfonso VII King Castile VII King Leon and Richeza Unknown Queen Consort Castile Queen Consort Leon. He the son of Raymond V Count Barcelona and Petronilla Jiménez Queen Aragon. They were half third cousin once removed.

In August 1150 [his father] Raymond V Count Barcelona [aged 36] and [his mother] Petronilla Jiménez Queen Aragon [aged 13] were married. She by marriage Countess Barcelona. The difference in their ages was 22 years. She the daughter of [his grandfather] Ramiro "Monk" II King Aragon [aged 64] and [his grandmother] Agnes Poitiers Queen Consort Aragon [aged 45]. He the son of Raymond III Count Barcelona and Douce Gevaudan Countess Barcelona. They were fourth cousins.

On 25th March 1157 Alfonso II King Aragon was born to [his father] Raymond V Count Barcelona [aged 43] and [his mother] Petronilla Jiménez Queen Aragon [aged 20] at Huesca.

On 16th August 1157 [his grandfather] Ramiro "Monk" II King Aragon [aged 71] died. He had abdicted in fabour of his daughter [his mother] Petronilla Jiménez Queen Aragon [aged 21] some twenty years before.

On 6th August 1162 [his father] Raymond V Count Barcelona [aged 48] died. His son Alfonso [aged 5] succeeded II Count Barcelona.

On 15th October 1173 [his mother] Petronilla Jiménez Queen Aragon [aged 37] died.

In 1174 [his son] Alfonso Barcelona II Count Provence was born to Alfonso II King Aragon [aged 16] and Sancha Ivrea Queen Consort Aragon [aged 19] at Barcelona [Map]. He married 1193 Gersenda II Sabran Countess Provence and had issue.

In July 1178 [his son] Peter II King Aragon was born to Alfonso II King Aragon [aged 21] and Sancha Ivrea Queen Consort Aragon [aged 23]. He married Marie Montpellier Queen Consort Aragon and had issue.

In 1179 [his daughter] Constance Barcelona was born to Alfonso II King Aragon [aged 21] and Sancha Ivrea Queen Consort Aragon [aged 24]. She married 15th August 1209 her third cousin once removed Frederick I King Jerusalem II Holy Roman Emperor and had issue.

The History of William Marshal, Earl of Chepstow and Pembroke, Regent of England. Book 1 of 2, Lines 1-10152.

The History of William Marshal was commissioned by his son shortly after William’s death in 1219 to celebrate the Marshal’s remarkable life; it is an authentic, contemporary voice. The manuscript was discovered in 1861 by French historian Paul Meyer. Meyer published the manuscript in its original Anglo-French in 1891 in two books. This book is a line by line translation of the first of Meyer’s books; lines 1-10152. Book 1 of the History begins in 1139 and ends in 1194. It describes the events of the Anarchy, the role of William’s father John, John’s marriages, William’s childhood, his role as a hostage at the siege of Newbury, his injury and imprisonment in Poitou where he met Eleanor of Aquitaine and his life as a knight errant. It continues with the accusation against him of an improper relationship with Margaret, wife of Henry the Young King, his exile, and return, the death of Henry the Young King, the rebellion of Richard, the future King Richard I, war with France, the death of King Henry II, and the capture of King Richard, and the rebellion of John, the future King John. It ends with the release of King Richard and the death of John Marshal.

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In 1185 [his son] Alfonso Barcelona II Count Provence [aged 11] was appointed II Count Provence by his father [aged 27].

In 1193 Alfonso Barcelona II Count Provence [aged 19] and Gersenda II Sabran Countess Provence [aged 13] were married. She by marriage Countess Provence. He the son of Alfonso II King Aragon [aged 35] and Sancha Ivrea Queen Consort Aragon [aged 38].

On 25th April 1196 Alfonso II King Aragon [aged 39] died. His son Peter [aged 17] succeeded II King Aragon.

On 18th July 1664 [his mother] Petronilla Jiménez Queen Aragon Abdicated. Her son Alfonso succeeded II King Aragon.

[his daughter] Sancha Barcelona Countess Toulouse was born to Alfonso II King Aragon and Sancha Ivrea Queen Consort Aragon. She married March 1211 her third cousin Raymond Rouerge VII Count Toulouse, son of Raymond Count of Toulouse and Joan Plantagenet Queen Consort Sicily, and had issue.

[his son] Ferdinand Barcelona was born to Alfonso II King Aragon and Sancha Ivrea Queen Consort Aragon.

[his daughter] Dulcia Barcelona was born to Alfonso II King Aragon and Sancha Ivrea Queen Consort Aragon.

[his daughter] Eleanor Barcelona was born to Alfonso II King Aragon and Sancha Ivrea Queen Consort Aragon.