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Biography of Berenguela Barcelona Queen Consort Castile and Leon 1116-1149

Paternal Family Tree: Barcelona

Maternal Family Tree: Etienette Countess Provence and Arles

On 03 Feb 1112 [her father] Raymond Berenguer Barcelona III Count Barcelona (age 29) and [her mother] Douce Gevaudan Countess Barcelona (age 22) were married. She by marriage Countess Barcelona. He the son of [her grandfather] Ramon Berenguer "Towhead" Barcelona II Count Barcelona.

In 1116 Berenguela Barcelona Queen Consort Castile and Leon was born to Raymond Berenguer Barcelona III Count Barcelona (age 33) and Douce Gevaudan Countess Barcelona (age 26).

In 1127 [her mother] Douce Gevaudan Countess Barcelona (age 37) died.

In Nov 1128 Alfonso VII King Castile VII King Leon (age 23) and Berenguela Barcelona Queen Consort Castile and Leon (age 12) were married. She by marriage Queen Consort Castile, Queen Consort Leon. She the daughter of Raymond Berenguer Barcelona III Count Barcelona (age 45) and Douce Gevaudan Countess Barcelona. He the son of Raymond Ivrea and Urracca "Reckless" Jiménez Queen Consort Aragon and Pamplona. They were half fourth cousins.

On 19 Jul 1131 [her father] Raymond Berenguer Barcelona III Count Barcelona (age 48) died. His son [her brother] Raymond Berenguer Barcelona V Count Barcelona (age 17) succeeded V Count Barcelona.

In 1134 [her son] Sancho III King Castile was born to [her husband] Alfonso VII King Castile VII King Leon (age 28) and Berenguela Barcelona Queen Consort Castile and Leon (age 18).

Around 1137 [her son] Ferdinand II King Leon was born to [her husband] Alfonso VII King Castile VII King Leon (age 31) and Berenguela Barcelona Queen Consort Castile and Leon (age 21).

Around 1139 [her daughter] Sancha Ivrea was born to [her husband] Alfonso VII King Castile VII King Leon (age 33) and Berenguela Barcelona Queen Consort Castile and Leon (age 23). She was the fifth child of seven born to her parents.

Around 1140 [her daughter] Constance of Castile was born to [her husband] Alfonso VII King Castile VII King Leon (age 34) and Berenguela Barcelona Queen Consort Castile and Leon (age 24).

On 15 Jan 1149 Berenguela Barcelona Queen Consort Castile and Leon (age 33) died.

On 21 Aug 1157 [her former husband] Alfonso VII King Castile VII King Leon (age 52) died. His son [her son] Sancho III King Castile (age 23) succeeded III King Castile. His son [her son] Ferdinand II King Leon (age 20) succeeded II King Leon.

Royal Descendants of Berenguela Barcelona Queen Consort Castile and Leon 1116-1149

Agnes La Marck Queen Consort Navarre

Sancho III King Castile

Ferdinand II King Leon

Sancho "Strong" VII King Navarre

Berengaria of Navarre Queen Consort England

Theobald IV King Navarre

Joan Dammartin Queen Consort Castile and Leon

Mary of Guelders Queen Consort Scotland

Louis XII King France

Germaine Foix Queen Consort Aragon

Anne of Cleves Queen Consort England

Mary of Guise Queen Consort Scotland

Louis VI Elector Palatine

Louise Lorraine Queen Consort France

Maria Anna Wittelsbach Holy Roman Empress

Marie Françoise Élisabeth of Savoy Queen Consort of Portugal

Maria Anna Neuburg Queen Consort Spain

Joseph I Holy Roman Emperor

Charles Habsburg Spain VI Holy Roman Emperor

Charles Emmanuel III King Sardinia

Louis I King Spain

Francis I Holy Roman Emperor

Louis XV King France

Elisabeth Therese Lorraine Queen Consort Sardinia

Ferdinand VI King Spain

Charles III King Spain

King George III of Great Britain and Ireland

Caroline Matilda Hanover Queen Consort Denmark and Norway

Caroline of Brunswick Queen Consort England

Ferdinand VII King Spain

King Christian I of Norway and VIII of Denmark

Maria Christina of the Two Sicilies Queen Consort Spain

Frederick VII King Denmark

Queen Louise Hesse-Kassel of Denmark

Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom

Queen Sophia of Sweden and Norway

Victoria Empress Germany Queen Consort Prussia

King Edward VII of the United Kingdom

Alfonso XII King Spain

Alexandrine Mecklenburg-Schwerin Queen Consort Denmark

Victoria Eugénie Mountbatten Queen Consort Spain

Louise Mountbatten Queen Consort Sweden

Philip Mountbatten Duke Edinburgh

Carl XVI King Sweden

Ancestors of Berenguela Barcelona Queen Consort Castile and Leon 1116-1149

Great x 3 Grandfather: Ramon Borrell Count of Barcelona

Great x 2 Grandfather: Berenguer Ramon I Count of Barcelona

Great x 4 Grandfather: Roger I of Carcasonne

Great x 3 Grandmother: Ermesinde of Carcassonne

Great x 1 Grandfather: Ramon Berenguer "Old" Barcelona I Count Barcelona

GrandFather: Ramon Berenguer "Towhead" Barcelona II Count Barcelona

Father: Raymond Berenguer Barcelona III Count Barcelona

Berenguela Barcelona Queen Consort Castile and Leon

GrandFather: Gilbert Gevaudan

Mother: Douce Gevaudan Countess Barcelona

Great x 2 Grandfather: William "Pious" Arles 2nd Count Provence

Great x 4 Grandfather: Arnold Comminges

Great x 3 Grandmother: Arsenda Comminges Countess Provence and Arles

Great x 1 Grandfather: Geoffrey Arles 1st Count Arles 1st Count Provence

Great x 4 Grandfather: Adalbert King of Italy

Great x 3 Grandfather: Otto William Ivrea I Count Burgundy

Great x 2 Grandmother: Gerbergam Ivrea Countess Provence

Great x 4 Grandfather: Renaud Unknown

Great x 3 Grandmother: Ermentrude Countess Burgundy

GrandMother: Gerberga Arles

Great x 1 Grandmother: Etienette Countess Provence and Arles