Alfonso II King Aragon 1157-1196

Paternal Family Tree: Alfonso II King Aragon

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 Raymond V Count Barcelona [aged 43] and 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 succeeded 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.

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

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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 succeeded son Peter [aged 17] succeeded II King Aragon.

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

Royal Ancestors of Alfonso II King Aragon 1157-1196

Kings France: Great x 5 Grand Son of Hugh I King of the Franks

Kings Duke Aquitaine: Great x 8 Grand Son of Ranulf I Duke Aquitaine

Kings Spain: Son of Alfonso II King Aragon

Royal Descendants of Alfonso II King Aragon 1157-1196
Number after indicates the number of unique routes of descent. Descendants of Kings and Queens not included.

Peter II King Aragon [1]

Henry VII King Germany [1]

Eleanor of Provence Queen Consort England [1]

Sanchia Provence Queen Consort Germany [1]

King Philip III of France [1]

Charles II King Naples [1]

Joan Capet II Queen Navarre [1]

King John "The Good" II of France [1]

Blanche Bourbon Queen Consort Castile [1]

Martha Armagnac Queen Consort Aragon [1]

John I King Castile [2]

Eleanor of Castile Queen Consort Navarre [2]

Yolande of Bar Queen Consort Aragon [1]

Charles "Beloved Mad" VI King France [1]

Louis XII King France [1]

Jean III King Navarre [2]

Charles VIII King France [1]

Bianca Maria Sforza Holy Roman Empress [1]

Philip "Handsome Fair" King Castile [2]

Germaine Foix Queen Consort Aragon [1]

Marguerite Valois Orléans Queen Consort Navarre [4]

King Francis I of France [4]

Anne of Cleves Queen Consort England [1]

Mary of Guise Queen Consort Scotland [5]

Antoine King Navarre [7]

King Henry II of France [1]

Maximilian Habsburg Spain II Holy Roman Emperor [2]

Francis II King France King Consort Scotland [1]

Elizabeth Valois Queen Consort Spain [1]

Charles IX King France [1]

Henry III King France [1]

Louise Lorraine Queen Consort France [2]

Maximilian "The Great" Wittelsbach I Duke Bavaria I Elector Bavaria [7]

Maria Anna Wittelsbach Holy Roman Empress [7]

Electress Louise Juliana of the Palatine Rhine [4]

Ferdinand of Spain II Holy Roman Emperor [5]

Margaret of Austria Queen Consort Spain [5]

Anna of Austria Holy Roman Empress [9]

Louis XIII King France [2]

Elisabeth Bourbon Queen Consort Spain [2]

Henrietta Maria Bourbon Queen Consort England [2]

John George Wettin Elector Saxony [3]

Frederick William "Great Elector" Hohenzollern Elector Brandenburg [3]

Eleonora Gonzaga Queen Consort Bohemia [16]

Maria Leopoldine Habsburg Spain Queen Consort Bohemia [5]

Hedwig Eleonora Queen Consort Sweden [3]

Marie Françoise Élisabeth of Savoy Queen Consort of Portugal [8]

Charlotte Amalie Hesse-Kassel Queen Consort Denmark and Norway [3]

Victor Amadeus King Sardinia [12]

Louise of Mecklenburg Güstrow Queen Consort Denmark and Norway [3]

Maria Anna Neuburg Queen Consort Spain [6]

Frederick I King Sweden [9]

Joseph I Holy Roman Emperor [6]

Charles Habsburg Spain VI Holy Roman Emperor [6]

Francis I Holy Roman Emperor [5]

Adolph Frederick King Sweden [3]

Elisabeth Therese Lorraine Queen Consort Sardinia [5]

King George III of Great Britain and Ireland [6]

William Elector of Hesse [9]

Charlotte Mecklenburg Strelitz Queen Consort England [3]

Caroline Matilda Hanover Queen Consort Denmark and Norway [6]

Marie Sophie Hesse-Kassel Queen Consort Denmark and Norway [9]

Caroline of Brunswick Queen Consort England [6]

Frederick William III King Prussia [3]

Frederica Mecklenburg Strelitz Queen Consort Hanover [6]

Queen Fredrika Dorotea Vilhelmina [6]

King Christian I of Norway and VIII of Denmark [9]

Frederick William IV King Prussia [6]

William I King Prussia [6]

Frederick VII King of Denmark [15]

Queen Louise Hesse-Kassel of Denmark [18]

King Christian IX of Denmark [9]

Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom [12]

Queen Sophia of Sweden and Norway [15]

Victoria Empress Germany Queen Consort Prussia [33]

King Edward VII of the United Kingdom [33]

Maria Christina of Austria Queen Consort Spain [9]

Victoria Mary Teck Queen Consort England [18]

Frederick Charles I King Finland [18]

Constantine I King Greece [9]

Alexandrine Mecklenburg-Schwerin Queen Consort Denmark [24]

Victoria Eugénie Mountbatten Queen Consort Spain [42]

Louise Mountbatten Queen Consort Sweden [51]

Ingrid Bernadotte Queen Consort Denmark [39]

Philip Mountbatten Duke Edinburgh [60]

Carl XVI King Sweden [81]

Diana Spencer Princess Wales [10]

Ancestors of Alfonso II King Aragon 1157-1196

Great x 4 Grandfather: Ramon Borrell Count of Barcelona

Great x 3 Grandfather: Berenguer Ramon I Count of Barcelona

Great x 4 Grandmother: Ermesinde of Carcassonne

Great x 2 Grandfather: Ramon Berenguer "Old" Barcelona I Count Barcelona

Great x 1 Grandfather: Ramon Berenguer "Towhead" Barcelona II Count Barcelona

GrandFather: Raymond III Count Barcelona

Father: Raymond V Count Barcelona 11 x Great Grand Son of Charles "Charlemagne aka Great" King of the Franks King Lombardy Holy Roman Emperor

Great x 1 Grandfather: Gilbert Gevaudan

GrandMother: Douce Gevaudan Countess Barcelona 10 x Great Grand Daughter of Charles "Charlemagne aka Great" King of the Franks King Lombardy Holy Roman Emperor

Great x 3 Grandfather: William "Pious" Arles 2nd Count Provence

Great x 4 Grandmother: Arsenda Comminges Countess Provence and Arles

Great x 2 Grandfather: Geoffrey Arles 1st Count Arles 1st Count Provence 8 x Great Grand Son of Charles "Charlemagne aka Great" King of the Franks King Lombardy Holy Roman Emperor

Great x 4 Grandfather: Otto William Ivrea I Count Burgundy 6 x Great Grand Son of Charles "Charlemagne aka Great" King of the Franks King Lombardy Holy Roman Emperor

Great x 3 Grandmother: Gerbergam Ivrea Countess Provence 7 x Great Grand Daughter of Charles "Charlemagne aka Great" King of the Franks King Lombardy Holy Roman Emperor

Great x 4 Grandmother: Ermentrude Countess Burgundy

Great x 1 Grandmother: Gerberga Arles 9 x Great Grand Daughter of Charles "Charlemagne aka Great" King of the Franks King Lombardy Holy Roman Emperor

Great x 2 Grandmother: Etienette Countess Provence and Arles

Alfonso II King Aragon -2 x Great Grand Son of Alfonso II King Aragon

Great x 2 Grandfather: Ramiro Sánchez I King Aragon

Great x 3 Grandmother: Sancha Aibar

Great x 1 Grandfather: Sancho Ramírez I King Aragon V King Pamplona

Great x 4 Grandfather: Roger I of Carcasonne

Great x 3 Grandfather: Bernard Roger Count of Bigorre

Great x 2 Grandmother: Gisberga or Ermesinda Bigorre Queen Consort Aragon

GrandFather: Ramiro "Monk" II King Aragon

Great x 3 Grandfather: Hilduin III Count Montdidier

Great x 2 Grandfather: Hilduin Montdidier IV Count Montdidier

Great x 1 Grandmother: Felicia Montdidier Queen Consort Aragon and Pamplona

Mother: Petronilla Jiménez Queen Aragon 4 x Great Grand Daughter of Hugh I King of the Franks

Great x 4 Grandfather: William "Proud Arm" IV Duke Aquitaine 2 x Great Grand Son of Ranulf I Duke Aquitaine

Great x 3 Grandfather: William "Great" V Duke Aquitaine 3 x Great Grand Son of Ranulf I Duke Aquitaine

Great x 4 Grandmother: Emma Blois Duchess Aquitaine 5 x Great Grand Daughter of Charles "Charlemagne aka Great" King of the Franks King Lombardy Holy Roman Emperor

Great x 2 Grandfather: Guy William Poitiers VIII Duke Aquitaine 4 x Great Grand Son of Ranulf I Duke Aquitaine

Great x 4 Grandfather: Otto William Ivrea I Count Burgundy 6 x Great Grand Son of Charles "Charlemagne aka Great" King of the Franks King Lombardy Holy Roman Emperor

Great x 3 Grandmother: Agnes Ivrea Duchess Aquitaine 7 x Great Grand Daughter of Charles "Charlemagne aka Great" King of the Franks King Lombardy Holy Roman Emperor

Great x 4 Grandmother: Ermentrude Countess Burgundy

Great x 1 Grandfather: William "Troubadour" Poitiers IX Duke Aquitaine 2 x Great Grand Son of Hugh I King of the Franks

Great x 4 Grandfather: Robert "Pious" II King of the Franks Son of Hugh I King of the Franks

Great x 3 Grandfather: Robert I Duke Burgundy Grand Son of Hugh I King of the Franks

Great x 4 Grandmother: Constance Arles Queen Consort France

Great x 2 Grandmother: Hildegarde Burgundy Duchess Aquitaine Great Grand Daughter of Hugh I King of the Franks

Great x 4 Grandfather: Fulk "Black" Ingelger III Count Anjou 6 x Great Grand Son of Charles "Charlemagne aka Great" King of the Franks King Lombardy Holy Roman Emperor

Great x 3 Grandmother: Ermengarde Blanche Ingelger Duchess Burgundy 7 x Great Grand Daughter of Charles "Charlemagne aka Great" King of the Franks King Lombardy Holy Roman Emperor

Great x 4 Grandmother: Hildegarde Sundgau Countess Anjou

GrandMother: Agnes Poitiers Queen Consort Aragon 3 x Great Grand Daughter of Hugh I King of the Franks

Great x 3 Grandfather: Pons Rouerge Margrave Provence

Great x 2 Grandfather: William Rouerge Duke Narbonne

Great x 4 Grandfather: Bernard La Marche Count La Marche

Great x 3 Grandmother: Almodis La Marche Margrave Provence

Great x 1 Grandmother: Philippa Rouerge Duchess Aquitaine

Great x 4 Grandfather: Herluin de Conteville

Great x 3 Grandfather: Robert Mortain Count Mortain 1st Earl Cornwall

Great x 4 Grandmother: Herleva of Falaise

Great x 2 Grandmother: Emma Mortain Duchess Narbonne

Great x 3 Grandmother: Matilda or Maud Montgomery

Great x 4 Grandmother: Mabel de Bellême