Petronilla Jiménez Queen Aragon 1136-1173

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On or before 11th August 1136 [her father] Ramiro "Monk" II King Aragon [aged 50] and [her mother] Agnes Poitiers Queen Consort Aragon [aged 31] were married. She by marriage Queen Consort Aragon. She the daughter of [her grandfather] William "Troubadour" Poitiers IX Duke Aquitaine and [her grandmother] Philippa Rouerge Duchess Aquitaine. He the son of Sancho Ramírez I King Aragon V King Pamplona and Felicia Montdidier Queen Consort Aragon and Pamplona.

On 11th August 1136 Petronilla Jiménez Queen Aragon was born to Ramiro "Monk" II King Aragon [aged 50] and Agnes Poitiers Queen Consort Aragon [aged 31].

On 13th November 1137 [her father] Ramiro "Monk" II King Aragon [aged 51] abdicated. Petronilla Jiménez Queen Aragon [aged 1] succeeded Queen Aragon.

In August 1150 Raymond V Count Barcelona [aged 36] and 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 Ramiro "Monk" II King Aragon [aged 64] and 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 [her son] Alfonso II King Aragon was born to [her husband] Raymond V Count Barcelona [aged 43] and Petronilla Jiménez Queen Aragon [aged 20] at Huesca. He married his half third cousin once removed Sancha Ivrea Queen Consort Aragon, daughter of Alfonso VII King Castile VII King Leon and Richeza Unknown Queen Consort Castile Queen Consort Leon, and had issue.

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

Around 1159 [her mother] Agnes Poitiers Queen Consort Aragon [aged 54] died.

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

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

Memoires of Jacques du Clercq

This is a translation of the 'Memoires of Jacques du Clercq', published in 1823 in two volumes, edited by Frederic, Baron de Reissenberg. In his introduction Reissenberg writes: 'Jacques du Clercq tells us that he was born in 1424, and that he was a licentiate in law and a counsellor to Philip the Good, Duke of Burgundy, in the castellany of Douai, Lille, and Orchies. It appears that he established his residence at Arras. In 1446, he married the daughter of Baldwin de la Lacherie, a gentleman who lived in Lille. We read in the fifth book of his Memoirs that his father, also named Jacques du Clercq, had married a lady of the Le Camelin family, from Compiègne. His ancestors, always attached to the counts of Flanders, had constantly served them, whether in their councils or in their armies.' The Memoires cover a period of nineteen years beginning in in 1448, ending in in 1467. It appears that the author had intended to extend the Memoirs beyond that date; no doubt illness or death prevented him from carrying out this plan. As Reissenberg writes the 'merit of this work lies in the simplicity of its narrative, in its tone of good faith, and in a certain air of frankness which naturally wins the reader’s confidence.' Du Clercq ranges from events of national and international importance, including events of the Wars of the Roses in England, to simple, everyday local events such as marriages, robberies, murders, trials and deaths, including that of his own father in Book 5; one of his last entries.

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

Aimery Thouars V Viscount Thouars and [her mother] Agnes Poitiers Queen Consort Aragon were married. She by marriage Viscountess Thouars. She the daughter of [her grandfather] William "Troubadour" Poitiers IX Duke Aquitaine and [her grandmother] Philippa Rouerge Duchess Aquitaine.

Royal Ancestors of Petronilla Jiménez Queen Aragon 1136-1173

Kings France: Great x 4 Grand Daughter of Hugh I King of the Franks

Kings Duke Aquitaine: Great x 7 Grand Daughter of Ranulf I Duke Aquitaine

Royal Descendants of Petronilla Jiménez Queen Aragon 1136-1173
Number after indicates the number of unique routes of descent. Descendants of Kings and Queens not included.

Alfonso II King Aragon [1]

Ancestors of Petronilla Jiménez Queen Aragon 1136-1173

Great x 2 Grandfather: Sancho "Great" III King Pamplona

Great x 4 Grandfather: Fernando Bermúdez

Great x 3 Grandmother: Jimena Fernández Bermúdez Queen Consort Pamplona

Great x 1 Grandfather: Ramiro Sánchez I King Aragon

Great x 2 Grandmother: Sancha Aibar

Grandfather: Sancho Ramírez I King Aragon V King Pamplona

Great x 3 Grandfather: Roger I of Carcasonne

Great x 2 Grandfather: Bernard Roger Count of Bigorre

Great x 1 Grandmother: Gisberga or Ermesinda Bigorre Queen Consort Aragon

father: Ramiro "Monk" II King Aragon

Great x 2 Grandfather: Hilduin III Count Montdidier

Great x 1 Grandfather: Hilduin Montdidier IV Count Montdidier

Grandmother: Felicia Montdidier Queen Consort Aragon and Pamplona

Petronilla Jiménez Queen Aragon 4 x Great Granddaughter of Hugh I King of the Franks

Great x 4 Grandfather: William "Towhead" III Duke Aquitaine Great Grandson of Ranulf I Duke Aquitaine

Great x 3 Grandfather: William "Proud Arm" IV Duke Aquitaine 2 x Great Grandson of Ranulf I Duke Aquitaine

Great x 2 Grandfather: William "Great" V Duke Aquitaine 3 x Great Grandson of Ranulf I Duke Aquitaine

Great x 3 Grandmother: Emma Blois Duchess Aquitaine 5 x Great Granddaughter of Charles "Charlemagne aka Great" King of the Franks King Lombardy Holy Roman Emperor

Great x 4 Grandmother: Luitgarde Vermandois Duchess Normandy 4 x Great Granddaughter of Charles "Charlemagne aka Great" King of the Franks King Lombardy Holy Roman Emperor

Great x 1 Grandfather: Guy William Poitiers VIII Duke Aquitaine 4 x Great Grandson of Ranulf I Duke Aquitaine

Great x 4 Grandfather: Adalbert King of Italy 5 x Great Grandson of Charles "Charlemagne aka Great" King of the Franks King Lombardy Holy Roman Emperor

Great x 3 Grandfather: Otto William Ivrea I Count Burgundy 6 x Great Grandson of Charles "Charlemagne aka Great" King of the Franks King Lombardy Holy Roman Emperor

Great x 2 Grandmother: Agnes Ivrea Duchess Aquitaine 7 x Great Granddaughter of Charles "Charlemagne aka Great" King of the Franks King Lombardy Holy Roman Emperor

Great x 4 Grandfather: Renaud Unknown

Great x 3 Grandmother: Ermentrude Countess Burgundy

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

Great x 4 Grandfather: Hugh I King of the Franks -2 x Great Grandson of Hugh I King of the Franks

Great x 3 Grandfather: Robert "Pious" II King of the Franks son of Hugh I King of the Franks

Great x 4 Grandmother: Adelaide Poitiers Queen Consort France 2 x Great Granddaughter of Ranulf I Duke Aquitaine

Great x 2 Grandfather: Robert I Duke Burgundy Grandson of Hugh I King of the Franks

Great x 1 Grandmother: Hildegarde Burgundy Duchess Aquitaine Great Granddaughter of Hugh I King of the Franks

Great x 3 Grandfather: Fulk "Black" Ingelger III Count Anjou 6 x Great Grandson of Charles "Charlemagne aka Great" King of the Franks King Lombardy Holy Roman Emperor

Great x 4 Grandmother: Adele of Meaux Countess Anjou 5 x Great Granddaughter of Charles "Charlemagne aka Great" King of the Franks King Lombardy Holy Roman Emperor

Great x 2 Grandmother: Ermengarde Blanche Ingelger Duchess Burgundy 7 x Great Granddaughter of Charles "Charlemagne aka Great" King of the Franks King Lombardy Holy Roman Emperor

Great x 3 Grandmother: Hildegarde Sundgau Countess Anjou

mother: Agnes Poitiers Queen Consort Aragon 3 x Great Granddaughter of Hugh I King of the Franks

Great x 2 Grandfather: Pons Rouerge Margrave Provence

Great x 1 Grandfather: William Rouerge Duke Narbonne

Great x 3 Grandfather: Bernard La Marche Count La Marche

Great x 2 Grandmother: Almodis La Marche Margrave Provence

Grandmother: Philippa Rouerge Duchess Aquitaine

Great x 3 Grandfather: Herluin de Conteville

Great x 2 Grandfather: Robert Mortain Count Mortain 1st Earl Cornwall

Great x 4 Grandfather: Father of Beatrix and Herleva

Great x 3 Grandmother: Herleva of Falaise

Great x 1 Grandmother: Emma Mortain Duchess Narbonne

Great x 4 Grandfather: Roger Montgomery

Great x 3 Grandfather: Roger "The Great" Montgomery 1st Earl of Shrewsbury

Great x 2 Grandmother: Matilda or Maud Montgomery

Great x 4 Grandfather: William "Talvas" Belleme

Great x 3 Grandmother: Mabel de Bellême

Great x 4 Grandmother: Hildeburg