Almodis de la Marche (c. 1020-16 October 1071) was the daughter of Bernard I, Count of Marche. She married Hugh V de Lusignan around 1038 and they had one son: Events Hospice built in Jerusalem by Knights Hospitaller City of Saint-Germain-en-Laye founded Births Harold Godwinson, king of England Empress Agnes, regent of the Holy Roman Empire Deaths June 20 - Lyfing, Archbishop of Canterbury Ferdowsi Tousi, Persian epic poet Categories: 1020 ... October 16 is the 289th day of the year (290th in Leap years). ... Events Byzantine Empire loses Battle of Manzikert to Turkish army under Alp Arslan. ... Events Births Deaths Aethelnoth, Archbishop of Canterbury Alhazen, Arabian mathematician August 15 - Hungary Categories: 1038 ...

• Hugh VI de Lusignan (c. 1039-1101)

Almodis and Hugh of Lusignan divorced soon after the birth of their son, and she remarried to Count Pons of Toulouse by 1040. Together they produced several children, including: Events June 4 - Germany. ... Events A second wave of crusaders arrives in the newly established Kingdom of Jerusalem, after being heavily defeated by Kilij Arslan I at Heraclia. ... The Lusignan family originated in Poitou in western France, and in the late 12th century came to rule the Kingdom of Jerusalem and the Kingdom of Cyprus. ... Events August 14 - King Duncan I is killed in battle against his first cousin and rival Macbeth. ...

• William IV of Toulouse
• Raymond IV of Toulouse
• Almodis of Toulouse, married Count Pierre of Melgueil

She was still Pons' wife in April 1053, but shortly thereafter Almodis was abducted by Ramon Berenguer I, Count of Barcelona. He kidnapped her from Narbonne with the aid of a fleet sent north by his ally, the Muslim emir of Tortosa. They married immediately (despite the fact both of her previous husbands were still alive) and they appear with their twin sons in a charter the next year. Ramon and Almodis were excommunicated for this illegal marriage until 1056. Together they produced four children: Raymond IV of Toulouse (c. ... Events June 18 - Battle of Civitate - 3000 horsemen of Norman Count Humphrey rout the troops of Pope Leo IX Good harvests in Europe Malcolm Canmore invades Scotland. ... Ramon Berenguer I el Vell (the Old) was Count of Barcelona in 1035-1076. ... Tortosa (Latin Dertusa) is the capital of the comarca of Baix Ebre, in the province of Tarragona, Catalonia, Spain, located at 12 metres above the sea, by the Ebre river. ... Events Anselm of Canterbury leaves Italy. ...

• Berenguer Ramon II, Count of Barcelona
• Ramon Berenguer II, Count of Barcelona
• Inés of Barcelona, married Count Guigues I of Albon
• Sancha of Barcelona, married Count Guillermo Ramon I of Cerdagne

Ramon had a son from his previous marriage, Pedro Ramon, who was his heir. Pedro apparently resented Almodis' influence and was concerned she was trying to replace him with her own two sons. He murdered her in October 1071. Pedro was disinherited and exiled for his crime, and fled the country. When his father died in 1076, Barcelona was split between Berenguer Ramon and Ramon Berenguer, Almodis' sons. The family history of murder did not end with Pedro Ramon, as Berenguer Ramon earned his nickname "The Fratricide" when he killed his own twin brother. Berenguer Ramon II the Fratricide was Count of Barcelona 1076-1097. ... Ramon Berenguer II the Towhead was Count of Barcelona, 1076-1082. ... Events February 14 - Pope Gregory VII excommunicates Henry IV, Holy Roman Emperor. ...