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Encyclopedia > Berenguer Ramon I, Count of Barcelona

Berengar Raymond I the Crooked, also called the Hunchback (in Spanish, Berenguer Ramón I el Corvado; and in Catalan, Berenguer Ramon I el Corbat) (1005-26 May 1035) was the count of Barcelona, Girona, and Ausona from 1015 to his death. Catalan or Valencian (Català, Valencià) is a Romance language understood by as many as 12 million people in portions of Spain, France, Andorra and Italy, although the majority of active Catalan speakers are in Spain. ... Events Malcolm II succeeds Kenneth III as king of Scotland. ... May 26 is the 146th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (147th in leap years). ... Events Harthacanute becomes king of Denmark. ... History of Spain series Prehistoric Spain Roman Spain Muslim Conquest of Iberia Timeline of Muslim Occupation Medieval Spain Age of Reconquest Age of Expansion Age of Enlightenment Reaction and Revolution First Spanish Republic The Restoration Second Spanish Republic Spanish Civil War The Dictatorship Modern Spain Topics Economic History Military History... Girona (Catalan: Girona, Spanish: Gerona, French: Gérone) is a city located in the northwest of Catalonia, Spain on the confluence of the rivers Ter and Onyar. ... Osona (also, in the Early Middle Ages, Ausona) is one of the historical Catalan counties and the corresponding bishopric, whose territory was roughly the current comarca of Osona, capital Vic. ... Events August: Canute the Great invades England. ...


He was the son of Raymond Borrel, count of Barcelona, Girona, and Ausona and his wife Ermesinde de Carcassone. He accepted the suzerainty of Sancho the Great of Navarre. A count is a nobleman in most European countries, equivalent in rank to a British earl, whose wife is still a countess (for lack of an Anglo-Saxon term). ... Barcelona within Barcelonès Population (2003) 1,582,738 Area 100. ... Suzerainty refers to a situation in which a region or people is a tributary to a more powerful entity which allows the tributary some limited domestic autonomy but controls its foreign affairs. ... Sancho III (c. ... This is a list of the kings of Pamplona, later Navarre. ...


In 1021, he married Sancha Sánchez. In 1027, he married secondly Gisela of Lluca. Sibylla of Barcelona, daughter by his second wife, married Henry of Burgundy and is thus an ancestor of the kings of Portugal. // Events Al-Hakim bi-Amr Allah, sixth Fatimid Caliph of Egypt disappears on a trip to al-Muqattam hills. ... Events March 26 - Pope John XIX crowns Conrad II Holy Roman Emperor. ... Henry of Burgundy (1035 – ca. ... Afonso Henriques was the first King of Portugal. ...


He died on May 26, 1035 and was burried in Santa Marie de Ripoll. He was succeeded by his son by his first wife, Raymond Berengar I.

Preceded by:
Raymond Borrel
Count of Barcelona Succeeded by:
Ramon Berenguer I


 
 

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