Berengaria of Barcelona
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| Berengaria of Barcelona | |
|---|---|
| Effigy of Queen Berengaria at the Cathedral of Santiago de Compostela | |
| Queen consort of León and Castile | |
| Tenure | 1128–1149 |
| Born | c. 1116 Barcelona |
| Died | 15 January 1149 Palencia |
| Burial | (1149年01月15日)15 January 1149 |
| Spouse | Alfonso VII of León and Castile |
| House | Barcelona |
| Father | Ramon Berenguer III, Count of Barcelona |
| Mother | Douce I, Countess of Provence |
Berengaria of Barcelona (1116 – 15 January 1149), called in Spanish Berenguela de Barcelona and also known as Berengaria of Provence, was Queen consort of Castile, León and Galicia. She was the daughter of Ramon Berenguer III, Count of Barcelona, and Douce I, Countess of Provence.[1]
On 10/17 November 1128 in Saldaña, Berengaria married Alfonso VII, King of Castile, León and Galicia.[1]
Their children were:
- Sancho III of Castile (1134–1158)
- Ramon, living 1136, died in infancy
- Ferdinand II of León (1137–1188)
- Constance (c. 1138–1160), married Louis VII of France
- Sancha (c. 1139–1179), married Sancho VI of Navarre
- García (c. 1142–1145/6)
- Alfonso (c. 1144–c. 1149)
According to a description, "She was a very beautiful and extremely graceful young girl who loved chastity and truth and all God-fearing people."[2]
She died in Palencia, and was buried at the Cathedral of Santiago de Compostela.
In fiction
[edit ]A parody version of queen Berengaria and king Alfonso is presented in the tragicomedy La venganza de Don Mendo by Pedro Muñoz Seca. In its film version, Lina Canalejas played Berengaria.[3]
References
[edit ]- ^ a b Reilly 1995, p. 168.
- ^ Chronica Adefonsi Imperatoris, Book 1 Chapter 12, trans. Simon Barton and Richard Fletcher in The World of El Cid: Chronicles of the Reconquest, (Manchester University Press, 2000) page 168.
- ^ Juan Payán, Miguel (2007). La historia de España a través del cine (in Spanish). Cacitel. ISBN 978-84-96613-10-2 . Retrieved 31 December 2020.
Sources
[edit ]- Reilly, Bernard F. (1995). The Contest of Christian and Muslim Spain, 1031-1157. Blackwell Publishing Inc.
- 1110s births
- 1149 deaths
- Queens consort of Castile
- Queens consort of Leon
- Galician queens consort
- 12th-century people from the County of Barcelona
- 12th-century Spanish women
- House of Barcelona
- Mothers of Castilian monarchs
- Mothers of Leonese monarchs
- Daughters of counts
- Daughters of countesses regnant