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of Bas (a Catalan magnate), and Almodis, daughter of

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. She married

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as his second wife. She was the mother of possibly one daughter, Susanna. Her stepdaughter Ispella married her brother

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(c1150-c1179) and was the mother of

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. When Barisone died in 1186, Agalbursa signed a charter as ''Dei gratia Arboree Regina''."By the grace of God, Queen of Arborea." Moore, 82 n7. She opposed her husband's eldest son by his first wife, Peter de Serra, and instead tried to impose her own nephew Hugh on the throne of Arborea with the help of her cousin

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and the

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. She was possibly married secondly with the

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magnate, Ramon de Montcada, lord of Tortosa and Lleida.

Notes

Sources

*Ghisalberti, Alberto M. (ed) ''Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani: VI Baratteri – Bartolozzi''.

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, 1964. *Moore, John C.
Pope Innocent III, Sardinia, and the Papal State.
''Speculum'', Vol. 62, No. 1. (January 1987), pp 81–101. *Tola, Pasquale. ''Codex diplomaticus Sardiniae''. Turin, 1868. Judges (judikes) of Arborea Italian untitled nobility Medieval Catalan nobility 12th-century Catalan people 12th-century Spanish women 12th-century Italian nobility 12th-century Italian women Medieval Catalan women {{Italy-noble-stub