Berengaria of Barcelona (1116 – January 15, 1149), called in
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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
Douce I (also Dulcia or Dolça, called "of Rouergue" or "of Gévaudan") ( – 1127) was the daughter of Gilbert I of Gévaudan and Gerberga of Provence and wife of Ramon Berenguer III, Count of Barcelona. In 1112, she inherited the Counts of Prove ...
.
On November 10/17, 1128 in
Saldaña, Berengaria married
Alfonso VII
Alphons (Latinized ''Alphonsus'', ''Adelphonsus'', or ''Adefonsus'') is a male given name recorded from the 8th century (Alfonso I of Asturias, r. 739–757) in the Christian successor states of the Visigothic kingdom in the Iberian peninsula. ...
,
King of Castile
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León and
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Their children were:
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Sancho III of Castile
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(1134–1158)
#Ramon, living 1136, died in infancy
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Ferdinand II of León
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(1137–1188)
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Constance
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(c. 1138–1160), married
Louis VII of France
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Sancha
is a district of Setagaya, Tokyo
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(c. 1139–1179), married
Sancho VI of Navarre
Sancho Garcés VI ( eu, Antso VI.a; 21 April 1132 - 27 June 1194), called the Wise ( eu, Jakituna, es, el Sabio) was King of Navarre from 1150 until his death in 1194. He was the first monarch to officially drop the title of ''King of Pamplona'' ...
#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."
[''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.'']
She died in
Palencia
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, and was buried at the
Cathedral of Santiago de Compostela
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In fiction
A parody version of queen Berengaria and king Alfonso is presented in the tragicomedy ''La venganza de Don Mendo'' by
Pedro Muñoz Seca
Pedro Muñoz Seca (20 February 1879 – 28 November 1936 ) was a Spanish comic playwright. He was one of the most successful playwrights of his era. He wrote approximately 300 dramatic works, both '' sainetes'' (short vignettes) and longer plays ...
.
In
its film version,
Lina Canalejas
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played Berengaria.
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1116 births
1149 deaths
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12th-century people from the County of Barcelona
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