Bertha of Aragon (c. 1075 – bef. 1111) was a Queen consort of
Aragon and
Navarre. Nothing is known about her childhood or the names of her parents, it is believed that she is Italian since her name was ''Berta'', which is Italian.
She was married to
Peter I of Aragon
Peter I ( es, Pedro, an, Pero, eu, Petri; 1068 - 1104) was King of Aragon and also Pamplona from 1094 until his death in 1104. Peter was the eldest son of Sancho Ramírez, from whom he inherited the crowns of Aragon and Pamplona, and Isabell ...
in 1097, shortly after the death of Peter's first wife,
Agnes of Aquitaine, with whom he had two children: Peter and Isabella. Bertha and Peter had no children.
Peter and Isabella were both dead by 1104 and King Peter needed an heir. They had no children and Peter died the following year. The crown of
Aragon and
Navarre passed to
Alfonso
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. ...
who was the half brother of Peter.
Bertha got a dower but Alfonso got all of Peter's lands. It is unknown when Bertha died or where she died.
Genealogist Szabolcs de Vajay has speculated that Bertha may have been a daughter of
Peter I, Count of Savoy, and another Agnes of Aquitaine, perhaps the Agnes who was the final wife of Peter's grandfather
Ramiro I of Aragon
Ramiro I (bef. 10078 May 1063) was the first King of Aragon from 1035 until his death, although he is sometimes described as a petty king. He would expand the nascent Kingdom of Aragon through his acquisition of territories, such as Sobrarbe and ...
and first-cousin of Peter's own first wife.
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Aragonese queen consorts
Navarrese royal consorts
1070s births
1111 deaths
Burials at the Monastery of San Juan de la Peña
11th-century Spanish women
11th-century people from the Kingdom of Aragon
12th-century Spanish women
12th-century people from the Kingdom of Aragon