Agnes of Aquitaine (end of 1072 – 6 June 1097) was a queen consort of Navarre.
She was a daughter of
William VIII, Duke of Aquitaine
William VIII ( – 25 September 1086), born Guy-Geoffrey (''Gui-Geoffroi''), was duke of Gascony (1052–1086), and then duke of Aquitaine and count of Poitiers (as William VI) between 1058 and 1086, succeeding his brother William VII (Pierre-G ...
, and his third wife,
Hildegarde of Burgundy
Hildegarde of Burgundy (–1104) was a French noble, Duchess consort of Gascony and Aquitaine by marriage to William VIII, Duke of Aquitaine.
She was the only daughter of Robert I, Duke of Burgundy with his second wife, Ermengarde of Anjou. ...
.
In 1081, Agnes was betrothed to
Peter I of Aragon and Navarre. In 1086, the couple married in
Jaca
Jaca (; in Aragonese language, Aragonese: ''Chaca'' or ''Xaca'') is a city of northeastern Spain in the province of Huesca (province), Huesca, located near the Pyrenees and the border with France. Jaca is an ancient fort on the Aragón (river), ...
; upon Peter's succession, Agnes became queen of
Aragon
Aragon ( , ; Spanish and ; ) is an autonomous communities of Spain, autonomous community in Spain, coextensive with the medieval Kingdom of Aragon. In northeastern Spain, the Aragonese autonomous community comprises three provinces of Spain, ...
and
Navarre
Navarre ( ; ; ), officially the Chartered Community of Navarre, is a landlocked foral autonomous community and province in northern Spain, bordering the Basque Autonomous Community, La Rioja, and Aragon in Spain and New Aquitaine in France. ...
. By him, Agnes had two children, both of whom predeceased their father: Peter (died 1103) and Isabella (died 1104).
Agnes died in 1097, and her husband remarried to a woman named
Bertha.
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1072 births
1097 deaths
Queens consort of Aragon
Navarrese royal consorts
People from Aquitaine
11th-century Spanish women
11th-century people from the Kingdom of Aragon
11th-century French women
11th-century French people
11th-century French nobility
11th-century people from the Kingdom of Pamplona