Berengaria of Barcelona explained

Succession:Queen consort of León and Castile
Reign:1128 - 1149
Reg-Type:Tenure6
Reign-Type:Tenure
Spouse:Alfonso VII of León and Castile
Issue-Link:
  1. Family
Issue-Pipe:among others...
House:Barcelona
Father:Ramon Berenguer III, Count of Barcelona
Mother:Douce I, Countess of Provence
Birth Place:Barcelona
Death Date:15 January 1149
Death Place:Palencia
Burial Place:Cathedral of Santiago de Compostela

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. On 10/17 November 1128 in Saldaña, Berengaria married Alfonso VII, King of Castile, León and Galicia.

Their children were:

  1. Sancho III of Castile (1134–1158)
  2. Ramon, living 1136, died in infancy
  3. Ferdinand II of León (1137–1188)
  4. Constance (c. 1138–1160), married Louis VII of France
  5. Sancha (c. 1139–1179), married Sancho VI of Navarre
  6. García (c. 1142–1145/6)
  7. 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."[1]

She died in Palencia, and was buried at the Cathedral of Santiago de Compostela.

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.In its film version, Lina Canalejas played Berengaria.[2]

Sources

Notes and References

  1. 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.
  2. Book: Juan Payán . Miguel . La historia de España a través del cine . 2007 . Cacitel . 978-84-96613-10-2 . 31 December 2020 . es.