Queen Petronilla ARAGON
- Born: 1135, , Aragon, Spain
- Married: 1151, , Aragon, Spain
- Died: 18 Oct 1172, , Aragon, Spain
 Other names for Petronilla were Petronila and ARAGON Queen.
Ancestral File Number: 9HM1-0F. User ID: 75638993.
General Notes:
Queen of ARAGON Reigned 1137-1162/1163.
BOOKS
Kings and Queens of Europe, Genealogical Chart, Anne Taute and Romilly Squire, Taute, 1989: "Sancho I King of Portugal 1185-1211, Son of Alfonso I King of Portugal and Mafalda Maurienne & Savoie, Mar Douce Daughter of Petonilla [Queen] of Aragon...Petronilla Queen of Aragon 1137-1162, Daughter of Ramiro II King of Aragon and Agnes of Aquitaine, Mar Ramon Berenguer IVof Barcelona, Died 1172."
The Wall Chart of World History, Edward Hull, 1988, Studio Editions, Aragon, 1137: "Petronilla, Queen of Aragon, 1137-1163."
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 1981, Micropaedia, Vol I, p232, Alfonso II: "Alfonso was the sonof Petronila, Queen of Aragon, and her consort, Ramon Berenguer IV..."
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 1981, Micropaedia, Vol I, p472, Aragon Kingdom of: "The union of Aragon and Catalonia in 1140- effected by the marriage of Ramon Berenguer IV, count of Barcelona, to the Aragonese heiress- was of great value to the Catalans, who could then devote themselves to commerce and maritime expansion, knowing that the financial and military responsibility of defending them from Castile would fall largely on the inhabitants of the Aragonese hinterland..."
The Story of Civilization, Will Durant, Vol IV, The Age of Faith, Bk V, The Climax of Christianity, Ch XXV, The Recovery of Europe, Sec XII, Spain, p698: "Aragon rose to prominence through the marriage of its Queen Petronilla to Count Ramon Berenguer of Barcelona (1137); Aragon thereby acquired Catalonia, including the greatest of Spanish ports."
ANCESTRAL FILE
Ancestral File Ver 4.10 9HM1-0F Pernell Queen of ARRAGON Born Abt ?1082 Bef Parents Born 1095/97, Ver 4.11 91M0-X5 Petronilla De ARAGON Born 1135 Aragon Spain Died 18 Oct 1162/1172.
Marriage Information:
Petronilla married Count Raimond Berenger BARCELONA, V, son of Count Raimond Berenger BARCELONA, IV and Countess Dulce Aldonza Milhaud BARCELONA, in 1151 in , Aragon, Spain. (Count Raimond Berenger BARCELONA, V was born on 11 Nov 1120 in Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain and died on 8 Aug 1162 in , , Spain.)
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