Ramon Berenguer II, Count of Barcelona
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Ramon Berenguer the 2nd Genealogy |
Ramon Berenguer II the Towhead (
1053 or
1054 –
December 5,
1082) was
Count of Barcelona,
1076-
1082. He ruled jointly with his twin brother
Berenguer Ramon II.
He succeeded his father
Ramon Berenguer I, Count of Barcelona to co-rule with his twin brother Berenguer Ramon, in
1075.
The twins failed to agree and divided their possessions between them, against the will of their late father. Ramon Berenguer the Towhead, called so because of the thickness and colour of his hair, was killed while hunting in the woods in
1082. His brother, who went on to become the sole ruler of
Catalonia, was credited by popular opinion of having orchestrated this murder. Berenguer Ramon
the Fratricide was later succeeded by Ramon Berenguer's son
Ramon Berenguer III.
Ramon Berenguers's marriages and descendants
* First wife, Aimeris of
Narbonne * Second wife, Mahalta (or Maud) of
Apulia, born ca.
1059, dd.
1111/
1112, daughter of Duke
Robert Guiscard and of
Sikelgaita de Salerno
**
Ramon Berenguer III the Great, count of Barcelona and
Provence (before
1082-
1131)
