Ramiro II of Aragon

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Ramiro II of Aragon was a 12th-century king and former monk who briefly ruled Aragon and secured its succession by arranging the marriage of his daughter Petronilla to Ramon Berenguer IV of Barcelona.

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Ramiro II of Aragon canonical 9

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Predicate Object
instanceOf King of Aragon ⓘ
human ⓘ
monk ⓘ
birthDate c. 1086 ⓘ
burialPlace San Pedro el Viejo, Huesca ⓘ
child Petronilla of Aragon ⓘ
chronologicalContext reign followed the death of Alfonso I without legitimate heirs ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of Aragon ⓘ
deathDate 16 August 1157 ⓘ
deathPlace Huesca ⓘ
linked to: Huesca province
educatedAt Abbey of Saint-Pons-de-Thomières ⓘ
endTime 1137 (effective abdication of royal powers) ⓘ
era 12th century ⓘ
father Sancho Ramírez ⓘ
givenName Ramiro ⓘ
knownFor being a former monk elevated to kingship ⓘ
securing dynastic succession of Aragon through union with County of Barcelona ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName Aragonese ⓘ
linked to: Aragonese language

Latin ⓘ
memberOf House of Jiménez ⓘ
monarchOf Kingdom of Aragon ⓘ
monasticOrder Benedictines ⓘ
mother Felicia of Roucy ⓘ
nobleTitle King of Aragon ⓘ
Lord of Huesca ⓘ
notableWork arranged marriage of Petronilla of Aragon to Ramon Berenguer IV of Barcelona ⓘ
occupation monk ⓘ
sovereign ⓘ
politicalAlliance County of Barcelona ⓘ
positionHeld King of Aragon ⓘ
predecessor Alfonso I of Aragon ⓘ
regnalName Ramiro II ⓘ
relative Ramon Berenguer IV of Barcelona ⓘ
religion Catholic Church ⓘ
linked to: Roman Catholicism
residence Huesca ⓘ
linked to: Huesca province

Kingdom of Aragon ⓘ
sibling Alfonso I of Aragon ⓘ
Sancha of Aragon ⓘ
significantEvent betrothal of Petronilla of Aragon to Ramon Berenguer IV in 1137 ⓘ
granted governance of Aragon to Ramon Berenguer IV while retaining royal title ⓘ
left monastic life to assume the throne of Aragon in 1134 ⓘ
spouse Agnes of Aquitaine ⓘ
startTime 1134 (reign as King of Aragon) ⓘ
successor Petronilla of Aragon ⓘ
title Count of Ribagorza ⓘ
King of Aragon ⓘ

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House of Jiménez → notableMember → Ramiro II of Aragon ⓘ
Alfonso I of Aragon → successor → Ramiro II of Aragon ⓘ
Petronilla of Aragon → father → Ramiro II of Aragon ⓘ
Petronilla of Aragon → predecessor → Ramiro II of Aragon ⓘ
Sancho Ramírez of Aragon → child → Ramiro II of Aragon ⓘ
Alfonso I of Aragon → successor → Ramiro II of Aragon ⓘ
subject linked to: the Battler
Alfonso I of Aragon → successor → Ramiro II of Aragon ⓘ
subject linked to: el Batallador
Felicia of Roucy → child → Ramiro II of Aragon ⓘ