Raymond Berenger I "the Old", Count of Barcelona

1023 - 1076  (53 years)

• Name	Raymond Berenger I
  	He promulgated the earliest versions of a written code of Catalan law, the Usages of Barcelona. [2] He was also the Count of Gerona, Osona, Carcassonne and Rasez. Oddly enough, with the title change, he is called the first, same as his father.
  Born	1023  [1, 2, 3]
  Military	say 1030  [2]
  Ramon Berenguer campaigned against the Moors, extending his dominions as far west as Barbastro and imposing heavy tributes (parias) on other Moorish cities. Historians claim that those tributes helped create the first wave of prosperity in Catalan history. During his reign Catalan maritime power started to be felt in the western Mediterranean. Ramon Berenguer the Old was also the first count of Catalonia to acquire lands (the counties of Carcassonne and Razés) and influence north of the Pyrenees.
  Title(s)	1035  [2]
  He became the Count of Barcelona.
  Religion	1054  [4]
  Pope Victor II excommunicated Almodis and Ramon for this illegal marriage until 1056.
  Died	26 May 1076	Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain   [1, 2]
  Buried	Aft 26 May 1076
  	Tomb of Ramon Berenguer and Almodis de la Marche.
  Web References	2019
  Siblings	1 sibling
  + 1. Raymond Berenger I "the Old", Count of Barcelona ,   b. 1023,   d. 26 May 1076, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain  (Age 53 years) ▻ Isabel ;  Blanca of Narbonne ;  Almodis de la Marche, Countess of Limoges ,  m. 1053   2. Sanç Berenguer
  Person ID	I3920	| Roy Line, Boudreau Line
  Last Modified	29 Jan 2021

  
  

  Father	Raymond Berenger I "al Cueva", Count of Barcelona,   b. 1005,   d. 26 May 1035  (Age 30 years)
  Mother	Sancha Sánchez,   d. 26 Jun 1026
  Married	1021
  Family ID	F3206	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Isabel  [2]
  Children	1. Berenguer,   d. young   2. Arnau,   d. young   3. Peter Raymundi,   b. 1050,   d. Abt 1073  (Age 23 years)
  Last Modified	7 Aug 2020
  Family ID	F8585	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 2	Blanca of Narbonne  [2]
  Last Modified	7 Aug 2020
  Family ID	F8655	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 3	Almodis de la Marche, Countess of Limoges,   b. Abt 1020,   d. 16 Oct 1071  (Age ~ 51 years)  [1, 2, 4]
  Married	1053  [1, 4]
  She was abducted by Ramon Berenguer I, Count of Barcelona. He kidnapped her from Narbonne with the aid of a fleet sent north by his ally, the Muslim emir of Tortosa. They married immediately, despite the fact both of her previous husbands were still alive. [4]
  Age at Marriage	He was 30 years - She was 33 years
  Children	+ 1. Raymond Berenger II "Cabeza de Estope", Count of Barcelona,   b. Abt 1055,   d. 5 Dec 1082  (Age ~ 27 years)   2. Ramon Berenguer II, Count of Barcelona   3. Agnes of Barcelona   4. Sanach of Barcelona
  Last Modified	29 Jan 2021
  Family ID	F3203	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map		Died - 26 May 1076 - Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain  = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Photos

  Ramon Berenguer I and his wife, Almodis de la Marche They are counting out 2,000 ounces of gold coins as payment to William Raymond and Adelaide, count and countess of Cerdagne, in return for their rights over Carcassonne in 1067.

  
  

• Sources

  [S60] Stuart, Roderick W. Royalty for Commoners, The Complete Known Lineage of John of Gaunt, Son of Edward III, King of England, and Queen Philippa Fourth Edition, (Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing Company, 2002), Secondary Source. [S304] Wikipedia, Secondary Source. Ramon Berenguer I, Count of Barcelona [S304] Wikipedia, Secondary Source. Berenguer Ramon I, Count of Barcelona [S304] Wikipedia, Secondary Source. Almodis de la Marche