Raymond IV Berenger, Count of Provence and Forcalquier

1198 - 1245  (47 years)

• Name	Raymond IV Berenger
  Birth	1198	France   [1, 2]
  Death	19 Aug 1245	Aix-en-Provence, Bouches-du-Rhône, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France   [1, 2, 3]
  Patriarch & Matriarch	Bellon, Count of Barcelona, Carcassonne, Ampurias, and Urgel   (11 x Great Grandfather)  Adelaide de Beziers  (2 x Great Grandmother)
  Person ID, Branch	I2957	Roy Line, Boudreau Line
  Last Modified	2 Dec 2021

  
  

  Father	Alfonso, Count of Provence, Prince of Aragon,   b. 1180   d. Feb 1209, Palermo, Sicily (Age 29 years)
  Relationship	Birth
  Mother	Gersinde of Sabran   d. After 1222
  Relationship	Birth
  Family ID	F2345	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Spouse / Partner	Beatrix of Savoy, Countess of Provence,   b. 1198   d. Dec 1266 (Age 68 years)
  Marriage	5 Jun 1219  [1, 2, 3]
  Age at Marriage	He : ~ 21 years and 6 months - She : ~ 21 years and 6 months.
  Notes	Marriage Date: Stuart (2002) gives their marriage date as December 1220, and Moriarity (1947) gives the year as 1220. [1, 3]
  Children	3 daughters
  +   1. Eleanor of Provence,   b. Abt 1223, Aix-en-Provence, Bouches-du-Rhône, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France d. 25 Jan 1291, Amesbury, Wiltshire, England (Age 68 years)  [Father: Birth]  [Mother: Birth] ▻ Henry III, King of England  m. 14 Jan 1237 +   2. Beatrix of Provence, Countess of Provence,   b. 1234   d. 23 Sep 1267, Nocera Terinese, Calabria, Italy (Age 33 years) ▻ Charles I, King of Naples, Sicily and Jerusalem  m. 31 Jan 1246 +   3. Margerite of Provence,   b. 1221, Saint-Maime, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France d. 20 Dec 1285, Paris, Île-de-France, France (Age 64 years) ▻ Saint Louis IX, King of France  m. 27 May 1234
  Family ID	F2201	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	31 Aug 2025

  
  

• Pedigree

  ← Click to display 1Raymond IV Berenger, Count of Provence and Forcalquier(1198 – 1245) 2Alfonso, Count of Provence, Prince of Aragon(1180 – 1209) 4Alfonso II, King of Aragon(1157 – 1196) 8Raymond Berenguer IV, Marquis and Count of Barcelona(1113 – 1162) 16Raymond Berenger III, Marquis of Barcelona and Count of Provence(1080 – 1131) 17Douce I de Gévaudan, comtesse de Provence (1095 – 1130) 9Petronilla of Aragon(1136 – 1173) 18Ramiro II, King of Navarre and Aragon(1075 – 1157) 19Matilda of Aquitaine(1100 – ) 5Sancha of Castile, Princess of Castile and Léon(1154 – 1208) 10Alfonso VII, King of Castile and Léon(1105 – 1157) 20Raymond of Burgundy and Ivrea, Count of Castile(1070 – 1107) 21Urraca, Infanta of Castile and León, Countess of Galicia(1079 – 1126) 11Richilde of Poland, Queen of Castile and Léon(1140 – 1166) 22Wladislaw II, King of Poland(1105 – 1159) 23Agnes de Babenberg( – 1157) 3Gersinde of Sabran( – 1222) 6Raimon de Sabran, Count of Forcalquier(1155 – 1224) 12Rostaing, Seigneur de Sabran(1133 – 1208/09) 24William de Sabran(1115 – 1199) 25 13Clemencia de Montpellier( – 1204) 26Guillem IV 27 7Gersinde( – 1193) 14William IV, Count of Forcalquier(1130 – 1208) 28Bertrand II, Comte de Forcalquier(Abt 1110 – 1150) 29Josserande de la Flotte 15Adelaide de Beziers 30Raymond Trencavel of Beziers, Vicomte de Beziers 31Adelaide de Beziers

  
  

• Event Map		Birth - 1198 - France Death - 19 Aug 1245 - Aix-en-Provence, Bouches-du-Rhône, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France  = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Sources 🟢 Primary Evidence 🟡 Secondary Evidence 🟠 Tertiary Evidence 🔴 Unreliable Evidence

  [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). [S59] Weis, Frederick Lewis. Ancestral Roots of Sixty Colonists Who Came to New England Between 1623 and 1650 Fifth Editionif, (Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1982). [S310] Moriarty, G. Andrews. The Descent of the Plantagenet Kings from the Holy Roman Emperors, (Boston: The New England Historical and Genealogical Register, volume CI, January 1947).