Isabel of Urgel
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Isabella of Urgel was the only daughter of Ermengol III of Urgell
by his first wife Adelaide, whose origins are unknown.
Isabella married in 1065 to King Sancho Ramírez
; by this marriage, Isabella was queen consort of Aragon
. The couple divorced in 1070, and both remarried. The couple had one son:
She married to William I of Cerdanya
in 1071, as his second wife. Sancho Ramírez married Felicie de Roucy in 1076, this marriage bore another three sons, two of whom would become Peter's
immediate (Alfonso
) and eventual (Ramiro
) successors.
Ermengol III of Urgell
Ermengol III , called el de Barbastre, was the Count of Urgell from 1038 to his death. He was the son of Ermengol II and Constance, daughter of the Count of Besalú....
by his first wife Adelaide, whose origins are unknown.
Isabella married in 1065 to King Sancho Ramírez
Sancho Ramírez, King of Aragón and Navarre
Sancho Ramírez was King of Aragon and King of Navarre...
; by this marriage, Isabella was queen consort of Aragon
Aragon
Aragon is a modern autonomous community in Spain, coextensive with the medieval Kingdom of Aragon. Located in northeastern Spain, the Aragonese autonomous community comprises three provinces : Huesca, Zaragoza, and Teruel. Its capital is Zaragoza...
. The couple divorced in 1070, and both remarried. The couple had one son:
- Peter I of Aragon and NavarrePeter I of Aragon and NavarrePeter I was the King of Aragon and Navarre for a decade from 1094 until his death. He was the son and successor of Sancho V Ramírez by his first wife, Isabella of Urgell. He was named in honour of Saint Peter, because of his father's special devotion to the Holy See, to which he had made his...
, he was his father's successor but had no surviving issue by his marriages to Agnes of AquitaineAgnes of Aquitaine, Queen of Aragon and NavarreAgnes of Aquitaine was a daughter of William VIII, Duke of Aquitaine and his third wife Hildegarde of Burgundy, and thus half-sister of Agnes of Aquitaine, Queen of Castile, with whom she is sometimes confused....
and Bertha of Italy.
She married to William I of Cerdanya
William I of Cerdanya
William I Raymond was the count of Cerdanya and Berga from the year of his birth till that of his death, giving up Berga a year earlier to his son William-Jordan....
in 1071, as his second wife. Sancho Ramírez married Felicie de Roucy in 1076, this marriage bore another three sons, two of whom would become Peter's
immediate (Alfonso
Alfonso the Battler
Alfonso I , called the Battler or the Warrior , was the king of Aragon and Navarre from 1104 until his death in 1134. He was the second son of King Sancho Ramírez and successor of his brother Peter I...
) and eventual (Ramiro
Ramiro II of Aragon
Ramiro II , called the Monk, was King of Aragon from 1134 until withdrawing from public life in 1137...
) successors.