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Not to be confused with her niece, known as Almodis de La Marche, who married Roger "le Poitevin' de Montgommery.
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Father Bernard I, Count of Marche Mother Amélie
Almodis de la Marche (c. 1020 – 16 October 1071) was a French noble. She was famed for her marriage career, in particularly for her third marriage to Ramon Berenguer I, Count of Barcelona, with whom she committed double bigamy in 1053, for which the Pope had them excommunicated.
Almodis was the daughter of Bernard I, Count of Marche and wife Amélie.[2] She married Hugh V of Lusignan around 1038 and they had two sons and one daughter. Almodis and Hugh of Lusignan divorced due to consanguinity.[3] She later, with Hugh's assistance, married Count Pons of Toulouse in 1040.[4] Almodis was still Pons' wife in April 1053, when she was abducted by Ramon Berenguer I, Count of Barcelona.[5] He kidnapped her from Narbonne with the aid of a fleet sent north by his ally, the Muslim emir of Tortosa.[5] They married immediately (despite the fact both of her previous husbands were still alive) and they appear with their twin sons in a charter the next year. Pope Victor II excommunicated Almodis and Ramon for this illegal marriage until 1056.[6]
Almodis maintained contact with her former husbands and many children, and in 1066/1067 she traveled to Toulouse for her daughter's wedding. A few years before, in 1060, Hugh V of Lusignan had revolted against his lord, Duke William VIII of Aquitaine, in support of Almodis' son William IV of Toulouse.[4] Her sons supported one another in military campaigns; Hugh VI of Lusignan, Raymond IV of Toulouse, and Berenguer Ramon all took the Cross.
Her third husband Ramon was married to her niece, Isabela Trencavel, the daughter of Rangearde de la Marche. Their son, Peter Raymundi, was Ramon's original heir. Peter Raymundi resented Almodis' influence and was concerned she was trying to replace him with her own two sons, his consanguinous nephews, both who had claims through their father, Count La Marche. He murdered her in October 1071.[7] William of Malmesbury reflected that she was, "sad, [of] unbridled lewdness".[5]
Pere-Ramon was disinherited and exiled for his crime and fled the country. When his father died in 1076, Barcelona was split between Almodis' sons, Berenguer Ramon and Ramon Berenguer. The family history of murder did not end with Pere-Ramon, as Berenguer Ramon earned his nickname "The Fratricide" when he killed his own twin brother.
Family
She married Hugh V of Lusignan[5] around 1038 and they had two sons and one daughter:
Almodis and Hugh of Lusignan divorced due to consanguinity, and Hugh arranged for her to marry Count Pons of Toulouse in 1040.[5] Together they produced several children, including:
In 1053, she married Ramon Berenguer I, Count of Barcelona.[5] Together they produced four children:
Notes
Sources
https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Almodis_de_La_Marche
Almodis de La Marche
Almodis de La Marche, o Adalmode de la Marche, Almodis, anche in spagnolo, in catalano in francese, in aragonese, in portoghese e in galiziano, Almodis anche in latino e in occitano (1020 circa – 16 ottobre 1071), signora di Lusignano dal 1038 a poco dopo il 1040, contessa consorte di Tolosa dal 1045 al 1053 e contessa consorte di Barcellona dal 1053 al 1071.
Per quanto riguarda la sua origine[1][2], essa era figlia di Bernardo I (ca. 991- 16 giugno 1047) conte de La Marche e della moglie, Amelia de Rasés (? - † 1053); secondo altre fonti la madre di Almodis potrebbe essere anche Amelia di Montignac (ca. 989 -† ca. 1072) oppure Amelia d'Aulnay (ca. 990 -† ca. 1072), mentre altri la mettono in relazione con Ermengarda di Corson, viscontessa di Comborn (deducendolo dal documento n°97 del Cartulaire de l'abbaye d'Uzerche (Corrèze)[3]. Il nome della madre, ripreso da un documento del 1053 ("Almodis comitissa, filia que es Amelie comitisse") è citato dallo storico José Enrique Ruiz Domenec nel suo libro Quan els vescomtes de Barcelona eren (Barcelona, 2006), quando cita la figlia, Almodis, contessa di Barcellona, che riceve il giuramento di fedeltà dal vescovo di Barcellona, Guislaberto[4].
Secondo il Chronicon sancti Maxentii Pictavensis, Chroniques des Eglises d'Anjou Bernardo I de La Marche era figlio primogenito (ed unico) del Conte di Périgord e Conte de La Marche, Adalberto I[5] e della moglie, Almodia o Adalmoda, come ci riferisce la Cronaca di Ademaro di Chabannes[6].
Nel 1038 circa Almodis sposò il signore di Lusignano, Ugo V detto il Pio[7] († 1060), che era il figlio primogenito del quarto Signore di Lusignano, Ugo IV detto il Bruno (le Brun) e di Adelarda, come ci conferma il documento n° 440 del Cartulaire de l'abbaye de Saint-Cyprien de Poitiers : (931-1155), che riporta di una donazione di Ugo IV di Lusignano (Ugo Liziniacensis), fatta ai monaci di Lusignano, citando come testimoni la moglie Adelarda (Hildeardis uxoris sue) e i due figli maggiori, Ugo e Rorgone (infantum suorum Hugonis et Rorgonis)[8]. Della madre Adelarda non si conoscono né gli ascendenti né il casato (secondo il Duguet era imparentata con i signori di Chabanais[9]).
Dopo il 1040 il matrimonio fu annullato per motivi di consanguineità[7], e Almodis, nel 1045, si risposò in seconde nozze con Ponzio[7], conte di Tolosa, che era vedovo, dal 1044 circa, della sua prima moglie, Mayor[10], che, secondo lo storico Justo Pérez de Urbel, era Mayor Sánchez di Navarra[11] (ca. 1015- prima del 1044)[12], che i cronisti francesi chiamavano "Majorie"[13], figlia del re di Pamplona, Sancho III Garcés di Navarra.
Nel giugno del 1053, secondo il documento n° 235 del volume V delle Preuves de l'Histoire Générale de Languedoc, Almodis suggerì al marito, Ponzio di codificare l'unione delle abbazie di Cluny, che avrebbe avuto la preminenza, e di Moissac[14]. Tale avvenimento viene ricordato anche dal documento n° 3344 delle Chartes de l'abbaye de Cluny del 29 giugno 1053[15].
Nell'estate del 1053, Raimondo Berengario I detto el Vell ("il Vecchio") (1024-1076), conte di Barcellona, fece rapire Almodis dal suo alleato[16], l'emiro musulmano di Tortosa, che con una flotta musulmana assalì Narbona e rapì la contessa, che fu portata a Barcellona, dove il conte Raimondo Berengario la convinse a sposarlo[5], pur essendo ancora in vita i rispettivi consorti[17], il suo secondo marito, Ponzio, e Bianca di Narbona, la moglie di Raimondo. Mentre Ponzio, tenuto in considerazione il documento del 29 giugno 1053, succitato, ripudiò Almodis, nella seconda metà del 1053[12], Bianca, sostenuta dalla nonna di Raimondo Berengario, Ermesinda di Carcassonne, si appellò al papa Vittore II che, qualche tempo dopo il matrimonio tra Raimondo e Almodis, avvenuto poco dopo il giugno 1053, li scomunicò.
Almodis compare citata in due documenti di donazione, assieme al terzo marito, Raimondo: una prima volta, verso la metà degli anni cinquanta, nella Colleció Diplomática de la casa de Temple de Barberà[1]; una seconda volta nel documento n° CCLXXIV, del Cartulaire de l'abbaye de Lérins, 1ère partie[18].
Nonostante le vicissitudini matrimoniali Almodis conservò un buon rapporto con tutti i figli ed anche i mariti:
Il conte Raimondo Berengario dalla prima moglie, Isabella di Carcassonne, aveva avuto un figlio (altri due erano morti in tenera età), l'erede designato alla successione paterna, Pietro Raimondo (1050- dopo il 1073), che era molto affezionato ad Almodis, che l'aveva cresciuto come un figlio proprio; ma quando raggiunse la maggiore età ebbe la sensazione, forse a ragione, che la matrigna si adoperasse per rimpiazzarlo con i suoi due figli maschi, gemelli, nella successione alla contea di Barcellona; così l'assassinò[19], strangolandola, nel 1071. L'avvenimento è confermato dal Los Condes de Barcelona Vindicados, Tomos II, che cita il necrologio del monastero di San Cucufate il giorno 17 novembre[20] Pietro Raimondo per il suo crimine fu diseredato ed esiliato, ed anche papa Gregorio VII, appena eletto, nel 1073 gli inflisse una penitenza per l'uccisione della matrigna[21].
Quando nel 1076 Raimondo Berengario morì, gli successero i figli gemelli Raimondo Berengario el Cap d'Estopes ("Testa di Stoppia") e Berengario Raimondo el Fratricida ("il Fratricida").
Almodis ebbe, dai vari mariti, numerosi figli:[2][22]:
ad Ugo diede tre figli[23]:
a Ponzio ne diede quattro[12]:
a Raimondo Berengario ne diede cinque[22][33]:
Almodis de La Marche è un personaggio del romanzo Il signore di Barcellona (Te daré la tierra, 2008) di Chufo Lloréns.
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Almodis de la Marche (990 or c. 1020 – 16 October 1071) was the daughter of Bernard I, Count of Marche and wife Amélie. She married Hugh V of Lusignan around 1038 and they had two sons and one daughter: Hugh VI of Lusignan (c. 1039-1101) Jordan de Lusignan Mélisende de Lusignan (b. bef. 1055), married before 1074 to Simon I "l'Archevêque", Vidame de Parthenay
Almodis and Hugh of Lusignan divorced due to consanguinity, and Hugh arranged for her to marry Count Pons of Toulouse in 1040. Together they produced several children, including: William IV of Toulouse Raymond IV of Toulouse Hugh, Abbot of Saint-Gilles Almodis of Toulouse, married Count Pierre of Melgueil
She was still Pons' wife in April 1053, but shortly thereafter Almodis 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) and they appear with their twin sons in a charter the next year. Pope Victor II excommunicated Almodis and Ramon for this illegal marriage until 1056. Together they produced four children: Berenguer Ramon II, Count of Barcelona Ramon Berenguer II, Count of Barcelona Inés of Barcelona, married Count Guigues I of Albon Sancha of Barcelona, married Count Guillermo Ramon I of Cerdagne
Almodis maintained contact with her former husbands and many children, and in 1066/1067 she traveled to Toulouse for her daughter's wedding. A few years before, in 1060, Hugh V of Lusignan had revolted against his lord, Duke William VIII of Aquitaine, in support of Almodis' son William IV of Toulouse. Her sons supported one another in military campaigns; Hugh VI of Lusignan, Raymond IV of Toulouse, and Berenguer Ramon all took the Cross.
Her third husband Ramon had a son from a previous marriage, Pedro Ramon, who was his heir. Pedro apparently resented Almodis' influence and was concerned she was trying to replace him with her own two sons. He murdered her in October 1071. Pedro was disinherited and exiled for his crime, and fled the country. When his father died in 1076, Barcelona was split between Berenguer Ramon and Ramon Berenguer, Almodis' sons. The family history of murder did not end with Pedro Ramon, as Berenguer Ramon earned his nickname "The Fratricide" when he killed his own twin brother.
Almodis de la Marche (990 or c. 1020 – 16 October 1071) was the daughter of Bernard I, Count of Marche (whose parents were both descendants of Charlemagne) and wife Amélie de Montignac. She married Hugh V of Lusignan around 1038 and they had two sons and one daughter:
* Hugh VI of Lusignan (c. 1039-1101)
* Jordan de Lusignan
* Mélisende de Lusignan (b. bef. 1055), married before 1074 to Simon I "l'Archevêque", Vidame de Parthenay
Almodis and Hugh of Lusignan divorced due to consanguinity, and Hugh arranged for her to marry Count Pons of Toulouse in 1040. Together they produced several children, including:
* William IV of Toulouse
* Raymond IV of Toulouse
* Hugh, Abbot of Saint-Gilles
* Almodis of Toulouse, married Count Pierre of Melgueil
She was still Pons' wife in April 1053, but shortly thereafter Almodis 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) and they appear with their twin sons in a charter the next year. Pope Victor II excommunicated Almodis and Ramon for this illegal marriage until 1056. Together they produced four children:
* Berenguer Ramon II, Count of Barcelona
* Ramon Berenguer II, Count of Barcelona
* Inés of Barcelona, married Count Guigues I of Albon
* Sancha of Barcelona, married Count Guillermo Ramon I of Cerdagne
Almodis maintained contact with her former husbands and many children, and in 1066/1067 she traveled to Toulouse for her daughter's wedding. A few years before, in 1060, Hugh V of Lusignan had revolted against his lord, Duke William VIII of Aquitaine, in support of Almodis' son William IV of Toulouse. Her sons supported one another in military campaigns; Hugh VI of Lusignan, Raymond IV of Toulouse, and Berenguer Ramon all took the Cross.
Her third husband Ramon had a son from a previous marriage, Pedro Ramon, who was his heir. Pedro apparently resented Almodis' influence and was concerned she was trying to replace him with her own two sons. He murdered her in October 1071. Pedro was disinherited and exiled for his crime, and fled the country. When his father died in 1076, Barcelona was split between Berenguer Ramon and Ramon Berenguer, Almodis' sons. The family history of murder did not end with Pedro Ramon, as Berenguer Ramon earned his nickname "The Fratricide" when he killed his own twin brother.
Hugh VI of Lusignan (c. 1039-1101) Jordan de Lusignan Mélisende de Lusignan (b. bef. 1055), married before 1074 to Simon I "l'Archevêque", Vidame de Parthenay Almodis and Hugh of Lusignan divorced due to consanguinity, and Hugh arranged for her to marry Count Pons of Toulouse in 1040. Together they produced several children, including:
William IV of Toulouse Raymond IV of Toulouse Hugh, Abbot of Saint-Gilles Almodis of Toulouse, married Count Pierre of Melgueil She was still Pons' wife in April 1053, but shortly thereafter Almodis 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) and they appear with their twin sons in a charter the next year. Pope Victor II excommunicated Almodis and Ramon for this illegal marriage until 1056. Together they produced four children:
Berenguer Ramon II, Count of Barcelona Ramon Berenguer II, Count of Barcelona Inés of Barcelona, married Count Guigues I of Albon Sancha of Barcelona, married Count Guillermo Ramon I of Cerdagne Almodis maintained contact with her former husbands and many children, and in 1066/1067 she traveled to Toulouse for her daughter's wedding. A few years before, in 1060, Hugh V of Lusignan had revolted against his lord, Duke William VIII of Aquitaine, in support of Almodis' son William IV of Toulouse. Her sons supported one another in military campaigns; Hugh VI of Lusignan, Raymond IV of Toulouse, and Berenguer Ramon all took the Cross.
Her third husband Ramon had a son from a previous marriage, Pedro Ramon, who was his heir. Pedro apparently resented Almodis' influence and was concerned she was trying to replace him with her own two sons. He murdered her in October 1071. Pedro was disinherited and exiled for his crime, and fled the country. When his father died in 1076, Barcelona was split between Berenguer Ramon and Ramon Berenguer, Almodis' sons. The family history of murder did not end with Pedro Ramon, as Berenguer Ramon earned his nickname "The Fratricide" when he killed his own twin brother.
Almodis de la Marche (990 or c. 1020 – 16 October 1071) was the daughter of Bernard I, Count of Marche and wife Amélie. She married Hugh V of Lusignan around 1038 and they had two sons and one daughter: Hugh VI of Lusignan (c. 1039-1101) Jordan de Lusignan Mélisende de Lusignan (b. bef. 1055), married before 1074 to Simon I "l'Archevêque", Vidame de Parthenay Almodis and Hugh of Lusignan divorced due to consanguinity, and Hugh arranged for her to marry Count Pons of Toulouse in 1040. Together they produced several children, including: William IV of Toulouse Raymond IV of Toulouse Hugh, Abbot of Saint-Gilles Almodis of Toulouse, married Count Pierre of Melgueil She was still Pons' wife in April 1053, but shortly thereafter Almodis 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) and they appear with their twin sons in a charter the next year. Pope Victor II excommunicated Almodis and Ramon for this illegal marriage until 1056. Together they produced four children: Berenguer Ramon II, Count of Barcelona Ramon Berenguer II, Count of Barcelona Inés of Barcelona, married Count Guigues I of Albon Sancha of Barcelona, married Count Guillermo Ramon I of Cerdagne Almodis maintained contact with her former husbands and many children, and in 1066/1067 she traveled to Toulouse for her daughter's wedding. A few years before, in 1060, Hugh V of Lusignan had revolted against his lord, Duke William VIII of Aquitaine, in support of Almodis' son William IV of Toulouse. Her sons supported one another in military campaigns; Hugh VI of Lusignan, Raymond IV of Toulouse, and Berenguer Ramon all took the Cross.
Her third husband Ramon had a son from a previous marriage, Pedro Ramon, who was his heir. Pedro apparently resented Almodis' influence and was concerned she was trying to replace him with her own two sons. He murdered her in October 1071. Pedro was disinherited and exiled for his crime, and fled the country. When his father died in 1076, Barcelona was split between Berenguer Ramon and Ramon Berenguer, Almodis' sons. The family history of murder did not end with Pedro Ramon, as Berenguer Ramon earned his nickname "The Fratricide" when he killed his own twin brother. [edit]Sources
Chronicles of the abbey of St. Maixent (pub. 1886 by A. Richard) Reilly, B. F. The Conquest of Christian and Muslim Spain, 1992 [edit]
Almodis de la Marche From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Almodis de la Marche (990 or c. 1020 – 16 October 1071) was the daughter of Bernard I, Count of Marche (whose parents were both descendants of Charlemagne) and wife Amélie de Montignac. She married Hugh V of Lusignan around 1038 and they had two sons and one daughter: Hugh VI of Lusignan (c. 1039-1101) Jordan de Lusignan Mélisende de Lusignan (b. bef. 1055), married before 1074 to Simon I "l'Archevêque", Vidame de Parthenay Almodis and Hugh of Lusignan divorced due to consanguinity, and Hugh arranged for her to marry Count Pons of Toulouse in 1040. Together they produced several children, including: William IV of Toulouse Raymond IV of Toulouse Hugh, Abbot of Saint-Gilles Almodis of Toulouse, married Count Pierre of Melgueil She was still Pons' wife in April 1053, but shortly thereafter Almodis 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) and they appear with their twin sons in a charter the next year. Pope Victor II excommunicated Almodis and Ramon for this illegal marriage until 1056. Together they produced four children: Berenguer Ramon II, Count of Barcelona Ramon Berenguer II, Count of Barcelona Inés of Barcelona, married Count Guigues I of Albon Sancha of Barcelona, married Count Guillermo Ramon I of Cerdagne Almodis maintained contact with her former husbands and many children, and in 1066/1067 she traveled to Toulouse for her daughter's wedding. A few years before, in 1060, Hugh V of Lusignan had revolted against his lord, Duke William VIII of Aquitaine, in support of Almodis' son William IV of Toulouse. Her sons supported one another in military campaigns; Hugh VI of Lusignan, Raymond IV of Toulouse, and Berenguer Ramon all took the Cross. Her third husband Ramon had a son from a previous marriage, Pedro Ramon, who was his heir. Pedro apparently resented Almodis' influence and was concerned she was trying to replace him with her own two sons. He murdered her in October 1071. Pedro was disinherited and exiled for his crime, and fled the country. When his father died in 1076, Barcelona was split between Berenguer Ramon and Ramon Berenguer, Almodis' sons. The family history of murder did not end with Pedro Ramon, as Berenguer Ramon earned his nickname "The Fratricide" when he killed his own twin brother.
Sources
Chronicles of the abbey of St. Maixent (pub. 1886 by A. Richard) Reilly, B.F. The Conquest of Christian and Muslim Spain, 1992
Almodis de la Marche (990 or c. 1020 – 16 October 1071) was the daughter of Bernard I, Count of Marche and wife Amélie. She married Hugh V of Lusignan around 1038 and they had two sons and one daughter:
* Hugh VI of Lusignan (c. 1039-1101)
* Jordan de Lusignan
* Mélisende de Lusignan (b. bef. 1055), married before 1074 to Simon I "l'Archevêque", Vidame de Parthenay
Almodis and Hugh of Lusignan divorced due to consanguinity, and Hugh arranged for her to marry Count Pons of Toulouse in 1040. Together they produced several children, including:
* William IV of Toulouse
* Raymond IV of Toulouse
* Hugh, Abbot of Saint-Gilles
* Almodis of Toulouse, married Count Pierre of Melgueil
She was still Pons' wife in April 1053, but shortly thereafter Almodis 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) and they appear with their twin sons in a charter the next year. Pope Victor II excommunicated Almodis and Ramon for this illegal marriage until 1056. Together they produced four children:
* Berenguer Ramon II, Count of Barcelona
* Ramon Berenguer II, Count of Barcelona
* Inés of Barcelona, married Count Guigues I of Albon
* Sancha of Barcelona, married Count Guillermo Ramon I of Cerdagne
Almodis maintained contact with her former husbands and many children, and in 1066/1067 she traveled to Toulouse for her daughter's wedding. A few years before, in 1060, Hugh V of Lusignan had revolted against his lord, Duke William VIII of Aquitaine, in support of Almodis' son William IV of Toulouse. Her sons supported one another in military campaigns; Hugh VI of Lusignan, Raymond IV of Toulouse, and Berenguer Ramon all took the Cross.
Her third husband Ramon had a son from a previous marriage, Pedro Ramon, who was his heir. Pedro apparently resented Almodis' influence and was concerned she was trying to replace him with her own two sons. He murdered her in October 1071. Pedro was disinherited and exiled for his crime, and fled the country. When his father died in 1076, Barcelona was split between Berenguer Ramon and Ramon Berenguer, Almodis' sons. The family history of murder did not end with Pedro Ramon, as Berenguer Ramon earned his nickname "The Fratricide" when he killed his own twin brother
Ramon Berenguer II, Count of Barcelona From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Ramon Berenguers's marriages and descendants
First wife, Aimeris of Narbonne Second wife, Mahalta (or Maud) of Apulia, born ca. 1059, died 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)
Hugh VI of Lusignan (c. 1039-1101)
Jordan de Lusignan
Mélisende de Lusignan (b. bef. 1055), married before 1074 to Simon I "l'Archevêque", Vidame de Parthenay
Almodis and Hugh of Lusignan divorced due to consanguinity, and Hugh arranged for her to marry Count Pons of Toulouse in 1040. Together they produced several children, including:
William IV of Toulouse
Raymond IV of Toulouse
Hugh, Abbot of Saint-Gilles
Almodis of Toulouse, married Count Pierre of Melgueil
She was still Pons' wife in April 1053, but shortly thereafter Almodis 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) and they appear with their twin sons in a charter the next year. Pope Victor II excommunicated Almodis and Ramon for this illegal marriage until 1056. Together they produced four children:
Berenguer Ramon II, Count of Barcelona
Ramon Berenguer II, Count of Barcelona
Inés of Barcelona, married Count Guigues I of Albon
Sancha of Barcelona, married Count Guillermo Ramon I of Cerdagne
Almodis maintained contact with her former husbands and many children, and in 1066/1067 she traveled to Toulouse for her daughter's wedding. A few years before, in 1060, Hugh V of Lusignan had revolted against his lord, Duke William VIII of Aquitaine, in support of Almodis' son William IV of Toulouse. Her sons supported one another in military campaigns; Hugh VI of Lusignan, Raymond IV of Toulouse, and Berenguer Ramon all took the Cross.
Her third husband Ramon had a son from a previous marriage, Pedro Ramon, who was his heir. Pedro apparently resented Almodis' influence and was concerned she was trying to replace him with her own two sons. He murdered her in October 1071. Pedro was disinherited and exiled for his crime, and fled the country. When his father died in 1076, Barcelona was split between Berenguer Ramon and Ramon Berenguer, Almodis' sons. The family history of murder did not end with Pedro Ramon, as Berenguer Ramon earned his nickname "The Fratricide" when he killed his own twin brother.
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