Guillem I Ramón de Montcada, vicomte de Béarn

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GUILLEN Ramón de Montcada, son of GUILLEN de Montcada [II] Señor de Montcada y Vic & his wife Marie de Béarn (1166-mid-1224, bur Sainte-Marie d'Oloron). He inherited the Montcada patrimony under the 1173 will of his grandfather. "Wastonius III filius Marie" and “Willelmus R frater memorati Gastonis” confirmed donations made by “predecessorum meorum” by undated charters[110]. It appears that he was responsible for the murder in 1194 of his wife's uncle Berenguer de Vilademuls, Archbishop of Tarragona, who was closely associated with don Alfonso II King of Aragon, Conde de Barcelona, in his struggle with the Cabrera-Castellbò party of which Guillem Ramon was a member. Although not directly punished for the crime, he spent much of the following 20 years in exile. He succeeded his brother in 1214 as GUILLAUME [I] Vicomte de Béarn. He resettled in Catalonia in [1215], seeking penance in Rome[111]. "W. R…vicecomes Bearnensis" wrote to Henry III King of England, dated to [1219], assuring him of the loyalty of the citizens of Bayonne[112]. "Guillermus Raymundi de Montecatano vicecomes Bearnensis" issued a charter for the church of Tarragona dated 27 Feb 1223, which names "Guillermi filii mei" and refers to the testament of "bonæ memoriæ fratris mei Gastonis vicecomitis Bearnensis"[113].

m (before 1185) [as her first husband,] GUILLEMA de Castellvell, daughter of GUILLEM [V] Senyor de Castellvell de Rosanes & his wife --- (-[1226/28]). Her parentage and marriage are confirmed by the Annals of Surita which record that her son "Don Guillen de Moncada, hijo de Don Guillen Ramon de Moncada y de Donna Guillelma de Casteluell, que caso con la viscondessa de Bearne" was not present at the battle of Muret in 1213 but sent messengers to the king[114]. She was abandoned by her husband and married secondly (bigamously, 1202) as his first wife, Aimery [III] Vicomte de Narbonne. She returned to Catalonia after separating from her second husband in 1208[115]. She succeeded her brother in 1205 as Senyora de Castellvell de Rosanes, Mara, El Far, Pontous, Benviure, Llvaneres, Olesa, Voltrera.

Mistress (1): NAVARRA, daughter of ---.

Guillaume & his wife had three children: 

Guillaume [I] had four illegitimate children by Mistress (1):