Alfonso II, King of Aragon

1157 - 1196  (39 years)

• Name	Alfonso II
  Birth	25 Mar 1157	Villa Mayor del Valle, Huesca, Aragon, Spain   [1]
  General Information	He was also the Marquis and Count of Barcelona, Tortosa and Lerida; and the Count of Tarragona, Gerona and Cerdagne.  [1]
  Reign	From 1163 to 1196 (5 years)  [1]
  King of Aragon
  Title(s)	1166 (8 years)  [1]
  Alfonso became the Marquis of Provence in 1166.
  Death	25 Apr 1196	Perpignan, Spain (now France)   [1, 2]
  Burial	Royal Abbey of Santa Maria de Poblet, Conca de Barberà, Spain   [1]
  Patriarch & Matriarch	Bellon, Count of Barcelona, Carcassonne, Ampurias, and Urgel   (9 x Great Grandfather)  Hildeburge  (5 x Great Grandmother)
  Person ID, Branch	I2966	Roy Line, Boudreau Line
  Last Modified	4 Jun 2022

  
  

• Notes

  Birth: Weis (1976) states he was born in 1152. [2]

  
  

Father	Raymond Berenguer IV, Marquis and Count of Barcelona,   b. About 1113   d. 6 Aug 1162, Borgo San Dalmazzo, Cuneo, Piedmont, Italy (Age 49 years)
Relationship	Birth
Mother	Petronilla of Aragon,   b. 29 Jun 1136, Huesca, Aragon, Spain d. 15 Oct 1173, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain (Age 37 years)
Relationship	Birth
Family ID	F2352	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart




Spouse / Partner	Sancha of Castile, Princess of Castile and Léon,   b. 21 Sep 1154   d. 9 Nov 1208, Villanueva de Sigena, Aragon, Spain (Age 54 years)
Marriage	18 Jan 1174/75	Zaragoza, Spain   [1, 2, 3]
Age at Marriage	He : 17 years and 10 months - She : 20 years and 4 months.
Children	2 sons
+   1. Pedro II, King of Aragon,   b. 1176   d. 14 Sep 1213 (Age 37 years)  [Father: Birth]  [Mother: Birth] ▻ Marie de Montpellier, Queen of Aragon  m. 15 Jun 1204 +   2. Alfonso, Count of Provence, Prince of Aragon,   b. 1180   d. Feb 1209, Palermo, Sicily (Age 29 years)  [Father: Birth]  [Mother: Birth] ▻ Gersinde of Sabran  m. 1193
Family ID	F2349	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
Last Modified	6 Dec 2021




• Pedigree

  ← Click to display 1Alfonso II, King of Aragon(1157 – 1196) 2Raymond Berenguer IV, Marquis and Count of Barcelona(1113 – 1162) 4Raymond Berenger III, Marquis of Barcelona and Count of Provence(1080 – 1131) 8Raymond Berenger II, Count of Barcelona(Abt 1055 – 1082) 16Raymond Berenger I, Count of Barcelona(1023 – 1076) 17Almodis de la Marche, Countess of Limoges(1020 – 1071) 9Mathilda of Apulia(Abt 1058 – 1111/12) 18Robert Guiscard d'Hauteville, Duke of Apulia, Calabria, and Sicily(1015 – 1085) 19Sikelgaita(1025 – 1090) 5Douce I de Gévaudan, comtesse de Provence (1095 – 1130) 10Gilbert I, vicomte de Millau et Gévaudan (Abt 1071 – Abt 1110) 20Bérenger II, vicomte de Millau et Gévaudan (1045 – 1080) 21Adele, vicomtesse de Carlat (1045 – Aft 1060) 11Gerberga, comtessa de Provença (Abt 1055 – 1112) 22Geoffrey, Comte de Provence and Arles( – 1063) 23Stephanie of Marseilles( – 1095) 3Petronilla of Aragon(1136 – 1173) 6Ramiro II, King of Navarre and Aragon(1075 – 1157) 12Sancho Ramirez I, King of Aragon(1042/43 – 1094) 24Ramiro I, King of Aragon( – 1063) 25Gilberga de Conserans( – 1054) 13Felicie de Roucy( – 1123) 26Hildouin III, Count of Montdidier and Roucy(1010 – 1062) 27Alice of Roucy(1014 – 1062/63) 7Matilda of Aquitaine(1100 – ) 14William VII, Count of Poitou(1071 – 1127) 28William IV, Count of Poitou(1024 – 1089) 29Hildegarde of Burgundy, Duchess consort of Gascony and Aquitaine(Abt 1056 – 1104) 15Philippa (Mathilde) of Toulouse, Regent of Toulouse(1073 – 1117) 30William IV of Toulouse, Count of Toulouse(Abt 1040 – 1093) 31Emma de Mortain(Abt 1058 – )

  
  

• Event Map		Birth - 25 Mar 1157 - Villa Mayor del Valle, Huesca, Aragon, Spain Marriage - 18 Jan 1174/75 - Zaragoza, Spain Death - 25 Apr 1196 - Perpignan, Spain (now France) Burial - - Royal Abbey of Santa Maria de Poblet, Conca de Barberà, Spain  = 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).