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Count Raimond Berenger III (IV) "The Great" of Barcelona1,2
b. 11 November 1082, d. 19 August 1131, #26924
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Father   Count Berenguer Ramon II1 b. circa 1055, d. 5 December 1082
Mother   Maud of Hauteville b. circa 1058, d. circa 1112

research* Find 4130. Raimond III Berenger --Count Barcelona (RN=5176), b 11 Nov 1082, d 19 Aug 1131, fath Raimond II Berenger (RN=5180), moth Matilda Guiscard (RN=5181), m to Maria Rodriguez (RN=5270) bef 1103,
rm to Almodis de Mortain (No Record) 1106,
rm to Douce of Provence (RN=5177) 03 Feb 1112,

1: Raimond IV Berenger --Count Barcelona (RN=5174),
2: Berengaria of Barcelona (RN=5257),
3: Berenguer Ramon md. Beatrix de Melueuil (No Record),
4: Estefania md. (1) Centulio III, Comte de Bigorre; (2) Ramon II Arnaldo, Vicomte de Dax (No Record),
5: Mafalda md. (1) Jasperto II, Vicomte de Castelnau; (2) Guillermo IV, Seigneur de Casteilvell (No Record),
6: Almodis md. Ponce de Cervera (No Record),
7: Jimena de Barcelona (RN=28547),
8: Berenguela md. Alfonso VII, King of Spain (No Record), sou Europaische Stammtafeln by Isenburg, chart 69.
 
Name Variation Count Raimond Berenger III (IV) "The Great" of Barcelona was also found as Count Ramon Berenguer de Barcelona Count of Provence.3 
Birth 11 November 1080 Several sources say that Raimond Berenger III (IV) "The Great" was born on 11 November 1080 at Barcelona, Sprin.2,1,4,5,6 
Birth* 11 November 1082 Some sources say that Raimond Berenger III (IV) "The Great" was born on 11 November 1082 at Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain.7,8,9 
Marriage* Count Raimond Berenger III (IV) "The Great" of Barcelona married Maria Rodriguez, daughter of Roderigo De Dias "El Cid" of Bivar(Vivar) and Jimena Diaz. Maria appears to have been the first wife of Ramon Berenguer II. From Todd Farmerie: "Raymond Berengar III had. . .by Maria Ruiz de Vivar 1) Jimena, wife of Roger III, Count of Foix, and 2) Maria, wife of Bernard II, Count of Besalu. . . . I am sure all of this is in ES, while I found it in Menendez Pidal's "Espana del Cid", and in a Szabolcz de Vajay work on the identity of the grandmother of Dulce.) The only descents from Rodrigo Diaz come through the marriage of Jimena to Roger of Foix, and the marriage of Christina Ruiz to Ramiro Sanchez, Count of Monzon."9,4 
!AInfoNew* 1096 He ruled Barcelona from 1096 until 1131. It was during his reign (1097-1131) independent Catalonia reached the summit of its historical greatness, spreading its ships over the western Mediterranean and acquiring new lands from the southern Pyrennees to Provence.10,3 
!AInfoNew 1097 He took the throne on the departure of his uncle, Berenguer Ramon II, on crusade and spent his early years fighting off Almoravid Muslims, whose armies approached the very walls of Barcelona. Thereafter, his expansionist campaigns began. In 1111 he conquered the county of Besalú and, by his marriage to Douce (or Dolça) of Provence in 1112, acquired the county of Provence.3 
Title* Count Raimond Berenger III (IV) "The Great" of Barcelona held the title of an unknown place.5  
Marriage* 1106 Count Raimond Berenger III (IV) "The Great" of Barcelonamay have married Almodis de Mortain, 2nd wife 1106. The source claims that there is no record of this marriage. Where did the info come from???9 
research* circa 1110 Find circa 1110 Did this marriage really occur or are the connected incorrectly? 
Marriage* 3 February 1112 Count Raimond Berenger III (IV) "The Great" of Barcelona, 29 years old, married Dolce Aldonza of Milhaud of Provence, daughter of Vicount Gilbert of Hilhaud, di Gievaudun and Gerberge of Arles, 3 February 1112.1,11,6,4  
!AInfoNew 1114 In the years 1114-15 he undertook, with the Pisans, a joint expedition against the Balearic Islands, liberating thousands of Christian slaves and destroying the Moors' piratical bases. Commerce thereafter flourished between Barcelona, Marseille, Genoa, and Pisa. The following year (1116) he sailed to Rome in an attempt to gain aid from the Italian states and to acquire a license from the Pope for his crusade in Spain, but the visit was largely unsuccessful. In 1117 he inherited the old county of Cerdaña in the Pyrenees.3 
Death 19 June 1131
Raimond Berenger III (IV) "The Great" died on 19 June 1131 at Barcelona, at Spain at age 48.12 
Death* 19 August 1131
Raimond Berenger III (IV) "The Great" died on 19 August 1131 at age 48. Or 9 July as sometimes is given.2,13,5,6,9 
!AInfoNew 1132 On his death, Provence went to his younger son, Berenguer Ramon (as Berenguer Ramon I of Provence, reigning 1131-44); and the rest of the lands, the most important ones, went to the elder son, Ramon Berenguer IV. [Encyclopaedia Britannica CD '97].3 

Family 1   Maria Rodriguez b. circa 1084, d. before 1110
Children  1. Maria 14
  2. Jimena+ b. c 110515

Family 2   Dolce Aldonza of Milhaud of Provence b. circa 1095, d. circa 1129
Children  1. Berenguela of Barcelona+ b. c 1113, d. 3 Feb 1148/491,16
  2. Raimond Berenger IV The Saint of Barcelona+ b. 1113, d. 6 Aug 11621
  3. Berenger Raymond Count of Provence b. 1116, d. 114417

Citations
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  2. [S9680] Ed Mann, "Pedro II" , A111-26.
  3. Download, Jim Weber http://worldconnect.genealogy.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=jweber&id=I02135.
  4. Download, http://www.gendex.com/users/jast/D0030/G0000053.html#I2189T.Weis' "Ancestral Roots. . ." (111:26), (113:25). Stuart's "Royalty For Commoners" (54:30), (86:29), (257:30). T.N. Bisson's, "The Mediaval Crown of Aragon", chart on page 198. He ruled from 1096 to 1131.
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  5. , Weis, _Ancestral_Roots_, 7th ed 111-26.
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  9. [S9180] "Email, no hard copy" , Medieval-L David in Ballarat.
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  11. Download, http://www.my-ged.com/db/page/royals/12343.
  12. Download, Jim Weber http://worldconnect.genealogy.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=jweber&id=I01763.
  13. Download, http://www.gendex.com/users/jast/D0030/G0000053.html#I2189T.Weis' "Ancestral Roots. . ." (111:26), (113:25). Stuart's "Royalty For Commoners" (54:30), (86:29), (257:30). T.N. Bisson's, "The Mediaval Crown of Aragon", chart on page 198.
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  14. Download, http://www.gendex.com/users/jast/D0030/G0000053.html#I2189T.Todd A. Farmerie" posted to soc.genealogy.medieval on 2 Mar 1997
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  15. Download, http://www.gendex.com/users/jast/D0030/G0000053.html#I2189T.
  16. Download, Brant Gibbard<e-mail address Medieval-L 17 Feb 1999 Jiri Louda & Michael MacLagan, Lines of Succession, (London:
    Macdonald Illustrated, c1981 ). Table 45. .
  17. Download, http://www.gendex.com/users/jast/D0030/G0000053.html#I2189T.Allstrom's "Dictionary of Royal Lineage" (Provence). Count of Provence 1130-1144. .
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