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under one ruling house. Historians consider this arrangement the political masterstroke of the
Hispanic Middle Ages. Both realms gained greater strength and security and Aragon got its much needed outlet to the sea. On the other hand, formation of a new political entity in the north-east at the time
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The treaty between Ramon
Berenguer and his father-in-law, Ramiro II, stipulated that their descendants would rule jointly over both realms, and that even if Petronilla died before the marriage could be consummated, Ramon Berenguer's heirs would still inherit the Kingdom of Aragon. Both realms would
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Ramiro delivered the kingdom of Aragon to Ramon
Berenguer IV, who promised to respect the laws and privileges of the people. In deference to his father-in-law and in acknowledgment of his own status as a prince-consort, he did not assume the royal title, but called himself simply Prince of
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said he was, " man of particularly great nobility, prudence, and probity, of lively temperament, high counsel, great bravery, and steady intellect, who displayed great temperance in all his actions. He was handsome in appearance, with a large body and very well-proportioned limbs."
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Berenguer acknowledged his status in Aragón not as king but as prince-consort. Due to her youth, however, Petronila ruled more in name than in fact (she and Ramon were not formally married until
484:, Italy. He was succeeded by Petronilla and then by his eldest surviving son, Ramon Berenguer, who also inherited the Kingdom of Aragon upon Petronilla's abdication in 1164. He changed his name to Alfonso as a nod to his Aragonese lineage, and became
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Berenguer was never king himself in acknowledgment of his own status as a consort, instead commonly using the titles "Count of the Barcelonans and Prince of the Aragonians"
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after a six-month siege with the help of
Southern French, Anglo-Norman and Genoese crusaders. When Moors later tried to recapture Tortosa, the women put up such a spirited defense that Ramon Berenger created for them the
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Christian kingdoms of the peninsula. Ramon Berenguer successfully pulled Aragon out of its pledged submission to Castile, aided no doubt by his sister
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146:Petronilla of Aragon
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287:Douce I of Provence
263:County of Barcelona
245:Raymond Berengar IV
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1041:Margaret of Prades
1006:Eleanor of Castile
976:Violant of Hungary
971:Eleanor of Castile
953:House of Barcelona
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