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unusual facts about Ramon Berenguer III, Count of Provence



1113–15 Balearic Islands expedition

Founded on a treaty of 1113 between the Republic of Pisa and Ramon Berenguer III, Count of Barcelona, the expedition had the support of Pope Paschal II and the participation of many lords of Catalonia and Occitania, as well as contingents from northern and central Italy, Sardinia, and Corsica.

Berenguer Ramon II, Count of Barcelona

Berenguer Ramon II was succeeded by his nephew Ramon Berenguer III, son of Ramon Berenguer II.

Edmund, 2nd Earl of Cornwall

Edmund was born at Berkhamsted Castle on 26 December 1249, the second and only surviving son of Richard, 1st Earl of Cornwall and his wife Sanchia of Provence, daughter of Ramon Berenguer, Count of Provence, and sister of Henry III's queen, Eleanor.

Jean-Baptiste Cléry

Cléry became valet to the Count of Provence (future Louis XVIII) and gave him his journal detailing the events of the revolution.

Louis III of Naples

Louis III (25 September 1403 – 12 November 1434) was titular King of Naples 1417–1426, Count of Provence, Forcalquier, Piedmont, and Maine and Duke of Anjou 1417–1434, and Duke of Calabria 1426–1434.

Metrannus of Provence

Metrannus was the Patrician of Provence around the year 700, when he appeared in control of Marseille according to the Passio Leudegarii.

Ramon Berenguer III, Count of Barcelona

Born in 11 November 1082 in Rodez, he was the son of Ramon Berenguer II.

Ramon Berenguer III, Count of Provence

He received Cerdanya, including Carcassonne and Narbonne, on his father's death, but relinquished it to his younger brother Sancho in 1168.


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