Berengaria of Barcelona

Berengaria of Barcelona
Berengaria of Barcelona
	Effigy of Queen Berengaria at the Cathedral of Santiago de Compostela
Queen consort of León and Castile
Reign	1128–1149
Born	c. 1116; Barcelona
Died	15 January 1149; Palencia
Burial	15 January 1149; Cathedral of Santiago de Compostela
Spouse	Alfonso VII of León and Castile
House	Barcelona
Father	Ramon Berenguer III, Count of Barcelona
Mother	Douce I, Countess of Provence
Religion	Roman Catholicism

Berengaria of Barcelona (1116 – January 15, 1149), called in Spanish Berenguela de Barcelona, was Queen consort of Castile, León and Galicia. She was the daughter of Ramon Berenguer III, Count of Barcelona, and Douce I, Countess of Provence.[1]

On November 10/17 1128 in Saldaña, Berengaria married Alfonso VII, King of Castile, León and Galicia.[1]

Their children were:

Sancho III of Castile (1134–1158)
Ramon, living 1136, died in infancy
Ferdinand II of León (1137–1188)
Constance (c. 1138–1160), married Louis VII of France
Sancha (c. 1139–1179), married Sancho VI of Navarre
García (c. 1142–1145/6)
Alfonso (c. 1144–c. 1149)

According to a description, "She was a very beautiful and extremely graceful young girl who loved chastity and truth and all God-fearing people."[2]

She died in Palencia, and was buried at the Cathedral of Santiago de Compostela.

In fiction

A parody version of queen Berengaria and king Alfonso is presented in the tragicomedy La venganza de Don Mendo by Pedro Muñoz Seca. In its film version, Lina Canalejas played Berengaria.[3]

References

Reilly 1995, p. 168.
Chronica Adefonsi Imperatoris, Book 1 Chapter 12, trans. Simon Barton and Richard Fletcher in The World of El Cid: Chronicles of the Reconquest, (Manchester University Press, 2000) page 168.
Juan Payán, Miguel (2007). La historia de España a través del cine (in Spanish). Cacitel. ISBN 978-84-96613-10-2. Retrieved 31 December 2020.

Sources

Reilly, Bernard F. (1995). The Contest of Christian and Muslim Spain, 1031-1157. Blackwell Publishing Inc.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)

Preceded by Beatrice	Queen consort of León and Castile 1128–1149	Succeeded by Richeza of Poland

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[FOOTNOTEReilly1995168-1] Reilly 1995, p. 168.

[2] Chronica Adefonsi Imperatoris, Book 1 Chapter 12, trans. Simon Barton and Richard Fletcher in The World of El Cid: Chronicles of the Reconquest, (Manchester University Press, 2000) page 168.

[Historia-3] Juan Payán, Miguel (2007). La historia de España a través del cine (in Spanish). Cacitel. ISBN 978-84-96613-10-2. Retrieved 31 December 2020.