Ramon Berenguer III | |
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Count of Barcelona | |
Reign | 1086–1131 |
Predecessor | Berenguer Ramon II |
Successor | Ramon Berenguer IV |
Born | 11 November 1082 Rodez, Viscounty of Rodez |
Died | 23 January/19 July 1131
(aged 48) Barcelona |
Buried | Santa Maria de Ripoll |
Noble family | Barcelona |
Spouse(s) | María Rodríguez de Vivar Almodis Douce I of Provence |
Issue | María Jimena or Eixemena Almodis Berenguela or Berengaria Ramon Berenguer IV, Count of Barcelona Berenguer Ramon I, Count of Provence |
Father | Ramon Berenguer II |
Mother | Maud of Apulia |
Signature |
Ramon Berenguer III the Great (11 November 1082 – 23 January or 19 July 1131) was the count of Barcelona, Girona, and Ausona from 1086 (jointly with Berenguer Ramon II and solely from 1097), Besalú from 1111, Cerdanya from 1117, and count of Provence in the Holy Roman Empire, from 1112, all until his death in Barcelona in 1131. As Ramon Berenguer I, he was Count of Provence in right of his wife.