Ramon Berenguer II, Count of Barcelona

Ramon Berenguer II the Towhead[1] or Cap de estopes[2] (1053 or

Ramon Berenguer II
1054 – December 5, 1082) was Count of Barcelona from 1076 until
his death. He was the son of Ramon Berenguer I, Count of Barcelona Count of Barcelona
and Almodis de La Marche.[3] The Chronicle of San Juan de la Pena
called him, ". . . exceeding brave and bold, kind, pleasant, pious,
joyful, generous, and of an attractive appearance".[4] Because of the
extremely thick hair he had on top of his head, he was known as Cap
d'Estop."

He succeeded his father, Ramon Berenguer I, Count of Barcelona, as

co-ruler with his twin brother, Berenguer Ramon, in 1075.[5] The
twins failed to agree and divided their possessions between them,
against the will of their late father. Ramon Berenguer the Towhead, so
called because of the thickness and colour of his hair, was killed while
hunting in the woods in 1082.[6] His brother, who went on to become Ramon Berenguer II
the sole ruler of Catalonia, was credited by popular opinion of having Born c. 1053
orchestrated this murder.[6] Berenguer Ramon II the Fratricide[6] was
later succeeded by Ramon Berenguer's son, Ramon Berenguer III. Died 6 December 1082
Sant Feliu de Buixalleu

Family and issue Noble Barcelona

family
Ramon Berenguer married Mahalta (or Maud) of Apulia, born ca. Spouse(s) Mahalta of Apulia
1059, died 1111/1112, daughter of Duke Robert Guiscard and of Issue
Sikelgaita de Salerno.[7] Following his murder, she remarried to Ramon Berenguer III
Aimery I of Narbonne, and was the mother of his son Aimery II.
Father Ramon Berenguer I,
Ramon Berenguer and Mahalta's son, Ramon Berenguer III (before Count of Barcelona
1082–1131), was count of Barcelona and Provence. Mother Almodis de La Marche
Signature
References
1. Benito 2017, p. 95.
2. Bensch 1995, p. 61.
3. Graham-Leigh 2005, p. table 4.
4. Peña 1991, p. 48.
5. Peña 1991, p. 119.
6. Bamford 2018, p. 41.
7. Heygate 2013, p. 178.

Sources
Bamford, Heather (2018). Cultures of the Fragment: Uses of the Iberian Manuscript, 1100-1600.
University of Toronto Press.
 Benito, Pere (2017). "An Intense but Stymied Occitan Campaign". In Sabaté, Flocel (ed.). The
Crown of Aragon: A Singular Mediterranean Empire. Brill. pp. 92–124.
Bensch, Stephen P. (1995). Barcelona and Its Rulers, 1096-1291. Cambridge University Press.
Graham-Leigh, Elaine (2005). The Southern French Nobility and the Albigensian Crusade. The
Boydell Press.
Heygate, Catherine (2013). "Marriage Strategies among the Normans of Southern Italy in the
Eleventh Century". In Stringer, Keith J.; Jotischky, Andrew (eds.). Norman Expansion:
Connections, Continuities and Contrasts. Routledge. pp. 165–186.
Peña (1991). The Chronicle of San Juan de la Peña: A Fourteenth-century Official History of
the Crown of Aragon. Translated by Nelson, Lynn H. University of Pennsylvania Press.

Count of Barcelona Succeeded by

Preceded by
with Berenguer Ramon II Berenguer Ramon
Ramon Berenguer I
1076–1082 II

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