Alfonso II of Aragon

(1157-1196)

King of Aragon from 1164 to 1196

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Alfonso II (1–25 March 1157 – 25 April 1196), called the Chaste or the Troubadour, was the King of Aragon and, as Alfons I, the Count of Barcelona from 1164 until his death. The eldest son of Count Ramon Berenguer IV of Barcelona and Queen Petronilla of Aragon, he was the first King of Aragon who was also Count of Barcelona. He was also Count of Provence, which he conquered from Douce II, from 1166 until 1173, when he ceded it to his brother, Ramon Berenguer III. His reign has been characterised by nationalistic and nostalgic Catalan historians, as l'engrandiment occitànic or "the Pyrenean unity": a great scheme to unite various lands on both sides of the Pyrenees under the rule of the House of Barcelona.

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Born	Alfonso II 25 March 1157 Huesca, Aragón, Spain
Died	25 April 1196 (aged 39) Perpignan, France
Zodiac	Aries
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Sancha of Castile, Queen of Aragon 1154-1208 · Queen consort of Aragon · m. 1174 info edit

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Alfonso II, Count of Provence · Son · 1174-1209 · Count of Provence edit info

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Peter II of Aragon · Son · 1174-1213 · King of Aragon edit info

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Constance of Aragon · Daughter · 1179-1222 · 13th century empress of the Holy Roman Empire edit info

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Ramon Berenguer IV, Count of Barcelona · Father · 1113-1162 · Count of Barcelona from 1131 to 1162 edit info

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Petronilla of Aragon · Mother · 1136-1173 · Queen of Aragon from 1137 to 1164 edit info

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2 brothers and 1 sister

Ramon Berenguer III, Count of Provence · Brother · -1181 · Count of Provence edit info

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Dulce of Aragon · Sister · 1152-1198 · Queen consort of Portugal edit info

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Sancho, Count of Provence · Brother · 1161-1223 · Count of Provence edit info

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Douce I, Countess of Provence · Family Member · -1127 · 12th-century noblewoman of Provence (present-day region in southeastern France) edit info

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Agnes of Aquitaine, Queen of Aragon · Family Member · Queen consort of Aragon edit info

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Ramiro II of Aragon · Family Member · 1070-1157 · King of Aragon edit info

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Ramon Berenguer III, Count of Barcelona · Family Member · 1082-1131 · 11th Century Holy Roman Empire nobleman edit info

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Ramon Berenguer IV, Count of Provence · Family Member · 1195-1245 · Count of Provence and Forcalquier edit info

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