Ermesinda Bigorre

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Gerberga married on 22 August 1036 to King Ramiro I of Aragon. After her wedding Gerberga changed her name to Ermesinda. They had the following children: Sancho Ramírez (c 1042 – 4 June 1094), succeeded his father García, Bishop of Jaca (d 17 July 1086) Teresa (b1037), married William Bertrand of Provence, no issue Sancha (d1097), married firstly to Pons, Count of Toulouse, no issue and secondly to Ermengol III of Urgell, may have had issue Urraca (d1077), a nun All of Ermesinda"s children lived to adulthood. She died on 1 December 1049 and she was buried at the Monastery of San Juan de la Peña. Her husband remarried four years later to Agnes.

Ermesinda Bigorre

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Gerberga married on 22 August 1036 to King Ramiro I of Aragon. After her wedding Gerberga changed her name to Ermesinda. They had the following children:

Sancho Ramírez (c 1042 – 4 June 1094), succeeded his father

García, Bishop of Jaca (d 17 July 1086)

Teresa (b1037), married William Bertrand of Provence, no issue

Sancha (d1097), married firstly to Pons, Count of Toulouse, no issue and secondly to Ermengol III of Urgell, may have had issue

Urraca (d1077), a nun

All of Ermesinda"s children lived to adulthood.

She died on 1 December 1049 and she was buried at the Monastery of San Juan de la Peña.

Her husband remarried four years later to Agnes.

Membership

She was a member of the House of Foix, the sister of Bernard II, Count of Bigorre, Roger I, Count of Foix, and perhaps of Stephanie who married García Sánchez III of Navarre.

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