April 24, 1080


April 24, 1080: Ramiro II, King of Aragón, was born to Sancho Ramírez, King of Aragon and Navarre, and Felicia of Roucy. Their youngest son, he was placed as a child into the Benedictine monastery of Saint Pons de Thomières in the Viscounty of Béziers. He was elected Bishop of Barbastro-Roda in 1134 when his elder, childless brother King Alfonso I died, leaving Ramiro as heir. He suspended his monastic vows to take the crown and married Agnes of Aquitaine, producing one daughter, Petronilla, who became heir and was betrothed to Ramon Berenguer IV, Count of Barcelona. After that, Ramiro resigned his royal rights and returned to his monastic life.
https://www.britannica.com/biogr.../Ramiro-II-king-of-Aragon

[19th century portrait by Manuel Aguirre y Monsalbe]

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