Agnes of Aquitaine, Queen of Aragon
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| Tenure | 1135-1137 |
| Spouse | Aimery V, Viscomte of Thouars Ramiro II of Aragon |
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| Petronila, Queen of Aragon William, Viscomte of Thouars Geoffrey V, Viscomte of Thouars Guy of Thouars |
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| House | House of Poitiers |
| Father | William IX of Aquitaine |
| Mother | Philippa, Countess of Toulouse |
| Died | c.1159 |
Agnes of Aquitaine was a daughter of Duke William IX of Aquitaine and his wife Philippa, Countess of Toulouse. She was an aunt of Eleanor of Aquitaine, Queen consort of France and England.
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[edit] First marriage
Agnes was first married in 1117 to Aimery V, Viscomte of Thouars, the marriage produced three sons:
- William (d.1151), succeeded his father as Viscomte of Thouars
- Guy, did not succeed as Viscomte, died before William
- Geoffery (d.1173), succeeded William
Through Geoffery, Agnes was great-grandmother to Alix, Duchess of Brittany.
Aimery was killed in battle in 1127 and Agnes remained a widow for eight years.
[edit] Second marriage
Agnes was secondly married to Ramiro II of Aragon,[1] the couple probably wed on November 13 of 1135 in the cathedral of Jaca. The exact reason for the marriage was that Agnes had already borne children; if she could have four surviving children, then she would probably be able to give Ramiro a surviving heir. The couple did have children - they had one daughter, Petronila of Aragon, who later succeeded her father as Queen of Aragon. Ramiro died in 1157.
Petronila was betrothed to Ramon Berenguer IV at the age of two. The marriage contract, signed at Barbastro on 11 August 1137, made Petronila the heiress to the crown of Aragon, which in event of her childless death would pass to Ramon Berenguer and any children he might have by another wife
It is very likely that she went back to Aquitaine after the birth of her daughter, since her name doesn't appear on any Aragonese documents during her daughter's reign.
Agnes retired to the Abbey of Fontevraud, where her mother had lived, and died there around 1159.
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Agnes of Aquitaine, Queen of Aragon
Died: circa 1059 |
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| Preceded by Urraca of León and Castile |
Queen consort of Aragon 1135– 1137 |
Succeeded by Ramon Berenguer IV of Barcelona as Princeps Aragonensis |
| Preceded by Amelina |
Viscountess consort of Thouars 1117– 1127 |
Succeeded by Aumou de Mareuil |
