Ramiro II of Aragon
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Ramiro II, called the Monk, was a member of the House of Jiménez who became King of Aragon in 1134. Although a monk, he was elected by the Aragonese nobility to succeed his childless brother Alfonso t
Marriage contract between Ramiro (on behalf of his daughter) and Ramon Berenguer
Sancho Ramírez
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Sancho Ramírez was King of Aragon from 1063 until 1094 and King of Pamplona from 1076 under the name of Sancho V. He was the eldest son of Ramiro I and Ermesinda of Bigorre. His father was the first k
Ramiro II of Aragon
…He withdrew to a monastery in 1137, leaving authority to Ramon Berenguer but keeping the royal title until his death. Ramiro was the youngest son of Sancho Ramírez, king of Aragon and Navarre, and Felicia of Roucy. Sancho placed Ramiro as a child into the Benedictine monastery of Saint Pons de Thomières in the…
Gold mancuso of Sancho
Sancho (Sancius filius, Sancho the son) with his father, King Ramiro (Ranimirus rex) From a thirteenth-century manuscript of Jaca