Biography of Agnes Poitiers Queen Consort Aragon 1105-1159

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In 1088 [her father] William "Troubadour" Poitiers IX Duke Aquitaine (age 16) and [her step-mother] Ermengarde Anjou Duchess Brittany and Aquitaine (age 20) were married. She by marriage Duchess Aquitaine. She the daughter of Fulk "Réchin" Anjou 4th Count Anjou (age 45) and Hildegarde Beaugency Countess Anjou (age 44). He the son of [her grandfather] Guy William Poitiers VIII Duke Aquitaine and [her grandmother] Hildegarde Burgundy Duchess Aquitaine (age 32). They were half first cousins.

In 1094 [her father] William "Troubadour" Poitiers IX Duke Aquitaine (age 22) and [her mother] Philippa Rouerge Duchess Aquitaine were married. She by marriage Duchess Aquitaine. She the daughter of [her grandfather] William Rouerge Duke Narbonne (age 54) and [her grandmother] Emma Mortain Duchess Narbonne. He the son of [her grandfather] Guy William Poitiers VIII Duke Aquitaine and [her grandmother] Hildegarde Burgundy Duchess Aquitaine (age 38).

Around 1105 Agnes Poitiers Queen Consort Aragon was born to William "Troubadour" Poitiers IX Duke Aquitaine (age 33) and Philippa Rouerge Duchess Aquitaine.

In 1125 [her son] Geoffrey Thouars IV Viscount Thouars was born to Aimery Thouars V Viscount Thouars (age 35) and Agnes Poitiers Queen Consort Aragon (age 20).

On 10th February 1127 [her father] William "Troubadour" Poitiers IX Duke Aquitaine (age 55) died. His son [her brother] William (age 28) succeeded X Duke Aquitaine.

On or before 11th August 1136 Ramiro "Monk" II King Aragon (age 50) and Agnes Poitiers Queen Consort Aragon (age 31) were married. She by marriage Queen Consort Aragon. She the daughter of William "Troubadour" Poitiers IX Duke Aquitaine and Philippa Rouerge Duchess Aquitaine. He the son of Sancho Ramírez I King Aragon V King Pamplona and Felicia Montdidier Queen Consort Aragon and Pamplona.

On 11th August 1136 [her daughter] Petronilla Jiménez Queen Aragon was born to [her husband] Ramiro "Monk" II King Aragon (age 50) and Agnes Poitiers Queen Consort Aragon (age 31).

Before 1140 [her son] Geoffrey Thouars IV Viscount Thouars (age 14) and [her daughter-in-law] Aenor Lusignan Viscountess Thouars (age 9) were married. She by marriage Viscountess Thouars. She the daughter of Hugh "Brown" VII of Lusignan II Count of La Marche (age 74) and Saracine Lezay Countess Lusignan and La Marche. He the son of Aimery Thouars V Viscount Thouars and Agnes Poitiers Queen Consort Aragon (age 34). They were half second cousins.

In August 1150 [her son-in-law] Raymond Berenguer Barcelona V Count Barcelona (age 36) and [her daughter] Petronilla Jiménez Queen Aragon (age 13) were married. She by marriage Countess Barcelona. The difference in their ages was 22 years. She the daughter of [her husband] Ramiro "Monk" II King Aragon (age 64) and Agnes Poitiers Queen Consort Aragon (age 45). He the son of Raymond Berenguer Barcelona III Count Barcelona and Douce Gevaudan Countess Barcelona. They were fourth cousins.

On 16th August 1157 [her husband] Ramiro "Monk" II King Aragon (age 71) died. He had abdicted in fabour of his daughter [her daughter] Petronilla Jiménez Queen Aragon (age 21) some twenty years before.

Around 1159 Agnes Poitiers Queen Consort Aragon (age 54) died.

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The Chronicle of Geoffrey le Baker of Swinbroke. Baker was a secular clerk from Swinbroke, now Swinbrook, an Oxfordshire village two miles east of Burford. His Chronicle describes the events of the period 1303-1356: Gaveston, Bannockburn, Boroughbridge, the murder of King Edward II, the Scottish Wars, Sluys, Crécy, the Black Death, Winchelsea and Poitiers. To quote Herbert Bruce 'it possesses a vigorous and characteristic style, and its value for particular events between 1303 and 1356 has been recognised by its editor and by subsequent writers'. The book provides remarkable detail about the events it describes. Baker's text has been augmented with hundreds of notes, including extracts from other contemporary chronicles, such as the Annales Londonienses, Annales Paulini, Murimuth, Lanercost, Avesbury, Guisborough and Froissart to enrich the reader's understanding. The translation takes as its source the 'Chronicon Galfridi le Baker de Swynebroke' published in 1889, edited by Edward Maunde Thompson. Available at Amazon in eBook and Paperback.

Aimery Thouars V Viscount Thouars and Agnes Poitiers Queen Consort Aragon were married. She by marriage Viscountess Thouars. She the daughter of William "Troubadour" Poitiers IX Duke Aquitaine and Philippa Rouerge Duchess Aquitaine.