Ramiro II of Aragon (Person) AKA the Monk
Ramiro II of Aragon
1086 AD - 1157 AD
AKA the Monk
- King of Aragon 1134 – 1137
- Benedictine monk
- House of Jiménez
The anonymous contemporary author of the Chronica Adefonsi imperatoris says:
They elected Alfonso's brother king. This man was a monk, and his name was Ramiro. They gave him the sister of the Count of Poitiers for a wife. Even though this was a great sin, the Aragonese did it, for they had lost their king and hoped that there would be an offspring from the royal family. . . King Ramiro went to his wife, and she conceived and gave birth to a daughter. . . He transferred the kingdom to his daughter and acknowledged his sins. He then did penance.
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11/13/1135 AD - Issue
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06/29/1136 AD - Parents
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