Felicia of Roucy

Felicia von Roucy ( French Félicie de Roucy ; † May 3, 1123 ) was the second wife of King Sancho Ramírez a queen of Aragon and Navarre .

The Gospels of Felicia de Roucy.

Life

Felicia was a daughter of Count Hilduin IV of Montdidier-Ramerupt ( House of Montdidier ) and Countess Adela of Roucy ( House of Roucy ), who were wealthy in the north of France , in the Champagne region . When and under what circumstances her marriage to the King of Aragón was agreed is unclear; for the first time she is mentioned in a document from 1076 as his wife. However, they are likely to have married in the period shortly after 1070, after King Sancho separated from his first wife, Isabella von Urgell. Their second son was born in 1073. It is possible that Hilduin IV of Montdidier took part in the so-called “ Barbastro Crusade ” (1064/65) and was thus able to take advantage of the opportunity to arrange a marriage arrangement. Felicia was the first noble woman from northern France to marry into a Spanish royal family and thus be able to forge a dynastic bond between the feudal worlds of both empires, which was of great value to Aragon in particular. The military support from French knights was to decisively favor it in its territorial expansion during the Reconquista . In 1073 her brother, Count Ebles II of Roucy , had moved to Aragón with a large army. After her death, Felicia was buried in the monastery of San Juan de la Peña .

The marriage with Sancho of Aragón-Navarre resulted in three sons:

Ferdinand († after 1086).
Alfonso I the Warrior (* 1073; † 1134), 1104 King of Aragon and Navarre.
Ramiro II the monk (* 1086; † 1157), 1134 king of Aragón.

literature

Szabolcs de Vajay : Ramire II le Moine, roi d'Aragon, et Agnès de Poitou dans l'histoire et dans la legend. In: Mélanges offerts à René Crozet, Vol. 2 (1966), pp. 727-750.

Remarks

↑ The date of death is recorded in the necrology of the Abbey of San Victorián. See Vajay (1966), p. 730.
↑ See Szabolcs de Vajay (1966), p. 730, note 24.
^ Suger von Saint-Denis : Vita Ludovici regis VI, qui grossus dictus, ed. by Jacques Paul Migne in, Patrologiae cursus completus. Series Latina. Vol. 186, Col. 1260.
↑ Ferdinand is only mentioned in a document from 1086. See Antonio Ubieto Arteta: Colección diplomática de Pedro I de Aragón y Navarra (1951), No. 2, p. 212.

Web link

ARAGON KINGS, Chapter 2 at fmg.ac.

personal data
SURNAME	Felicia of Roucy
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Félicie de Roucy
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Queen of Aragon-Navarre
DATE OF BIRTH	11th century
DATE OF DEATH	May 3, 1123

[1] The date of death is recorded in the necrology of the Abbey of San Victorián. See Vajay (1966), p. 730.

[2] See Szabolcs de Vajay (1966), p. 730, note 24.

[3] Suger von Saint-Denis : Vita Ludovici regis VI, qui grossus dictus, ed. by Jacques Paul Migne in, Patrologiae cursus completus. Series Latina. Vol. 186, Col. 1260.

[4] Ferdinand is only mentioned in a document from 1086. See Antonio Ubieto Arteta: Colección diplomática de Pedro I de Aragón y Navarra (1951), No. 2, p. 212.