Ramon Berenguer IV | |
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![]() Statue of Ramon Berenguer IV in Parque del Buen Retiro, Madrid | |
Count of Barcelona | |
Reign | 19 August 1131 – 6 August 1162 |
Predecessor | Ramon Berenguer III |
Successor | Petronilla |
Consort of the Aragonese monarch | |
Tenure | 1150 – 1162 |
Born | c. 1114 Barcelona |
Died | 6 August 1162 (aged 48–49) Borgo San Dalmazzo, Piedmont, Italy |
Burial | |
Spouse | Petronilla of Aragon |
Issue | |
House | Barcelona |
Father | Ramon Berenguer III, Count of Barcelona |
Mother | Douce I, Countess of Provence |
Signature | ![]() |
Ramon Berenguer IV (Catalan pronunciation: [rəˈmom bəɾəŋˈɡe]; c. 1114[1] – 6 August 1162, Anglicized Raymond Berengar IV), sometimes called the Saint, was the count of Barcelona and the consort of Aragon[2][3] who brought about the union of the County of Barcelona with the Kingdom of Aragon to form the Crown of Aragon.
Ramiro delivered the kingdom of Aragon to Ramon Berenguer IV, who promised to respect the laws and privileges of the people. In deference to his father-in-law and in acknowledgment of his own status as a prince-consort, he did not assume the royal title, but called himself simply Prince of Aragon.
Shortly after the marriage, Ramiro retired to a monastery and Ramon Berenguer acknowledged his status in Aragón not as king but as prince-consort. Due to her youth, however, Petronila ruled more in name than in fact (she and Ramon were not formally married until 1150).