Ramiro II the Monk of Aragón Sanchez King of Aragón [8422] ²⁴

  General Notes:

Initially a Monk, he temporarily gave up his monastic order and married.
Rejected by the navarrese he retired to his monastry in 1134.
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The Aragonese took Ramiro out of a monastery and made him king, marrying him without papal dispensation to Agnes, sister of the Duke of Aquitaine, then betrothing their newborn daughter to Ramon Berenguer IV, Count of Barcelona, who was then named Ramiro's heir.

  Noted events in his life were:

• Acceded: King of Aragon, 1134. King of Aragon 1134\endash 1137/1157

In the time between his accession and the betrothal of his daughter, Ramiro II had already had to put down a rebellion of the nobles, and knowing himself not to be a war king, he passed royal authority to his son-in-law Ramon Berenguer on 13 November 1137. Ramon became the "Prince of the Aragonese people" (Princeps Aragonensis) and effective chief of the kingdom's armies. Ramiro never formally resigned his royal rights, continuing to use the royal title, and keeping aware of the business of the kingdom, he withdrew from public life, returning to the Abbey of San Pedro in Huesca. He later became known for the famous and passionate legend of the Bell of Huesca. He died there on 16 August 1157, the crown then formally passing to his daughter Petronilla

Ramiro married Agnes of Aquitaine [8423] [MRIN: 3464], daughter of William IX the Troubador of Aquitaine Duke of Aquitaine [2415] [9CF5-WXB] and Philippa Maude of Toulouse Countess of Toulouse [2576] [94F6-X2B], in 1135 in Jaca. (Agnes of Aquitaine [8423] died about 1159 in Abbey of Fontevraud.)