Dulce Berenguer
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Dulce Berenguer of Barcelona, Queen of Portugal
Dulce Berenguer, Princess of Aragon, Queen Consort of Portugal (1152–1198) was first daughter of Ramon Berenguer IV, Count of Barcelona and Petronila of Aragon. She was also the wife of Sancho I of Portugal.
[edit] Queen of Portugal
In 1174 she was married to then Prince Sancho as part of an arrangement to secure an alliance between Aragon and Portugal by her brother Alfonso II of Aragon. With her husband's ascent to the throne in 1185, she became Queen Consort.
| Preceded by Maud of Savoy | Queen consort of Portugal 1185 - 1198 | Succeeded by Urraca, princess of Castile |
[edit] Children of Sancho and Dulce
| Name | Birth | Death | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Teresa of Portugal | 1181 | 1250 | Married to King Alfonso IX of Castile |
| Raymond | c. 1180 | 1189 | |
| Sancha | a. 1182 | March 13 1229 | Abbess of Lorvão in Penacova |
| Constance | c. 1182 | August 3 1202 | |
| Afonso II | April 23 1185 | March 25 1223 | Succeeded Sancho I of Portugal as 3rd King of Portugal |
| Peter | February 23 1187 | June 2 1258 | Count of Urgell and Lord of the Balearic Islands, lived in León and married Countess Aurembiaix of Urgell |
| Ferdinand | March 24 1188 | March 4 1233 | Lived in France and married Jeanne of Flanders |
| Henry | 1189 | 1189 | |
| Branca (Blanche) | c. 1192 | 1240 | Lady of Guadalajara |
| Berengária | c. 1195 | 1221 | Married to King Valdemar II of Denmark |
| Mafalda | c. 1200 | 1256 | Married to King Henry I of Castile |
