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Birth:          ABT 1025 of Toulouse, France
Death:          16 Oct 1071 
Cause of Death: murdered

Notes

(she md Hugh, div him, married Pons, left him for Ramon Berenger)
murdered by stepson Peter Raimond of Barcelona
 Stuart says she is b 990 but that is inconsistent with her mother's birthdate and would 
have her having children in her 50s
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Almodis_de_la_Marche
Almodis de la Marche (c. 1020 – 16 October 1071) was the daughter of Bernard I, 
Count of Marche and wife Amélie.

She married Hugh V of Lusignan around 1038 and they had two sons and one 
daughter:
Hugh VI of Lusignan (c. 1039–1101)
Jordan de Lusignan
Mélisende de Lusignan (b. bef. 1055), married before 1074 to Simon I "l'Archevêque", 
Vidame de Parthenay

Almodis and Hugh of Lusignan divorced due to consanguinity, and Hugh arranged for 
her to marry Count Pons of Toulouse in 1040. Together they produced several 
children, including:
William IV of Toulouse
Raymond IV of Toulouse
Hugh, Abbot of Saint-Gilles
Almodis of Toulouse, married Count Pierre of Melgueil

She was still Pons' wife in April 1053, but shortly thereafter Almodis was abducted by 
Ramon Berenguer I, Count of Barcelona. He kidnapped her from Narbonne with the 
aid of a fleet sent north by his ally, the Muslim emir of Tortosa. They married 
immediately (despite the fact both of her previous husbands were still alive) and they 
appear with their twin sons in a charter the next year. Pope Victor II excommunicated 
Almodis and Ramon for this illegal marriage until 1056. Together they produced four 
children:
Berenguer Ramon II, Count of Barcelona
Ramon Berenguer II, Count of Barcelona
Agnes of Barcelona, married Count Guigues II of Albon
Sancha of Barcelona, married Count Guillermo Ramon I of Cerdagne

Almodis maintained contact with her former husbands and many children, and in 
1066/1067 she traveled to Toulouse for her daughter's wedding. A few years before, 
in 1060, Hugh V of Lusignan had revolted against his lord, Duke William VIII of 
Aquitaine, in support of Almodis' son William IV of Toulouse. Her sons supported one 
another in military campaigns; Hugh VI of Lusignan, Raymond IV of Toulouse, and 
Berenguer Ramon all took the Cross.

Her third husband Ramon was married to her sister Rangearde de la Marche's 
daughter Isabela Trencavel. Their son, Peter Raymundi, was Ramon's original heir. 
Raymundi/Pere-Ramon apparently resented Almodis' influence and was concerned she 
was trying to replace him with her own two sons, his consanguinous nephews, who 
had both his late mother's and his step-mother's claims through their father, Count La 
Marche. He murdered her in October 1071. Pere-Ramon was disinherited and exiled 
for his crime wherefore he fled the country. When his father died in 1076, Barcelona 
was split between Berenguer Ramon and Ramon Berenguer, Almodis' sons. The family 
history of murder did not end with Pere-Ramon, as Berenguer Ramon earned his 
nickname "The Fratricide" when he killed his own twin brother.

Parents
DE LA HAUTE MARCHE Bernard I ( 974 - 1047)
D'AUNAY Amelie (Amelia) (ABT  990 - )

Siblings
DE LA HAUTE MARCHE Almodis (Almode) (ABT 1025 - 16 Oct 1071)

Marriage To DE LUSIGNAN Hugh V "Le Debonnaire" (ABT 1015 - 8 Oct 1060)
    m. ABT 1038 dv. 1044 

Notes

Parents
DE LUSIGNAN Hugh IV "le brun" (ABT  985 - ABT 1026)
DE THOUARS Aldearde (ABT  990 - )

Children by DE LUSIGNAN Hugh V "Le Debonnaire" ABT 1015 - 8 Oct 1060
DE LUSIGNAN Hugh VI "Le Diable" (ABT 1039 - ABT 1105)

Marriage To OF TOULOUSE Pons III ( 991 - 1060)
    m. 1040 

Notes

Parents
TAILLEFER William (Guillaume) III (ABT  976 - Sep 1037)
VENAISSIN OF PROVENCE Emma (ABT  975 - 1062)

Children by OF TOULOUSE Pons III  991 - 1060
OF TOULOUSE Almodis (ABT 1045 - AFT 1132)
____ William (Guillaume) IV (ABT 1046 - 1094)

Marriage To BERENGER Raymond (Raimund) I "el Viejo" (1023 - 26 May 1076)
    m. 1053 3rd

Notes

Parents
BERENGER Raymond (Raimund) I "al Cuerva" (1005 - 26 May 1035)
SANCHEZ DE CASTILE Sancha (ABT 1006 - 26 Jun 1026)

Children by BERENGER Raymond (Raimund) I "el Viejo" 1023 - 26 May 1076
BERENGER Raymond (Raimund) II (III) "Cabeza de Estope" (ABT 1053 - 5 Dec 1082)

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