Agalbursa de Bas (or Agalburga, Galbors)(fl. 12th century CE) was the daughter of Ponce de Cervera , viscount of Bas (a Catalan magnate), and Almodis, daughter of Raymond Berengar III of Barcelona . King Alfonso of Aragon was her cousin. In 1157, she married Barisone II of Arborea as his second wife. He was the ruler of Arborea, one of the four kingdoms into which Sardinia had been divided. The marriage lead many Catalan families to come live in Arborea.
5-423: She was the mother of possibly one daughter, Susanna. Her stepdaughter Ispella married Agalbursa's brother Hugh I of Bas (c1150-c1179) and was the mother of Hugh I of Arborea . When Barisone died in 1186, Agalbursa signed a charter as Dei gratia Arboree Regina . She opposed her husband's eldest son by his first wife, Peter de Serra , and instead tried to impose her own nephew Hugh on the throne of Arborea with
10-514: A relative of the house of Peter. The marriage was celebrated in 1206. Hugh continued to title himself " King of Sardinia " as his grandfather had done. Though Bas had been abandoned, first to Ponce III and then to his son Peter III , in 1198, it was reclaimed and Peter was financially compensated for his loss. When Hugh eventually returned to Arborea, he left the son of his former regent, Hugh III of Torroja , as regent in Besalú. Both Hughs died in 1211,
15-673: The help of her cousin Alfonso II of Aragon and the Republic of Genoa . She was possibly married secondly with the Catalan magnate, Ramon de Montcada, lord of Tortosa and Lleida. This article related to women's history is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . This biography of an Italian noble is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Hugh I of Arborea Hugh I (1178 – 1211 CE) (also Ugo I ) judike of Arborea from 1185 until his death in 1211. Hugh
20-419: Was the son of Ispella di Serra and Hugh I of Bas . He was a grandson -through his mother- of Barisone II of Arborea . He is often known as Ugone de Bas , Bas being the common denomination for the viscounty of Besalú . He ascended to the throne of Arborea in 1185 when he was only seven years old, under the regency of Ramon de Torroja , the brother in law of Agalbursa , through her sister Gaia. Agalbursa
25-437: Was the widow of Barisone II , and paternal aunt of Hugh himself. In 1192, a compromise was reached at Oristano whereby Peter di Serra , Barisone's eldest son by his first wife Pellegrina di Lacon, was recognised as co- judike . In 1195, William I of Cagliari invaded Arborea, imprisoning Peter and besieging Oristano, forcing Hugh to sign a pact ceding his territories and engaging him to marry Preziosa, William's daughter and
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