Mathilde (Mahalta) DI APULIA
- Born: Abt 1059, Apulia (Puglia), Calabria, Italy
- Married (1): 1078
- Married (2): After 1082
- Died: After 6 Jun 1112
Research Notes:
The Gestis Comitum Barcinonensium record that "Raimundus-Berengarii filius [Raimundi-Berengarii]" married "filiam…Rotberti Guiscardi Ducis Apuliæ et Messinæ". Mathilde was the oldest daughter of Robert "Guiscard" according to William of Apulia. The Alexeiad records that Robert "Guiscard" betrothed "one daughter to Raymond, son of the Count Barcinon" but does not name her. Her parentage is confirmed by the Vita Sancti Ollegarii which names her son “Raymundum comitem Barchinonensem filium filiæ Roberti Guisardi principis Apuliæ”. She was known as MAHALTA in Catalonia. She was strongly supported by Guillem Ramón Seneschal of Catalonia and his brothers after the murder of her first husband. Her second marriage is deduced from the testament of her son by her first marriage "Raimundus Berengarii…Barchinonensis comes et marchio", dated [8 Jul] 1130, which appoints "Aimericum fratrem meum" as one of the testator's manumissores. "Aimericus…vicecomes Narbone…et uxor mea Mealtis…et filiorum eius" donated property to the abbey of Saint-Martial on leaving for the Holy Land, by charter dated [1100/01]. A charter dated 7 Feb 1102 names "domini Haymerici vicecomitis Narbonensis et uxoris eius…Matta filiorumque eorum…Aymericus, Giscardus et Bernardus". "Aymericus…vicecomes Narbonensis…cum uxore mea…Mahalda et filiis nostris…Aymericus, Guiscardus et Bernardus Raymundi" donated property to Saint-Pons de Thomières for "Berengarii filii nostri" on his becoming a monk at the monastery by charter dated 29 Apr 1103. Ramon Berenguer and his mother Mahalta issued a charter dated 6 Jun 1112. 1
Marriage Information:
Mathilda married Ramón II "Cabeza de Estopa" BÉRENGAR, Conde de Barcelona, son of Ramón I "el Viejo" BÉRENGAR, Conde de Barcelona, and Almodis DE LA MARCHE, in 1078. (Ramón (Raimund) II (III) BÉRENGAR Count of Barcelona was born in 1055 in Barcelona, Spain and died on 5 Dec 1082 in Killed on way to Gerona, probably by twin brother and co-ruler.)
Marriage Information:
Mathilda also married Vcte Aimery I DE NARBONNE, son of Vcte Bernard DE NARBONNE and Foi DE ROUERGUE, after 1082. (Aimery I DE NARBONNE was born in Narbonne, Aude, Languedoc, France and died in 1105/6 in Syria.)
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