Ramon Berenguer IV, Count of Provence

Ramon Berenguer V, Count of Provence (1195 – 19 August 1245), Count of Provence and Forcalquier, was the son of Alfonso II, Count of Provence and Gersenda II of Sabran. After his father's death, Ramon was imprisoned in a castle in Aragon until he was able to escape in 1219 and claim his inheritance. He was a powerful and energetic ruler who added Forcalquier to his domain.

Ramon married (5 June 1219) Beatrice of Savoy (d. 1266), daughter of Thomas I of Savoy. She was a shrewd and politically astute woman, whose beauty was liked by Matthew Paris to that of a second Niobe. After two stillborn sons, Ramon and Beatrice of Savoy had four daughters, who all married kings.

1. Marguerite of Provence (1221-1295), wife of Louis IX of France
2. Eleanor of Provence (1223-1291), wife of Henry III of England
3. Sanchia of Provence (1228-1261), wife of Richard, Earl of Cornwall
4. Beatrice of Provence (1231-1267), wife of Charles I of Sicily

Sources

• Howell, Margaret. Eleanor of Provence: Queenship in Thirteenth-Century England, 2001