father house death_date succession mother consort birth_date spouse issue article_title name reign
bernard-roger , count of bigorre house of foix 1 december 1049 queen consort of aragon garsenda , heiress of bigorre yes 1015 ramiro i of aragon sancho of jaca teresa , countess of provence sancha , countess ramirez of toulouse and urgell urraca of aragon , king of aragon garcía , bishop ermesinda of bigorre
 ermesinda 1036 -- 1049
ermesinda of bigorre

ermesinda of bigorre , born gerberga -lrb- 1015 -- 1 december 1049 -rrb- was a daughter of bernard-roger , count of bigorre and his wife garsenda , heiress of bigorre .
she was a member of the house of foix , the sister of bernard ii , count of bigorre , roger i , count of foix , and perhaps of stephanie who married garcía sánchez iii of navarre .
gerberga married on 22 august 1036 to king ramiro i of aragon .
after her wedding gerberga changed her name to ermesinda .
the couple were married for thirteen years , in which time her husband elevated himself from a vassal holding scattered lands around jaca into a `` de facto '' ruler of pocket-kingdom spanning the former counties of aragon , sobrarbe and ribagorza , and is thereby credited with being the first king of aragon .
they had the following children : sancho ramírez -lrb- c. 1042 -- 4 june 1094 -rrb- , succeeded his father garcía , bishop of jaca -lrb- d. 17 july 1086 -rrb- teresa -lrb- b. 1037 -rrb- , married william bertrand of provence , no issue sancha -lrb- d. 1097 -rrb- , married firstly to pons , count of toulouse , no issue and secondly to ermengol iii of urgell , may have had issue urraca -lrb- d. 1077 -rrb- , a nun all of ermesinda 's children lived to adulthood .
she died on 1 december 1049 and she was buried at the monastery of san juan de la peña .
her husband remarried four years later to agnes .
