Ramon Berenguer III, Count of Barcelona

He was the son of Ramon Berenguer II, and became count when his uncle Berenguer Ramon II was forced into exile.

During his rule Catalan interests were extended to the other side of the Pyrenees. He inherited the counties of Besalú (1111) and Cerdagne[?](1117) and in-between married Doulce[?], heiress of Provence (1112).

In 1114 joined with Pisa and Genoa in a short-lived occupation of Mallorca.

Toward the end of his life Ramon Berenguer became a Templar[?]. He gave Barcelona, Gerona, Vich, Besalú, and Cerdagne to his eldest son Ramon Berenguer VI[?] and Provence to the younger son Berenguer Ramon.

Ramon Berenguer also had a daughter Berengaria (d.1147), who married Alfonso VII of Castile.