Peter of Barcelona (heir of Aragon)

Peter of Aragon (, , , ; 4 May 11521157) was an Aragonese infante as the oldest son and first child of Queen Petronilla of Aragon and her king consort, Ramon Berenguer IV, Count of Barcelona.

Life

Petronilla became Queen of Aragon on 13 November 1137, when she was just one year old. Prior to her ascension, on 11 August the same year, she had married Ramon Berenguer IV, Count of Barcelona, who was twenty-three years older than her. Their marriage was consumed in early 1151. On 4 April 1152, at the age of almost sixteen, Petronilla wrote her will, in case she would not survive the birth of the child she was pregnant with, naming her unborn child heir of Aragon, in case it was a boy. This child, indeed a boy, was born on 4 May 1152 in Barcelona and named Peter. Not many information AbOUT Peter survives, but it is known for sure that he existed. The Corónicas Navarras names all of Petronilla's children, in order, as don Pedro…el rey don Alfonso, que ovo nombre Remón Belenguer et el conte don Pedro de Provença et el conte don Sancho et a la muller del rey don Sancho de Portugal. Peter was created Count of Cerdanya, Carcassonne and Narbonne. He was surely dead by 18 July 1164, when his mother abdicated in favour of Peter's younger brother, Ramon, but, as Peter was named heir at birth, he would have been King of Aragon. Thus, Infante Peter was dead. The Corónicas Navarras also stated that Peter died in Huesca. Some sources state that Peter died in 1157, sometime after King Alfonso VII of León and Castile died.