WI: Provence remained united with Catalonia?

Ramon Berenguer III the Great was the count of Barcelona, Girona, Osona, Besalú, Cerdanya and Provence, in the Holy Roman Empire, all until his death in Barcelona in 1131… When he died he gave his five Catalonian counties to his eldest son Ramon Berenguer IV and Provence to the younger son Berenguer Ramon.

What if his second son died shortly before his father so Provence remained part of Catalonia?

Six years later the new count of Barcelona was betrothed to the infant Petronila of Aragon, aged one at the time. Her father, Ramiro II of Aragon the Monk, who sought Barcelona's aid against Alfonso VII of Castile, abdicated on November 13 that same year, leaving his kingdom to Ramon Berenguer.

If the King of Aragon was not only Count of Barcelona but also Count of Provence what would this mean for Middle Ages Europe.
 

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Possibly Catawank.

Provence is a very desirable piece of real estate, and the putative kingdom is hindered by the tendency of Iberian dukes/kings to divide their patrimony between their sons at the time.
 
Well, there was the large county of Toulouse in between Provence and Barcelona, that could be a hindrance to developing a contiguous kingdom. Maybe somehow this new state gets Toulouse as well, which would make France cut off from the Mediterranean.
 
Well, for starting Pedro II wouldn't go to defend the Cathars and die at Muret in 1213. Though maybe he could fight against them instead.

Anyway, the frontier is weaker than that of the Pyrenees and the land too appetizing for France, so I expect quite some wars there. Even if the Aragonese are successful, that would definitely put their attention there, so they would not go for Valencia and the Balearics, and the Aragonese Crown would be a land power instead of a naval one. There could still be a Catalan merchant company in Italy, but most likely not a direct involvement there as in OTL. Which in turn could mean that Sardinia remains independent and the Two Sicilies under a French dynasty. The Almogavars would still be useful in the country so they would not be shipped to the Byzantine Empire to fight off the Turks and eventually turn against the Romans.

In short words, OTL would be the "Aragonese-wank" compared to this one.
 
Well, for starting Pedro II wouldn't go to defend the Cathars and die at Muret in 1213. Though maybe he could fight against them instead.

Anyway, the frontier is weaker than that of the Pyrenees and the land too appetizing for France, so I expect quite some wars there. Even if the Aragonese are successful, that would definitely put their attention there, so they would not go for Valencia and the Balearics, and the Aragonese Crown would be a land power instead of a naval one. There could still be a Catalan merchant company in Italy, but most likely not a direct involvement there as in OTL. Which in turn could mean that Sardinia remains independent and the Two Sicilies under a French dynasty. The Almogavars would still be useful in the country so they would not be shipped to the Byzantine Empire to fight off the Turks and eventually turn against the Romans.

In short words, OTL would be the "Aragonese-wank" compared to this one.

I was thinking the Cathars may have had greater protection from the French to the North. Rather than arrive late on the scene wouldn't he be a force there from the word go. Toulouse would be looking to Aragon for protection from the Langues d'oïl. And I would have thought the Navy would be important linking the two parts of the kingdom.
 
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