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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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