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⁽¹⁾Raimond-Bérenger (Ramon-Berenguer) IV of Barcelona, known as "the Saint". He was born in Barcelona in 1113 and died in Borgo San Dalmazzo, Italy, in 1162. He was Count of Barcelona, Girona, Cerdanya and Osona, Ribagorce and Prince of Aragon. He was the son of Raimond-Bérenger III, Count of Barcelona, and Dolça, daughter of Gilbert I, Viscount of Gévaudan, and Gerberge d'Arles, Countess of Provence. He inherited his various counties upon his father's death in 1131. In 1137, he signed a marriage agreement with Ramire II, King of Aragon, who promised the hand of Petronilla (born the previous year) to the Count of Barcelona as soon as she reached the legal age of 14. The marriage took place in 1150. The signing of this agreement allowed him to unite his own domains with those of the Crown of Aragon and to bear the titles of Prince of Aragon and Count of Ribagorza. Taking advantage of the weakening of the Almoravids, he conquered several large cities in the south of his territory, including Almería, Tortosa and Lleida. His reign was also affected by the war he waged against his Christian neighbours to the north, the Counts of Toulouse and Provence, in what history calls "The Great Southern War". While crossing the Alps to meet Emperor Frederick I "Barbarossa" in Turin, he fell ill and died in early August 1162.

⁽²⁾In 1134, King Alfonso I of Aragon died without a direct heir and bequeathed his entire kingdom to the military orders of the Holy Land, primarily the Templars and Hospitallers, creating a major succession crisis. To circumvent this impractical will, his brother, the monk Ramiro II was brought to power, and his daughter Petronilla was then betrothed to the Count of Barcelona, Ramon Berengar IV, thus uniting Catalonia and Aragon. Since the Templars retained their legal claims to the crown, Ramon Berengar IV negotiated a historic compromise with them, concluded in Girona on November 27, 1143. By this agreement, the Order of the Temple officially renounced its inheritance from Alfonso I in exchange for considerable territorial and fiscal concessions. It immediately received important fortresses such as Monzón, secured exemption from numerous taxes, and obtained the right to retain a fifth of the land he would help conquer from the Muslims. This pact sealed the Templars' massive military commitment to the Iberian Reconquista and laid the foundations for their powerful commanderies in the Ebro Valley, notably at Ascó and Miravet.

⁽³⁾Ponç de Monells was probably born between 1115 and 1120 and died in 1193. He was the son of Berenguer de Monells, lord of Monells, and his wife, Sibil·la. In 1140, he became abbot of the monastery of Sant Joan de les Abadesses. Upon the death of Bishop Jofre, he was appointed Bishop of Tortosa in 1165, a position he held concurrently with that of Abbot of Sant Joan until his death. He completely restructured the diocese established on the new lands conquered from the Muslims and encouraged the repopulation of this region of the Ebro Valley, notably by concluding crucial agreements with the Knights Templar regarding the sharing of tithes and parish rights.