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However, Aragon lost the city again in the following years. During
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57:Bernard II Tumapaler
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213: 1025
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781:William IV
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630:1052–1086
619:Bernard II
397:References
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339:, married
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766:William I
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863:John III
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749:Robert I
746:Gauzbert
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570:See also
564:. Brill.
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311:Garsende
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120:Poitiers
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858:John II
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811:Eleanor
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277:in the
223:), was
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117:c. 1025
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