Berenger was the last and most illustrious of the Royal Provençal Counts; and, even had he not been the sovereign of the land of song, his own verses would have entitled him to a distinguished rank among the Troubadour poets. He was relatively impoverished count who could provide little dowry for his daughters.

Weis' "Ancestral Roots. . ." (101:28), (104:28), (111:29), (133:27). Stuart's "Royalty For Commoners" (54:26) & (164:27). By Ramon's time Provence had been at peace for two and a half
centuries. There were few lands that had enjoyed peace and prosperity with so little interruption. Since the end of the tenth century Provence had grown more in population and wealth than any other part of Europe. Few men in history have been more successful in finding powerful and influential mates for their daughters than Ramon. His four daughters married two sets of brothers - all of them kings! Margaret married King Louis IX of France; ELEANOR married KING HENRY III OF ENGLAND; Sanchia married HENRY's brother, Richard of Cornwall, who was recognized for a time as the German Emperor; and Beatrice, the youngest and his appointed heir, married Louis' brother, Charles of Anjou, who at one time or another held the titles King of Sicily and King of Jerusalem and was briefly master of most of Italy and Greece. He was almost able to make an independent state of Burgundy. Ramon bequeathed to Beatrice an administrative machine to be rivaled only by those created by the Normans in England and Sicily. Europaische Stammtafeln ii, 190: