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in 1090. During his rule, the borders of Béarn were established more definitively; he defeated the viscount of
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331:Alfonso I of Aragon
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192:Centulle V of Béarn
118:Centule VI of Béarn
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367:Marriage and issue
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622:1090–1131
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353:Catalonia
339:Almoravid
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263:Jerusalem
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181:Biography
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