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A given name in English
/ˌbɛəɹənˈɡɑːɹi.ə/ · English (Received Pronunciation)
01 / Meaning & origin
Berengaria is a feminine given name documented in English. English Wiktionary records an etymology for it.
Feminine form of Berengar, which see.
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04 / Through time
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Berengaria— “bear spear”
In the Pyrenees, too, flourished the bear-spear, the same with the northern Bjorngjer, though southern tongues made Berenger and Berengario, in which forms it was owned by many a mountain king of Navarre and count of Roussillon, Barcelona, or Toulouse. There, too, it formed the feminine Berenguela, and this, as princesses' names always do, travelled farther; for Berenguela was queen of Castille, and mother of St. Fernando; another Berenguela, or Berangère, as French tongues…
In the Pyrenees, too, flourished the bear-spear, the same with the northern Bjorngjer, though southern tongues made Berenger and Berengario, in which forms it was owned by many a mountain king of Navarre and count of Roussillon, Barcelona, or Toulouse. There, too, it formed the feminine Berenguela, and this, as princesses' names always do, travelled farther; for Berenguela was queen of Castille, and mother of St. Fernando; another Berenguela, or Berangère, as French tongues called her, is familiar to us under that most incorrect historical title of Berengaria, the bride of Richard Cœur de Lion. Another Berenguela, who from Portugal married the king of Denmark, so misconducted herself that Bjorngard or Berngard, the Danish version of her name, stands for an abandoned woman.
Yonge, History of Christian Names (1884), Part VI, Chapter III (Names From Objects Connected With Mythology), Section IV (The Bear) · Public domain (Project Gutenberg)
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Medieval English queen consort
Queen of Castile and queen consort of Leon
Queen of Denmark (1198-1221)
Queen consort of Castile, León and Galicia
Empress of Constantinople
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