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She was still Pons' wife in April 1053, but shortly thereafter Almodis was abducted by Ramon Berenguer I, Count of Barcelona. He kidnapped her from Narbonne with the aid of a fleet sent north by his ally, the Muslim emir of Tortosa. They married immediately (despite the fact both of her previous husbands were still alive) and they appear with their twin sons in a charter the next year. Pope Victor II excommunicated Almodis and Ramon for this illegal marriage until 1056. Together they produced four children:
Berenguer Ramon II, Count of Barcelona
Ramon Berenguer II, Count of Barcelona
Agnes of Barcelona, married Count Guigues II of Albon
Sancha of Barcelona, married Count Guillermo Ramon I of Cerdagne
Almodis maintained contact with her former husbands and many children, and in 1066/1067 she traveled to Toulouse for her daughter's wedding.
Her third husband Ramon was married to her sister Rangearde de la Marche's daughter Isabela Trencavel originaly,their son Pere-Ramon was his heir. Pere apparently resented Almodis' influence and was concerned she was trying to replace him with her own two sons, his consanguinous nephews, who had both his late mother's and his step-mother's claims through their Father, Count La Marche. He murdered her in October 1071. Pere was disinherited and exiled for his crime, and fled the country. When his father died in 1076, Barcelona was split between Berenguer Ramon and Ramon Berenguer, Almodis' sons.