In 1230, he commissioned the
Château de Nice. In 1230 the Chateau de Montfort became the property of Romee de Villeneuve. In 1234, he founded
Villeneuve-Loubet and commissioned the
Château de Villeneuve-Loubet. Following the death of
Ramon Berenguer IV, Count of Provence, he inherited
Vence, became
Beatrice of Provence's guardian and the
regent of Provence. He was buried in
Nice. He appears also in the
Divina Commedia, by
Dante Alighieri, in Paradise, in canto VI, in the sphere of Mercury. Dante describes him as: ::"Within this very pearl shines ::the shining light of Romeo, ::whose great and noble work was poorly paid. ::But those of Provence who schemed against him ::have not had the last laugh—he takes an evil road ::to whom another's good deed seems a wrong. ::'Raymond Berenger had four daughters, ::each of them a queen, and Romeo, a man ::of little standing and a stranger, made that happen. ::'And when malicious tongues moved Raymond ::to go over accounts with this just man, ::who had rendered him seven plus five for ten, ::Romeo left there, poor in his old age. ::And, if the world knew the heart he had within ::when, crust by crust, he begged his bread, ::much as it praises him, it would praise him more." ::::—
Paradiso, Canto VI, lines 127-142 ==Legacy==