Garsenda, Countess of Forcalquier
Garsenda | |
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Ramon Berenguer IV Garsenda of Provence, Viscountess of Béarn | |
House | Sabran |
Father | Rainou of Sabran |
Mother | Garsenda I of Forcalquier |
Garsenda (
Early life and marriage
Garsenda was the daughter of Rainou (or Rénier), lord of Caylar and
Regency and patronage
In 1209, both William IV and Alfonso died and Garsenda became the natural guardian of their son and heir,
It was probably during her regency (1209/1213 – 1217/1220) that Garsenda became the focus of a literary circle of poets, though the
Retirement and later life
In 1220, Guillaume II de Sabran, a nephew of William IV, who claimed Forcalquier and had been in revolt in the region of
Garsenda retired to the monastery of La Celle around 1225. In 1242, she went to visit her newly born great-granddaughter, Beatrice of England, and her parents in Bordeaux. As the father of infant Beatrice, Henry III of England, was engaged in a war in France at the time, she brought sixty knights to his service.[8] Garsenda may have been alive as late as 1257, when a certain woman of that name made a donation to a church of St-Jean on the condition that three priests be kept to pray for her soul and that of her husband.
Poetry
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Notes
- ^ Bruckner, Shepard & White 1995, p. 163.
- ^ Shideler 1983, p. 192.
- ^ Miret i Sans 1902, p. 281.
- ^ Cirera i Prim 1954, p. 102.
- ^ Blancard 1860, p. 56, nos. 1 & 2 (plate 28).
- ^ Constable 1957, p. 150.
- ^ Variously spelled comtessa or contesa.
- ^ Cox 1974, p. 118.
- ^ Bogin 1976, pp. 108–09.
Sources
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- Bogin, Meg (1976). The Women Troubadours. Scarborough: Paddington. ISBN 0846701138.
- Bruckner, Matilda Tomaryn; Shepard, Laurie; White, Sarah (1995). Songs of the Women Troubadours. New York: Garland Publishing. ISBN 0815308175.
- Cirera i Prim, Jaume (1954). "Filiación de los Montcada que asistieron a la conquista de Mallorca". Memòries de la Reial Acadèmia Mallorquina d'Estudis Genealògics, Heràldics i Històrics. 2 (1–4): 101–12.
- Constable, Giles (1957). "The Disputed Election at Langres in 1138". Traditio. 13: 119–52. S2CID 151663893.
- Cox, Eugene L. (1974). The Eagles of Savoy. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press. ISBN 0691052166.
- Miret i Sans, Joaquim (1902). "La casa de Montcada en el Vizcondado de Bearn". Boletín de la Real Academia de Buenas Letras de Barcelona. 1 (6): 280–303.
- Shideler, John C. (1983). Medieval Catalan Noble Family: The Montcadas, 1000–1230. University of California Press. ISBN 0520045785.