Gerberga, Countess of Provence
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Gerberge of Provence
)Gerberga | |
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| Countess of Provence | |
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| Born | c. 1060 |
| Died | 1115 |
| Noble family | Bosonids |
| Spouse(s) | Gilbert I of Gévaudan |
| Issue | Douce I, Countess of Provence |
| Father | Geoffrey I of Provence |
| Mother | Etiennette |
Gerberga (1045/65–1115), also spelled Gerberge or Gerburge, was the
Countess of Provence for more than a decade, until 1112. Provence is a region located in the southeastern part of modern-day France
that did not become part of France until 1481 (well after Gerberga's time).
Countess Gerberga was a daughter of Geoffrey I of Provence and his wife Etiennette of Marseille.[1] She became Countess of Provence upon the death of her brother, Bertrand II, in 1093.
She and her husband,
Raymond Berengar III of Barcelona at which point Provence was ceded to him.[5] Her second daughter, Stephanie, would lay claim to the county and thus precipitate the Baussenque Wars
in 1144.
References
- ^ de Manteyer 1908, p. 298.
- ^ Fouque, Claude. Fastes de la Provence ancienne et moderne: Contenant l'histoire politique, civile, héroi'que et religieuse de ses principales villes, Volume 1 , p. 346 (Barile et Boulouch, 1838).
- ^ Cook, Theodore. Old Provence, p. 205 (Interlink Books, 1905).
- ^ Clement, Francois. L' Art De Vérifier Les Dates Des Faits Historiques, Des Chartes, Des Chroniques, Et Autres Anciens Monumens, Depuis La Naissance De Notre-Seigneur, p. 436 (Jombert, 1784).
- ^ Cheyette 1999, p. 154-155.
Sources
- Cheyette, Fredric L. (1999). "Women, Poets, and Politics in Occitania". In Evergates, Theodore (ed.). Aristocratic Women in Medieval France. University of Pennsylvania Press. p. 138-.
- de Manteyer, Georges (1908). La Provence du premier au douzième siècle (in French). Vol. 2. Librairie Alphonse Picard et Fils.