Bertrand II (Provence)

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The article names the date of death April 29, 1090 or July 28, 1094. In the English and Swedish Wikipedia it says: died 1093 or before 1067. In the French, Catalan and Italian Wikipedia, 1093 is the year of death. The Portuguese Wikipedia states April 29, 1090 or July 24, 1094. Since everyone writes something different, evidence of their date of death would be beneficial. The date of death of his father Gottfried I and thus the inheritance of the title of Count of Provence is dated in the different languages ​​to different years in the range from 1060 to 1063 (here only 1061/62); evidence is also required here.

Bertrand II of Provence († April 29, 1090 or July 28, 1094) was Count of Provence from 1051 and Margrave of Provence from 1061/62 . He was the son and successor (as Count of Provence) of Gottfried I. Only with his death did this title pass to Bertrand.

Bertrand ruled all along with his uncle and cousins. In 1081 - during Henry IV's struggle with the prince opposition and against the papacy - he withdrew his loyalty to the future emperor and submitted to the pope.

When he died, the title of margrave went to Raymond IV , Count of Toulouse . With his wife Mathilde, with whom he was married since February 1061, he had the daughter Cecilia († 1150), who married Bernard Aton IV. Trencavel , Vice Count of Nîmes and Count of Carcassonne , from the Trencavel family in 1083 .

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• Foundation for Medieval Genealogy: Provence

predecessor	Office	successor
Gottfried I.	Count of Provence around 1051-1061 / 62	Gerberga
Gottfried I.	Margrave of Provence 1061 / 62-1094?	Raymond IV.