Forcalquier county

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The county of Forcalquier was a lordship north of the Durance that emerged from part of the county of Provence .

Provence with the county of Forcalquier in the 12th century

In connection with the numerous divisions of the property of the count family of Provence, this part went to the brothers Wilhelm VI. († before 1067) and Gottfried II of Provence († 1065/67). But the idea of ​​a separate rule from Forcalquier appears for the first time in a document from 1111 in which Wilhelm's daughter Adelheid (also Alix), widow of Ermengol IV von Urgell , called herself Countess of Forcalquier. After her death, rule and title passed to her two grandsons Guigo and Bertrand I (III.). A mandate from Emperor Frederick Barbarossa dated December 21, 1174 in favor of Wilhelm II (IV) confirmed his independent rule over an area that, by and large, comprised the dioceses of Embrun , Gap , Sisteron and Apt and was between the Comtat Venaissin and the Provence stretched along the Durance. Forcalquier owned a branch line of the Counts of Urgell for five generations until the area was reunited with Provence in 1208 by the Treaty of Aix (1192) and the marriage of Garsendes II of Forcalquier to Alfonso II of Provence.

Count of Forcalquier

Coat of arms of the Counts of Forcalquier
  • William VI. Bertrand († before 1067), 1044 Count of Provence (Forcalquier), 1065 Margrave of Provence
  • Gottfried II. († 1065/67) Count of Provence (Forcalquier), his brother
  • Adelheid († 1129), daughter of Wilhelm VI., Heiress of Forcalquier, ⚭ 1079 Ermengol IV. , 1065 Count of Urgell († March 28, 1092)
  • Wilhelm I (III.) († 1129), their son, Count von Urgell (III.) And Forcalquier (I.)
  • Guigo († around 1149), his son, Count of Urgell and Forcalquier
  • Bertrand I (III.) († around 1150), son of Wilhelm I, Count von Urgell (IV.) And Forcalquier (I.)
  • Bertrand II. (IV.) († 1207), his son, Count von Urgell (IV.) And Forcalquier (II.)
  • Wilhelm II. (IV.) († 1208), son of Bertrand I, Count of Urgell (IV.) And Forcalquier (II.)
  • Garsende I., his daughter, ⚭ Raimund von Sabran
  • Garsende II, their daughter, heiress of Forcalquier, ⚭ Alfons II Count of Provence (1180–2 February 1209)

literature

  • Georges de Manteyer: La Provence du Ier au XIIe siècle. Études d'histoire et de geographie politique. 2 volumes. Picard et fils, Paris 1908-1926 ( Mémoires et documents publiés par la Société de l'Ecole des chartes 8, ISSN  1018-4708 ).
  • Guy de Tournade: Histoire du comté de Forcalquier (XIIe siècle). Picard, Paris 1930.