List of Counts and Margraves of Provence
Counts of Provence
- Boso I , Count of Provence († 935 after September 13), ( Buviniden ); ∞ around 928 Berta († after August 18, 965), daughter of Count Boso of Avignon and Vaisin, Margrave of Tuszien († after 936), ( bosonids )
- Hugo the Black , Margrave of Provence 936–948, brother of Bosos I, ( Buviniden )
House Provence
- Boso II. († 965/967), Count of Avignon and Arles, d. H. Count in Provence, son of Rotbald I von Agel († probably 959) and a daughter of Wilhelm I the Pious , Duke of Aquitaine , ( Wilhelmiden (Gellones) )
Margraviate and County of Provence
The two sons of Bosos II divided their father's territory. The older, Redbald II , took over the region around Avignon and founded the margraviate of Provence. The younger, William I , took the land around Arles and founded the county of Provence. From this the county Forcalquier was separated in the 11th century , which was ruled by descendants of Count Gottfried I. Due to the marriage of the last heiress of Forcalquier to Count Alfonso II , this county was reunited with the county of Provence at the end of the 12th century.
Both the margravate and the county of Provence were united with France after the death of their last owners, although they were fiefdoms of the Holy Roman Empire . Parts of the margraviate (Venaissin, Avignon) were handed over to the Pope.
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further use of the title:
- In 1755 Prince Louis Stanislas Xavier de Bourbon received from his grandfather, King Louis XV. , bestowed the title of Comte de Provence . The prince was later named Louis XVIII. himself a king of France.