Emma of Provence
Emma of Provence | |
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Born | c. 975 |
Died | 1062 |
Noble family | Bosonids |
Spouse(s) | William III of Toulouse |
Father | Rotbold II of Provence |
Mother | Ermengarde of Burgundy |
Emma (estimate 975-1062) was Sovereign Count and Margrave of Provence from 1037 until 1062.
She was the daughter of Rotbold II of Provence and Ermengarde of Burgundy. She inherited the title from her elder brother William III, and married William III of Toulouse.
With William, she had two children:
- Pons, who succeeded to Toulouse
- Bertrand, who succeeded Pons in Toulouse (1060) and his mother in Provence
Sources[]
- Medieval Lands Project: Provence.
- Lewis, Archibald R. The Development of Southern French and Catalan Society, 718–1050. University of Texas Press: Austin, 1965.
Categories:
- 970s births
- 1062 deaths
- Counts of Provence
- Countesses of Toulouse
- French suo jure nobility
- 11th-century women rulers
- 10th-century French women
- 10th-century French people
- 11th-century French women
- 11th-century French people