The name Provence comes from the Roman province
Provincia Narbonensis. After having been a part of various Germanic
states during the early middle age it became an independent kingdom 855. This
kingdom that was also called Lower Burgundy united with Juran kingdom 933
and created the kingdom of Burgundy. In Provence a county ruled by the
Bosonidian dynasty evolved. The county was in the beginning often ruled by
several counts at the same time whereupon the senior usually had the title
marquis. The title marquis was then inherited by the counts of Toulouse who
later got the northern part when Provence was partitioned in 1125. As a part
of the kingdom of Burgundy the county of Provence was incorporated in
the Holy Roman Empire 1033 but it was later united with France when its last
count bequeathed it to the French heir.
Kingdom of Provence (also called Lower or Cisjurane
Burgundy)
855-863
863-879
879-887
Charles
To different Frankish part kingdoms
Boson (duke 875-879)
Boson II
Guillaume I
Rotboald II (marquis)
Guillaume II
Rotboald III (marquis)
Guillaume IV
Folque-Bertrand I
Geoffroi I
Guillaume-Bertrand
Geoffroi II
Bertrand
Gerberge
Douce I (married to Raymond Bérenger I)
Marquises from the House of Rouergue
(ruled over Provence north of the river Durance from 1125)
1014-1037
Guillaume III Taillefer
1037-1061
Pons I
1061-1094
Guillaume IV
1094-1105
Raymond IV Saint-Gilles
1105-1112
Bertrand II
1112-1148
Alphonse Jourdain
1148-1194
Raymond V
1194-1222
Raymond VI
1222-1249
Raymond VII
1249-1271
Alphonse II
The Marquisate of Provence is overtaken by
the French king 1271
House of Barcelona
1112-1131
Raymond Bérenger I
1131-1144
Bérenger
Raymond
1144-1162
Raymond Bérenger II
1162-1166
1166-1167
Raymond Bérenger III
Douce II
1167-1196
Alphonse I (marquis)
1168-1181
1181-1185
1185-1209
1209-1245
1245-1246
Raymond Bérenger IV
Sancho
Alphonse II
Raymond Bérenger V
Béatrice
