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
887-928
928-933
Charles
To different Frankish part kingdoms
Boson (duke 875-879)
Louis l'Aveugle (the Blind)
Hugues d'Arles *
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)
Raymond Bérenger I
Bérenger
Raymond
Raymond Bérenger II
Raymond Bérenger III
Douce II
Alphonse I (marquis)
Raymond Bérenger IV
Sancho
Alphonse II
Raymond Bérenger V
Béatrice
Older House of Anjou
1246-1285
1285-1309
1309-1343
1343-1382
Charles I
Charles II
Robert le Sage (the Wise)
Jeanne
