List of rulers of Provence
Houses of Barcelona (comital) and Toulouse (margravial)
With a lack of interest in the Reconquista on their southern frontier, the Catalans turned towards their origins, the Mediterranean littoral and northwards.

List of rulers of Provence

Section Title: Houses of Barcelona (comital) and Toulouse (margravial)
Table Section Text: With a lack of interest in the Reconquista on their southern frontier, the Catalans turned towards their origins, the Mediterranean littoral and northwards.

Name	Born	Reign	Consort	Death	Notes

-	Ramon Berenguer I the Great	11 November 1082 Rodez Son of Count Ramon Berenguer II of Barcelona and Gerberga	1112-1131	María Rodríguez de Vivar c.1103 two children Almodis de Mortain c.1106 no children Douce I 3 February 1112 Arles five children	29 January/13 July 1131 Barcelona aged 48	Also Count of Barcelona. Ruled together with her wife, Countess Douce.

-	Alfonso Jordan	1103 Tripoli Son of Count Raymond IV of Toulouse and Elvira of Castile	1125-1148	Faydite d'Uzès c.1125 four children	16 August 1148 Caesarea aged 44–45	Also Count of Toulouse. Obtained half of Provence by the division agreement of 1125.

-	Berenguer Ramon I	February 1114 Son of Ramon Berenguer I and Douce I	1131-1144	Beatrice of Melgueil c.1135 one child	March 1144 Melgueil aged 30	Younger son of the previous. Took and offensive against Genoa.

Regency of Count Ramon Berenguer IV of Barcelona:1144-1157

Ramon Berenguer II	c.1135 Son of Berenguer Ramon I and Beatrice of Melgueil	1157-1166	Richeza of Poland 17 November 1161 one child	March 1166 Nice aged 30–31	In August 1161, he had travelled to Turin with his uncle obtain the confirmation of his countship in Provence from the Emperor Frederick I, for Provence was legally a fief of the Holy Roman Empire.

Raymond I	1134 Tripoli Son of Alfonso Jordan and Faydite d'Uzès	1148-1194	Constance of France c.1154 (annulled 1166) five children	December 1194 Nîmes aged 59–60	Also Count of Toulouse as Raymond V.

Douce II	c.1162 Daughter of Ramon Berenguer II and Richeza of Poland	1166	Unmarried	1172 Nice aged 9–10	She ruled a few months, as her half brother-in-law, Alfonso II of Aragon, claimed Provence for himself on the basis of the imperial enfeoffment of 1162.

-	Alfonso I the Chaste	1/25 March 1157 Huesca Son of Count Ramon Berenguer IV of Barcelona and Petronilla of Aragon	1166-1173	Sancha of Castile 18 January 1174 Zaragoza nine children	25 April 1196 Perpignan aged 39	Also King of Aragon and Count of Barcelona. In August 1161, he had travelled to Turin with his uncle obtain the confirmation of his countship in Provence from the Emperor Frederick I, for Provence was legally a fief of the Holy Roman Empire.

-	Ramon Berenguer III	c.1158 Son of Count Ramon Berenguer IV of Barcelona and Petronilla of Aragon	1173-1181	Unmarried	5 April 1181 Montpellier aged 22–23	In 1176, he joined his brother Sancho in conquering Nice from Genoa. He was assassinated.

-	Sancho	c.1161 Son of Count Ramon Berenguer IV of Barcelona and Petronilla of Aragon	1181-1185	1223 Montpellier aged 61–62	in 1184, Sancho signed a treaty of alliance with the count of Forcalquier, the count of Toulouse and the Republic of Genoa agreeing to oppose the king of Aragon's efforts to dominate Genoa and to take the city of Marseille from him.

-	Alfonso II	1180 Barcelona Son of Alfonso I and Sancha of Castile	1185-1209	Garsenda, Countess of Forcalquier July 1193 Aix-en-Provence one child	2 February 1209 Palermo aged 28–29	His reign was marked by his conflicts with the count of Forcalquier, to whose granddaughter he was married.

Salle des illustres 10.JPG	Raymond II	27 October 1156 Saint-Gilles, Gard Son of Raymond I and Constance of France	1194-1222	Ermessende of Pelet 1172 no children Beatrice of Béziers after 1176 (annulled 1189) one child Joan of England October 1196 Rouen two children A daughter of Isaac Komnenos of Cyprus c.1200 (annulled 1202) no children Eleanor of Aragon January 1204 Perpignan no children	1 August 1222 Toulouse aged 65	Also Count of Toulouse as Raymond VI. Alled with the Cathars, like many of the neighbouring Languedoc states, his domains in Toulouse were challenged by the Albigensian Crusade between 1215 an 1218.

Regency of Garsenda, Countess of Forcalquier:1209-1220

Statue Raimond Bérenger IV.JPG	Ramon Berenguer IV	1198 Son of Alfonso II and Garsenda, Countess of Forcalquier	1220-1245	Beatrice of Savoy 5 June 1219 Aix-en-Provence six children	19 August 1245 Aix-en-Provence aged 46–47	Supporter of the Provençal lyric and culture and the Albigensian Crusade. He also helped his father-in-law in his conflict with Turin and Guigues VI of Viennois.

-	Raymond III	July 1197 Beaucaire, Gard Son of Raymond II and Joan of England	1222-1249	Sancha of Aragon March 1211 (annulled 1241) one child Margaret of Lusignan 1243 (annulled 1245) no children	27 September 1249 Toulouse aged 52	Also Count of Toulouse as Raymond VII. Took Carcassonne with Count Roger-Bernard III of Foix, in the Albigensian Crusade.

-	Beatrice	1229 Daughter of Ramon Berenguer IV and Beatrice of Savoy	1245-1267	Charles I of Sicily 31 January 1246 Aix-en-Provence seven children	23 September 1267 Nocera Inferiore aged 37–38	Her inheritance caused tense relations with her sisters; Her husband installed his French court in Provence and, after her death, inherited the County.

-	Joanna	c.1220 Toulouse Son of Raymond III and Sancha of Aragon	1249-1271	Alphonse of France c.1237 Toulouse no children	25 August 1271 Siena aged 50–51	The war between Louis VIII of France and Languedoc region ended with the Treaty of Meaux (1229), determining the wedding of Joan, the heiress of Toulouse, with Alphonse, prince of France.

Sentence(s)

Garsenda was the Countess of Provence as the wife of Alfonso II from 1193 and the Countess of Forcalquier from 1209.

final_sentence: Garsenda was the Countess of Provence as the wife of Alfonso II from 1193 and the Countess of Forcalquier from 1209.