List of rulers of Provence
Bosonid dynasty

List of rulers of Provence

Section Title: Bosonid dynasty
Table Section Text: None

Name	Born	Reign	Consort	Death	Notes

-	William I the Liberator	c.950 Son of Boson II of Arles and Constance of Vienne	961-975	Arsenda of Comminges no children Adelaide-Blanche of Anjou c.984 four children	After 29 August 993	First counts of Provence and brothers, ruled together until 975, when William took the margravial title. and Rotbold took the same title in 993, after William abdication.

975-993

Rotbold I	Son of Boson II of Arles and Constance of Vienne	961-993	Emilde two children	1008

993-1008

Regency of Adelaide-Blanche of Anjou:993-999

-	William II the Pious	c.980 Son of William I and Adelaide-Blanche of Anjou	999-1019	Gerberga of Burgundy c.984 four children	4 March 1019	Fell under control of his uncle Rotbold until his death in 1008.

Rotbold II	c.980 Son of Rotbold I and Emilde	1008-1014	Ermengarde of Burgundy before 1002 three children	1014

William III	Son of Rotbold II and Ermengarde of Burgundy	1014-1037	Lucie before 1002 three children	1037

William IV	c.980 Son of William II and Gerberga of Burgundy	1019-1030	Unmarried	1030

Fulk Bertrand	c.1000 Son of William II and Gerberga of Burgundy	1030-1051	Hildegard two children	27 April 1051	Brothers, ruled jointly after their elder brother's death.

-	Geoffrey I	c.1000 Son of William II and Gerberga of Burgundy	1030-1062	Etienette four children	February 1062

After William III's death with no descendants, the line of counts became the sovereign line in Provence, but not uncontested. In fact, through Emma of Provence, who inherited her brother William III's margravial title, her descedants, the counts of Toulouse, claimed Provence for themselves using the title Margrave of Provence, in spite of never having ruled there.

William Bertrand I	c.1040 Son of William II and Hildegard	1062-1094	Theresa of Aragon no children Adelaide of Cavenez one child	28 July 1094	Co-ruled as brothers and cousins.

Geoffrey II	c.1040 Son of William II and Hildegard	1062-1067	Ermengard no children	28 July 1094

-	William Bertrand II	c.1050 Son of Geoffrey I and Etienette	1063-1093	Matilda one child	28 July 1094

-	Gerberga	1045/65 Daughter of Geoffrey I and Etienette	1094-1112	Gilbert I of Gévaudan 1073 two children	28 July 1094	Considered a wise ruler. She abdicated in 1112 to her eldest daughter, soon after her marriage to the count of Barcelona.

Sentence(s)

William III (died 1037) was the Margrave of Provence from 1014 to his death.

final_sentence: William III (died 1037) was the Margrave of Provence from 1014 to his death.