List of rulers of Provence
Houses of Barcelona (comital) and Toulouse (margravial)
Table:
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. His reign saw a proliferation of Provençal culture in Catalonia.

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 himslef 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. In 1173 gave the County to his younger brother Ramon Berenguer. However, kept the title until his death in 1196.

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. Abdicated in 1185.

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.

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 challanged by the Albigensian Crusade between 1215 an 1218.

Regency of Garsenda, Countess of Forcalquier:1209-1220

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. His surviving four daughters all married kings, causing a dispute about his succession.

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. The lack of descendance of the couple determined the annexation of the County of Toulouse, the Duchy of Narbonne, and the Margraviate of Provence to the Crown of France after their deaths.

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