The land of

Provence Provence (, , , , ; oc, Provença or ''Prouvènço'' , ) is a geographical region and historical province of southeastern France, which extends from the left bank of the lower Rhône to the west to the Italian border to the east; it is bo ...

has a history quite separate from that of any of the larger nations of Europe. Its independent existence has its origins in the frontier nature of the dukedom in

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. In this position, influenced and affected by several different cultures on different sides, the Provençals maintained a unity which was reinforced when the region was made a separate kingdom during the

Carolingian The Carolingian dynasty (; known variously as the Carlovingians, Carolingus, Carolings, Karolinger or Karlings) was a Frankish noble family named after Charlemagne, grandson of mayor Charles Martel and a descendant of the Arnulfing and Pippi ...

decline of the later ninth century. Provence was eventually joined to the other Burgundian kingdom, but it remained ruled by its own powerful, and largely independent, counts. In the eleventh century, Provence became disputed between the traditional line and the

counts of Toulouse The count of Toulouse ( oc, comte de Tolosa, french: comte de Toulouse) was the ruler of Toulouse during the 8th to 13th centuries. Originating as vassals of the Frankish kings, the hereditary counts ruled the city of Toulouse and its surroundin ...

, who claimed the title of "Margrave of Provence". In the

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, the title of Count of Provence belonged to local families of Frankish origin, to the

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, to the

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and to a cadet branch of the

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. After 1032, the county was part of the

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. It was inherited by King

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in 1481, and definitively incorporated into the French royal domain by his son Charles VIII in 1487.

Merovingian governors

During the period of the

Merovingian dynasty The Merovingian dynasty () was the ruling family of the Franks from the middle of the 5th century until 751. They first appear as "Kings of the Franks" in the Roman army of northern Gaul. By 509 they had united all the Franks and northern Gauli ...

in Gaul, Provence was a province ruled by '' duces'' (dukes), military leaders and district commanders who served as defenders of the frontiers of the kingdom and ruled over vast territories as opposed to the '' comites'' (counts), who ruled the cities and their environs. Provence was usually a part of the division of the Frankish realm known as the Kingdom of Burgundy, which was treated as its own kingdom. Their title sometimes appears as ''rector Provinciae''. This is an incomplete list of the known Merovingian-appointed dukes of Provence. * Liberius (until 534),

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appointee * Namatius (bef. 552), Frankish appointee * Bodegisel (fl. c. 566) * Adovarius (561–569) *

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(569–570) * Jovin (570–573) * Albin (573–575) * Dinamius (from 575) * Gondulf (fl. c. 581) * Leudegisel (fl. c. 585), of Burgundian Provence * Nicetas (from 587) *

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(fl. c. 600) * Aegyla (fl. c. 602) * Bado (634–641) * Willibad (641–643), of Burgundian Provence *

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(fl. c. 679) *

Nemfidius Nemfidius was Patriarch of Provence around 700 CE, during the time of Pepin of Herstal (687-714). He was succeeded by Antenor __NOTOC__ Antenor ( grc-gre, Ἀντήνωρ, ''Antḗnōr''; BC) was an Athenian sculptor. He is recorded as ...

(fl. c. 700) * Antenor (fl. c. 697) * Metrannus (fl. c. 700) * Maurontus (c. 720 – 739) * Abbo (fl. c. 739)

Carolingian dukes

Provence was ruled by a poorly known series of dukes during the period of general Carolingian unity until the

Treaty of Verdun The Treaty of Verdun (), agreed in , divided the Frankish Empire into three kingdoms among the surviving sons of the emperor Louis I, the son and successor of Charlemagne. The treaty was concluded following almost three years of civil war and ...

(843). * Leibulf (until c. 829) * Guerin (c. 829 – 845) * Fulcrad (845 – c. 860)

Carolingian kings

After the division of the

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by the

(843), the first of the fraternal rulers of the three kingdoms to die was

Lothair I Lothair I or Lothar I ( Dutch and Medieval Latin: ''Lotharius''; German: ''Lothar''; French: ''Lothaire''; Italian: ''Lotario'') (795 – 29 September 855) was emperor (817–855, co-ruling with his father until 840), and the governor of Bava ...

, who divided his middle kingdom in accordance with the custom of the Franks between his three sons. Out of this division came the Kingdom of Provence, given to Lothair's youngest son,

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. A heritage of royal rule was thus inaugurated in Provence which, though it was often subsumed into one of its larger neighbouring kingdoms, was just as often proclaiming its own sovereigns. The kingdom of Provence was also known as Lower Burgundy (or Cisjurane Burgundy). Its capital was first Vienne then

Arles Arles (, , ; oc, label= Provençal, Arle ; Classical la, Arelate) is a coastal city and commune in the South of France, a subprefecture in the Bouches-du-Rhône department of the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region, in the former province ...

. *

Charles of Provence Charles of Provence or Charles II (845 – 25 January 863) was the Carolingian King of Provence from 855 until his early death in 863. Charles was the youngest son of Emperor Lothair I and Ermengarde of Tours. His father divided Middle Franc ...

(855–863)
''On his death, Provence divided between surviving brothers,

Lothair II Lothair II (835 – 8 August 869) was the king of Lotharingia from 855 until his death. He was the second son of Emperor Lothair I and Ermengarde of Tours. He was married to Teutberga (died 875), daughter of Boso the Elder. Reign For politic ...

and the

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. The bulk goes to Louis.'' * Louis II (863–875), also

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from 855
''On his death, as with his

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, Louis's Provence goes to his uncle

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.'' *

(875–877), also

from 875 *

Louis the Stammerer Louis II, known as Louis the Stammerer (french: Louis le Bègue; 1 November 846 – 10 April 879), was the king of Aquitaine and later the king of West Francia. He was the eldest son of Emperor Charles the Bald and Ermentrude of Orléans. Louis ...

(877–879)
''With the death of Louis the Stammerer, Provence refused to elect his two sons and instead elected one of their own as king. Boso married Ermengard, daughter of Louis II, to strengthen his and his son's claim.'' * Boso (879–887) * Louis the Blind (887–928), also

from 901 to 905
''Louis's kingdom did not pass to his heirs, but instead to his brother-in-law, the husband of his sister, Hugh, who had acted as his regent since 905. Hugh never used the royal title in Provence.'' * Hugh (911–933)
''In 933, Provence ceases to be a separate kingdom as Hugh exchanged it with

Rudolph II of Upper Burgundy Rudolph II (c. 11 July 880 – 11 July 937), a member of the Elder House of Welf, was King of Burgundy from 912 until his death. He initially succeeded in Upper Burgundy and also ruled as King of Italy from 922 to 926. In 933 Rudolph acquired t ...

for the

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, that is, rule of Italy.''

Counts and Margraves, within the Empire

In the aftermath of the death of Louis the Blind, Provence began to be ruled by local counts placed under the authority of a margrave. Firstly, Hugh of Arles served as duke and regent during Louis' long blindness. Secondly, Hugh gave the march of Vienne and duchy of Provence to

Rudolf II of Burgundy Rudolph II (c. 11 July 880 – 11 July 937), a member of the Elder House of Welf, was King of Burgundy from 912 until his death. He initially succeeded in Upper Burgundy and also ruled as King of Italy from 922 to 926. In 933 Rudolph acquired the ...

in a treaty of 933. Rudolf was never recognised by the nobles of the country and appointed

Hugh, Duke of Burgundy Hugh the Black (died 952) was Duke of Burgundy from 923 until his death in 952. He was a Bosonid through his father, who was the younger brother of Boso of Provence. Hugh was the son of Richard of Autun, Duke of Burgundy, and Adelaide of Auxerr ...

as its first margrave. At the time, the premier counts in the region were the

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and those of Avignon. Those who would first bear the title ''comes Provinciae'' or "count of Provence" descended from one Rotbold of Arles.

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and Rotbold I did not divide their father's domains and this indivisibility was maintained by their respective descendants. It is thus impossible to ascertain who succeeded whom in the county as various reigns overlap. By his marriage to Emma of Provence, daughter of Rotbold II, William III, Count of Toulouse inherited lands and castles in Provence. Emma inherited the title Margrave of Provence upon her elder brother's death in 1037. Her son

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by William III did not survive her, but her grandson did and claimed her title in opposition to the younger line of counts of Provence.

Bosonid dynasty The Bosonids were a dynasty of Carolingian era dukes, counts, bishops and knights descended from Boso the Elder. Eventually they married into the Carolingian dynasty and produced kings and an emperor of the Frankish Empire. The first great scion ...

House of Gévaudan

Houses of
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(comital) and
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(margravial)

With a lack of interest in the ''

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'' on their southern frontier, the

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turned towards their origins, the Mediterranean littoral and northwards. They coveted the region between the Cévennes and the

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, then under the control of Toulouse. In 1112, the count of Barcelona,

Ramon Berenguer III Ramon Berenguer III ''the Great'' was the count of Barcelona, Girona, and Ausona from 1086 (jointly with Berenguer Ramon II and solely from 1097), Besalú from 1111, Cerdanya from 1117, and count of Provence in the Holy Roman Empire, from 1112, a ...

, married the heiress of Provence, Douce, who was the daughter of the Countess Gerberga of Provence,

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, Carladais, and part of

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. The marriage was probably taken at the urging of the church, which was then in conflict with the House of Toulouse. In 1076, Count Raymond IV was excommunicated, but he still lent his support to Aicard, the deposed archbishop of Arles (since 1080). With the count away on the

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, the church took the opportunity to seize the balance of power in the region. This marriage effectively put Provence under Catalan control. To accommodate the longstanding claims of the count of Toulouse, in 1125, Raymond's heir, Alfonso Jordan, signed a treaty whereby his family's traditional claim to the title of "Margrave of Provence" was recognised and the march of Provence was defined as the region north of the lower

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, and the sea was that of the county and belonged to the house of Barcelona.

Avignon Avignon (, ; ; oc, Avinhon, label= Provençal or , ; la, Avenio) is the prefecture of the Vaucluse department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region of Southeastern France. Located on the left bank of the river Rhône, the commune had ...

, Pont de Sorgues, Caumont and Le Thor remained undivided. Internally, Provence was racked by uncertainties over rights of succession. Douce and Ramon Berenguer signed all charters jointly until her death in 1127, after which he alone appears as count in all charters until his death in 1131. At that time, Douce's younger sister, Stephanie was married to Raymond of Baux, who promptly laid claim to the inheritance of her mother, even though Provence had peacefully passed into the hands of her nephew, Berenguer Ramon I.

Capetian Angevin dynasty

*1246–1285

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, Count of

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, Provence and Forcalquier (1246), King of

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(1266) and

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(1277). *1285–1309

Charles II of Naples Charles II, also known as Charles the Lame (french: Charles le Boiteux; it, Carlo lo Zoppo; 1254 – 5 May 1309), was King of Naples, Count of Provence and Forcalquier (1285–1309), Prince of Achaea (1285–1289), and Count of Anjou and Mai ...

''the Lame'', King of

and (nominal) Jerusalem and Sicily, son of Charles I *1309–1343

Robert of Naples Robert of Anjou ( it, Roberto d'Angiò), known as Robert the Wise ( it, Roberto il Saggio; 1276 – 20 January 1343), was King of Naples, titular King of Jerusalem and Count of Provence and Forcalquier from 1309 to 1343, the central figure of I ...

''the Wise'', Duke of

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(1296–1309), King of Naples and (nominal) Jerusalem and Sicily (1309), son of Charles II *1343–1382 Joan I of Naples, Queen of Naples and (nominal) Jerusalem and Sicily (1343–1381) *1349–1362 Louis I of Naples, King of Naples and (nominal) Jerusalem and Sicily, as husband of Joan I of Naples :''Queen Joan died heirless, leaving the county to

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, son of King

John II of France John II (french: Jean II; 26 April 1319 – 8 April 1364), called John the Good (French: ''Jean le Bon''), was King of France from 1350 until his death in 1364. When he came to power, France faced several disasters: the Black Death, which killed ...

''the Good'', of the House of Valois, and great-great-grandson of Charles II of Naples.''

Valois-Anjou dynasty

*1382–1384

, Count and then Duke of Anjou (1351), Duke of Calabria and Count of Maine (1356), Duke of

Touraine Touraine (; ) is one of the traditional provinces of France. Its capital was Tours. During the political reorganization of French territory in 1790, Touraine was divided between the departments of Indre-et-Loire, :Loir-et-Cher, Indre and Vien ...

(1370), nominal King of Sicily (1382) *1384–1417 Louis II of Anjou, Duke of Anjou,

and Touraine, Count of Maine, nominal King of Sicily (1384),

Count of Guise Count of Guise and Duke of Guise (pronounced �ɥiz were titles in the French nobility. Originally a seigneurie, in 1417 Guise was erected into a county for René, a younger son of Louis II of Anjou. While disputed by the House of Luxembourg ...

(1404), son of Louis I *1417–1434 Louis III of Anjou, Duke of Anjou and Touraine, nominal King of Sicily (1417), Duke of Calabria (1424), son of Louis II *1434–1480

René I of Naples René (''born again'' or ''reborn'' in French) is a common first name in French-speaking, Spanish-speaking, and German-speaking countries. It derives from the Latin name Renatus. René is the masculine form of the name ( Renée being the feminin ...

''the Good'', Count of Guise (1417–1422), Duke of

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and

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(1431),

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and (nominal) Sicily and Jerusalem (1434–1442), Duke of Anjou and Touraine (1434), King of

Aragon Aragon ( , ; Spanish and an, Aragón ; ca, Aragó ) is an autonomous community in Spain, coextensive with the medieval Kingdom of Aragon. In northeastern Spain, the Aragonese autonomous community comprises three provinces (from north to s ...

and Count of Barcelona (in dispute, 1466–1472), son of Louis II *1480–1481

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(V of Maine), also known as Charles of Maine, Count of Maine and Guise (1472), nephew of René I Upon his death, the heirless Charles du Maine bequeathed the counties of Provence-Forcalquier to King

. From that point forward, the title of Count of Provence simply became one of the many hereditary titles of the French monarchs. The only time the title was used independently afterwards was by the future

Louis XVIII of France Louis XVIII (Louis Stanislas Xavier; 17 November 1755 – 16 September 1824), known as the Desired (), was King of France from 1814 to 1824, except for a brief interruption during the Hundred Days in 1815. He spent twenty-three years in ...

, who was known as the ''Comte de Provence'' until the death of his nephew Louis XVII in 1795, after which he claimed the throne of France.

Governors and grand seneschals, within France

Governors

*1481–1483 Palamède de Forbin *1491–1493

Grand seneschals

*1480–1481 Pierre de La Jaille (see Château de Ranton) *1482–1483 Raymond de Glandevès-Faucon *1483 Palamède de Forbin *1485–1493 Aymar de Poitiers, Count of Valentinois

Governors – grand seneschals

*1493–1503

Philip of Hachberg-Sausenberg Margrave Philip of Hachberg-Sausenberg (1454 – 9 September 1503) was the son of the Margrave Rudolf IV of Hachberg-Sausenberg and Margaret of Vienne. Philip reigned in 1487–1503 as Margrave of Hachberg-Sausenberg and Count of Neuchâtel. ...

, margrave de Hochberg *1504–1513 Louis d'Orléans,

Count of Longueville Count of Longueville is a French noble title, whose holder had the fiefdom of the County of Longueville. The County was erected into a Duchy in 1505. Origins The Lordship of Longueville was a fief that belonged to the Giffard family. Willi ...

*1514

Jean de Poitiers Jean de Poitiers, seigneur de Saint Vallier (c. 1475 – 1529) was a French nobleman best known as the father of Diane de Poitiers, mistress of King Henry II of France. He was the son of Aymar de Poitiers and Jeanne de La Tour d'Auvergne (si ...

, lord of Saint-Vallier *1515–1525

René of Savoy René of Savoy (1473 – 31 March 1525) was a French nobleman and soldier. He was count of Villars (1497) and of Tende (1501). Known as "the Great Bastard of Savoy", he was the illegitimate son of Philip II, Duke of Savoy and Libera Portoneri - ...

, Count of

Tende Tende (; Italian, Occitan and Royasc: ''Tenda'') is a commune in the Alpes-Maritimes department in southeastern France. Geography Tende is located within Mercantour National Park in the French Alps. The mountainous commune is bordered b ...

*1525–1566

Claude de Savoie Claude de Savoie (1507-1566) was a French governor and commander. Son of René of Savoy, Tende's career would begin at a young age, fighting at the Battle of Pavia in 1525. He served extensively throughout the later Italian Wars in particular hold ...

, Count of Tende *1566–1572 Honoré de Savoie, Count of Tende

Grand seneschals

*1572–1582 , Count of Carcès *1582–1610 , Count of Carcès *1610–1655 Jean de Pontevès, Count of Carcès *1655–1662 - Gordes

Governors

*1572–1573 Gaspard de Saulx-Tavannes *1573–1578

Albert de Gondi, comte de Retz Albert de Gondi, duc de Retz (4 November 1522 in Florence – 1602) seigneur du Perron, comte, then marquis de Belle-Isle (1573), duc de Retz (from 1581), was a marshal of France and a member of the Gondi family. Beginning his career during t ...

*1578–1579 François de La Baume, comte de Suze *1579–1586

Henri d'Angoulême Henri de Valois, duc d'Angoulême (1551 – 2 June 1586, in Aix-en-Provence), sometimes called "Henri, bâtard de Valois" or "Henri de France", was a ''Légitimé de France'', cleric, and military commander during the Wars of Religion. Biography ...

, called, Henri, bâtard de Valois *1586–1594 Jean-Louis de Nogaret, duc d'Épernon *1592–1594 Gaspard de Pontevès, comte de Carcès *1594–1631 Charles de Lorraine, duc de Guise *1631–1637 Nicolas de L'Hôpital, marquis de Vitry *1637–1653 Louis-Emmanuel de Valois, comte d'Alais *1653–1669 Louis de Bourbon-Vendôme, duc de Mercœur *1669–1712 Louis-Joseph de Bourbon, duc de Vendôme *1712–1734 Claude-Louis-Hector, duc de Villars *1734–1770 Honoré-Armand, duc de Villars *1770–1780 Camille-Louis de Lorraine *1780–1790 Charles-Just de Beauvau In 1790, the French Revolution definitively ended the governorship.

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Bosonid dynasty The Bosonids were a dynasty of Carolingian era dukes, counts, bishops and knights descended from Boso the Elder. Eventually they married into the Carolingian dynasty and produced kings and an emperor of the Frankish Empire. The first great scion ...

House of Gévaudan

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