Rotbold II (also ''Rothbold'', ''Rotbald'', ''Rodbald'', ''Roubaud'', or ''Rotbaud'') (died 1014 or 1015) was the
Count and Margrave of Provence from 1008 to his death. He was the only son of
Rotbold I and Emilde, daughter of
Stephen, Viscount of Gévaudan. He inherited all his father's titles on his death in 1008. He is an obscure person, difficult to differentiate from his father.
Family
Rotbald married
Ermengarde of Burgundy
Ermengarde (also ''Hermengarde'', ''Ermengarda, Irmengarde, Irainsanda'', ''Eimildis'') (– after 20 September 1057) was a medieval noblewoman. Through her first marriage, to Rotbold II, Count of Provence, she was countess of Provence, and from ...
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By her he left two sons and a daughter:
* Hugh
*
William III of Provence William III (died after 1037) was the count and margrave of Provence from 1014 to his death. He inherited the titles of his father Rotbold II but preceded his cousin William IV as count.Detlev Schwennicke, ''Europäische Stammtafeln: Stammtafeln z ...
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Emma, who married
William III Taillefer,
Count of Toulouse
The count of Toulouse ( oc, comte de Tolosa, french: comte de Toulouse) was the ruler of county of Toulouse, Toulouse during the 8th to 13th centuries. Originating as vassals of the kingdom of the Franks, Frankish kings,
the hereditary counts ru ...
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and thus brought the margravial title in Provence to the
House of Rouergue This is a list of the counts of Rouergue.
* Sigisbert c. 790 – c. 810 or 820
* Fulcoald c. 810 or 820 – c. 836 or 849
* Raymond I c. 836 or 849 – 864
* Fredelo c. 836 or 849 – 852 (associated with Raymond)
* Bernard the ...
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[ Honoré Bouche, ''La Chorographie ou Description de Provence et l'histoire chronologique du meme pays'' (Paris, 1736), p. 864]
His widow Ermengard married
Rudolf III of Burgundy
Rudolph III (french: Rodolphe, german: Rudolf; – 6 September 1032), called the Idle or the Pious, was the king of Burgundy from 993 until his death. He was the last ruler of an independent Kingdom of Burgundy, and the last male member of the ...
and she died .
[Detlev Schwennicke, ''Europäische Stammtafeln: Stammtafeln zur Geschichte der Europäischen Staaten, Neue Folge, Band II (Marburg, Germany: Verlag von J. A. Stargardt, 1984), Tafel 187]
References
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1015 deaths
Counts of Provence
Year of birth unknown