Douce, countess of Provence

Events


Date of Birth: 1095.

Place of Birth: Arles.

The date and place are given by Salazar y Acha (p. 149).


Date of Death: unknown.

Place of Death: unknown.


Relationships


Father: Girbert, vicomte of Gévaudan and of Milhaud.

This relationship is given by père Anselme (2:696), by Salazar y Acha (p. 149), by Débax, and by Ubieto Arteta.

Mother: Gerberge, countess of Provence.

This relationship is given by père Anselme (2:696), by Salazar y Acha (p. 149), by Débax, and by Ubieto Arteta.


Spouse: Ramón Berenguer III, count of Barcelona. Married 3 February 1112.

This relationship is given by père Anselme (2:696), by Bofarull y Mascaró (2:162 ff.), by Salazar y Acha (p. 149), by Débax, and by Ubieto Arteta (p. 234).


Children:

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Ramón Berenguer IV (1113 - 6 August 1162), count of Barcelona, married Petronila de Aragón.


Berenguer Ramón (about January 1114 - March 1144), count of Provence, married Béatrix, countess of Melgueil.


Berenguela (about 1116 - January 1149) married Alfonso VIII “el Emperador”, king of Castile and León.


Jimena (1117 or 1118 - after 1136) married Roger (III), count of Foix.


Matilde married Guillermo Raimundo de Castellvell.


Almodis married Ponce de Cervera.


References


Anselme de Sainte-Marie. Histoire Généalogique et Chronologique de la Maison Royale de France, des Pairs, Grands Officiers de la Couronne, de la Maison du Roy et des Anciens Barons du Royaume. 9 Volumes (Paris: 1726-1733).


Bofarull y Mascaró, Próspero de. Los Condes de Barcelona Vindicados, y Cronología y Genealogía de los Reyes de España Considerados Como Soberanos Independientes de Su Marca 2 Volumes. (Barcelona: 1836).


Cokayne, G.E., and G.W. Watson. The Seize Quartiers of the Kings and Queens of England. (1896).


Débax, Hélène. La féodalité languedocienne XIe - XIIe siècles. (Presses Universitaires du Mirail, 2003).


Salazar y Acha, Jaime de. Las dinastías reales de España en la Edad Media. (Real Academia de la Historia, 2021).


Ubieto Arteta, Antonio. Historia de Aragón. Creación y desarrollo de la Corona de Aragón. (Zaragoza: Anúbar, 1987).