Emma de Provence

Events

Date of Birth: about 995.

Place of Birth: unknown.

The estimated date is given by Settipani.

Date of Death: after 1063.

Place of Death: unknown.

The date is given by Cawley.

Relationships

Father: Rotbald, count of Provence.

This relationship is given by père Anselme (2:683), by Baldwin, by Débax, by Stasser, and by Framond. There appears to be disagreement in secondary sources about the parentage of Rotbald.

Mother: Ermengarde.

This relationship is given by Débax, by Stasser, and by Framond.

Spouse: Guillaume III “Taillefer”, count of Toulouse.

This relationship is given by père Anselme (2:683), by Baldwin, by Débax, by Stasser, and by Framond.

Children:

(Complete source citations for facts about the children on this page are currently outside of the scope of this project. Most information below is from Cawley. The mother of the first two children is uncertain. The last three are children of Emma.)

Raymond (died before November 1024).

Aialric (died before November 1024).

Pons Guillaume (died 1060), count of Toulouse, married (1) Mayor; married (2) Almodis de la Marche.

Bertrand (died after 23 April 1040).

Emma married Odon Raymond, lord of l’Isle-Jourdain.

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).

Baldwin, Stewart. “Adélaïde/Alix (Adelaidis, Alaiz, Adelax, Alaicis) alias Blanche (Blanca, Candida) of Anjou” in The Henry Project.

Cawley, Charles. “Emma” in Medieval Lands: A prosopography of medieval European noble and royal families.

Débax, Hélène. “Les comtesses de Toulouse : notices biographiques” in Annales du Midi (Année 1988: 100-182; pp. 215-234).

de Framond, Martin. “La succession des comtes de Toulouse autour de l'an mil (940-1030) : reconsidérations” in Annales du Midi : revue archéologique, historique et philologique de la France méridionale Année 1993 Volume 105 Numéro 204 pp. 461-488.

Settipani, Christian. Post of 9/4/98 to soc.genealogy.medieval.

Stasser, Thierry, "Adélaïde d'Anjou. Sa famille, ses mariages, sa descendance", in Le Moyen Age 103,1 (1997): 9-52. Digital copy on academia.edu, accessed 24 January 2018.