Garsinde de Sabran

Events

Date of Birth: about 1180.

The estimated date is given in the Généalogie historique de la maison de Sabran-Pontevès (p. 146).

Place of Birth: unknown.

Date of Death: unknown.

Place of Death: unknown.

Gersende became a nun in the Abbey of la Celle in 1222. (Cokayne p. 95)

Relationships

Father: Rainon de Sabran, lord of Caylar and of Ansouis.

This relationship is given by Cokayne (p. 95), by Pécout (p. 63), and by the Généalogie historique de la maison de Sabran-Pontevès (p. 146).

Mother: Garsinde de Forcalquier.

This relationship is given by Cokayne (p. 95), by Pécout (p. 63), and by the Généalogie historique de la maison de Sabran-Pontevès (p. 146).

Spouse: Alphonse II (1185 - 1209), count of Provence. Married July 1193 in Aix-en-Provence.

This relationship is given by Cokayne (p. 95), by Pécout, and by the Généalogie historique de la maison de Sabran-Pontevès (p. 146).

Children:

(Complete source citations for facts about the children on this page are currently outside of the scope of this project. Most information below comes from Barrios Martínez.)

Raimond-Bérenger IV (about 1198 - 19 August 1245), count of Provence, married Béatrice de Savoie in December 1220.

Garsinde de Provence married Guillaume (II), vicomte of Béarn.

References

Barrios Martínez, María Dolores. Sancha, primera reina de la Corona Aragón. (Instituto de Estudios Altoaragoneses, 2017).

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

Généalogie historique de la maison de Sabran-Pontevès. (Paris: Firmin-Didot, 1897).

Pécout, Thierry. L’invention de la Provence: Raymond Bérenger V (1209-1235) (Perrin, 2004).

Varano, Mariacristina . “Espace religieux et espace politique en pays provençal au Moyen Âge (IXeXIIIe siècles). L’exemple de Forcalquier et de sa région”. Archéologie et Préhistoire. Université de Provence - Aix-Marseille I, 2011 (thesis).