Guillaume I, count of Provence

Also known as Guilhem de Urgell.

Count of Forcalquier

Events

Date of Birth: 1082.

Place of Birth: unknown.

The date is given by Salazar y Acha (p. 197).

Date of Death: 1129, probably on 7 October.

Place of Burial: Avignon.

The date and place are given by Varano (p. 454).

Relationships

Father: Ermengol IV “el de Gerb”, count of Urgell.

This relationship is given by Manteyer (p. 321), by Pécout (p. 61), by Aurell (1991), by Salazar y Acha (p. 197), and by Poly (p. 34).

Mother: Azalaïs de Provence.

This relationship is given by Manteyer (p. 321), by Aurell (1991), by Salazar y Acha (p. 197), and by Poly (p. 34).

Spouse: Garsende d’Albon.

This relationship is given by Poly (p. 34), by Aurell (1991), by Salazar y Acha (p. 197), and by Pécout (p. 61).

Children:

Guigues, (probably died 1149) count of Forcalquier.

Bertrand I, (died 1150) count of Provence (Forcalquier), married Josserande de Flotte.

Sancha de Forcalquier (died about 1122) married Ramboldo de Agoult.

References

Aurell i Cardona, Martí. “Jalons pour une enquête sur les strategies matrimoniales des comtes catalans (IXe-XIe s.)” in Symposium Internacional sobre els orígens de Catalunya (Segles VIII-IX): I (Volume 23 of Memorias de la Real Academia de Buenas Letras de Barcelona, 1991).

Aurell, Martin. “Du nouveau sur les comtesses catalanes (IXe-XIIe siècles)“ in Annales du Midi : revue archéologique, historique et philologique de la France méridionale Année 1997 Volume 109 Numéro 219 pp. 357-380.

Manteyer, Georges de. La Provence du premier au douzième siècle (Paris: 1908).

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

Poly, Jean-Pierre. La Provence et la société féodale 879-1166 (Paris:1976).

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

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).