Foulques Bertrand I, comte de Provence

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son of Guillaume III de Provence and Gerberge de Macon married Eldiarde Eveza (Aldearde) children Guillaume Bertrand and Geoffrey

FOULQUES BERTRAND (-[1050/54]).  "Geiriberga comitissima et filii mei Vuilelmus et Fulco sive Josfredus" donated property to Saint-Victor de Marseille by charter dated 1018[310], which indicates that Foulques was her second son.  This is confirmed by "Wilelmus filius Vilelmi comitis, Fulco frater eius, Gosfredus" subscribing the charter dated 1018 under which "Adalax comitissa mater Villelmi quondam Provintie comitis et Geriberga eque comitissa…eiusdem principis olim uxor" donated property to Saint-Victor de Marseille for the soul of their late son and husband respectively[311], and by the charter dated 1019 under which "Geriberga comitissa" donated property to Saint-Victor de Marseille for the soul of "senioris mei Guilelmi comitis Provincie" and for "filiorumque nostrorum…Wilelmo, Fulcho, Jozfredus"[312].  "Gisberga comitissa…cum filiis meis Willelmo, Fulcone Bertranno, Gaufredo" donated property to Saint-André-lès-Avignon by charter dated 1019[313].  This is the only document which indicates that Foulques was the same person as "Bertrand Comte de Provence" who is named in later sources.  "Bertrannus comes" donated property to Saint-Victor Marseille by undated charter, dated to [1018/32], subscribed by "Beringarius vicecomes"[314].  "Bertrannus comes Provincie" donated property to Saint-Victor, Marseille by charter dated 1030[315].  "Duo fratres, comites Provincie, Gausfredus atque Bertrannus" made a joint donation to Cluny dated 26 May 1037[316].  "Godfredus et frater meus Bertrannus comites Proventie" donated property to Saint-Victor de Marseille by charter dated 16 Jan 1040[317].  "Bertrannus…marchio sive comes Provincie" granted property "territorio castelli…Forcalcherium" to Saint-Victor Marseille, for the soul of "genitoris mei Willelmi", by charter dated 1044, subscribed by "Berengarius vicecomes, Miro vicecomes, Raiambaldus de Nica, Rostagnus vicecomes…", and renewed by "Vilelmus et Gauzfredus comites sive marchiones Provincie, filii prefati Bertranni" (witnessed by "Berengarius filius Berengarii vicecomitis")[318].  "Gosfredus et Bertrannus frater meus, utrique Provinciales marchiones sive comites" donated property to Saint-Victor, Marseille by charter dated 1048[319].  

m (before 23 Apr 1040) ELDIARDE EVEZA, daughter of ---. "Bertrannus comes" donated property to Monmajour, with the consent of "Eldejarda Eveza uxor eius", by charter dated 23 Apr 1040[320].

Comte Bertrand & his wife had two children:

a) GUILLAUME BERTRAND (-before 1067). "Vilelmus et Gauzfredus comites sive marchiones Provincie, filii prefati Bertranni" (witnessed by "Berengarius filius Berengarii vicecomitis") renewed the donation by "Bertrannus…marchio sive comes Provincie" of property "territorio castelli…Forcalcherium" to Saint-Victor Marseille, for the soul of "genitoris mei Willelmi", by charter dated 1044[321]. Gérard Bishop of Sisteron founded the church of Saint-Pierre at Fontelane, on the advice of "domni Willelmi Bertranni comitis Provincie et comitisse sue uxoris, domni etiam Berengarii filii Berengarii maioris vicecomitis Sigistericensis" by charter dated 1 May 1055[322]. "Gausfredus marchyo sive comes Provincie et uxor mea Stefania et filius meus Bertrannus" donated property to Saint-Victor de Marseille by charter dated 1057[323]. GUILLAUME [VI] BERTRAND Comte de Provence et de Forqualquier 1044. A charter dated 1 May 1055 records a donation to Saint-Victor, Marseille on the advice of "domni Willelmi Bertranni comitis Provincie et comitisse sue uxoris, domni etiam Berengarii filii Berengarii majoris vicecomitis Sigistericensis sueque mulieris Accelene"[324]. "Willelmus comes provincialis, Josfredus frater eius" subscribed a charter dated 14 Feb 1063[325]. m firstly Infanta doña TERESA de Aragón, daughter of RAMIRO I King of Aragon & his first wife Gilberga [Hermesenda] de Cousserans [Comminges] ([1037]-). The Crónica de San Juan de la Peña names "Sancha…et…Teresa" as the two daughters of King Ramiro and his wife "la filla del Comte de Bigorra nombrada Hermissenda et por baptismo Gelberda", stating that Teresa married "el Comte de Provença clamado Guillen Bertran"[326]. m secondly ADELAIDE de Cavenez, sister of GUY Comte de Cavenez, daughter of --- (-after 1110). "Adalais comitissa Fulcheriensis et mater mea Adalais et filius meus Willelmus marchio Provincie" restored "mediatem…castri…Lurs" to the bishop of Sisteron by charter dated 1110[327]. The primary source which confirms her origin has not yet been identified. b) GEOFFROY (-[13 Feb 1065/67]. "Vilelmus et Gauzfredus comites sive marchiones Provincie, filii prefati Bertranni" (witnessed by "Berengarius filius Berengarii vicecomitis") renewed the donation by "Bertrannus…marchio sive comes Provincie" of property "territorio castelli…Forcalcherium" to Saint-Victor Marseille, for the soul of "genitoris mei Willelmi", by charter dated 1044[332]. "Willelmus comes provincialis, Josfredus frater eius" subscribed a charter dated 14 Feb 1063[333]. Comte de Forcalquier. m (before 13 Jul 1065) ERMENGARDE, daughter of --- (-after Apr 1077). "Bertrannus comes cum Ermingarda uxore" issued a charter dated 13 Jul 1065 relating to the monastery of Saint-André[334], although "Bertrannus" is presumably an error for Geoffroy. "Ermengarda comitissa" signed a charter dated Apr 1077 recording a donation to Saint-Victor de Marseille[335].

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Fulk Bertrand of Provence From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Fulk Bertrand I[1] (died 27 April 1051) was the joint Count of Provence with his elder brother William IV from 1018 and with his younger brother Geoffrey I from at least 1032 if not earlier. After William's death, Fulk assumed the title of margrave, indicating headship of the dynasty. They were the sons of William II, count of Provence. With Geoffrey, Fulk made a donation to the Abbey of Cluny on 26 May 1037 and to Saint Victor at Marseilles on 16 January 1040. Fulk Bertrand was a major proponent of the renewed monasticism of early eleventh-century Provence. He called together a council of clergy and noblesse to found the abbey of Saint Promasius near Forcalquier and to restore Bremetense near Gap, which had been destroyed by the Saracens of Fraxinetum. Nevertheless, he and his brother gave up control of much of the royal fisc, which had been under the control of the counts of Provence since the time of William the Liberator. It was mostly parcelled out as allods to vassals and the weakening of the county of Provence as a united polity can be dated from their reign. Despite the generosity of he and his brother to Fulk, viscount of Marseilles, Fulk Bertrand made war on him in 1031, damaging Toulon. He married Hildegard of Toulouse, (granddaughter of Raymond III of Toulouse) and they had two sons, William Bertrand and Geoffrey II. He had one daughter, Gerberge. [edit]Notes

^ His name appears as Fulco or Fulcho and Bertrannus in contemporary documents. It is Foulques in modern French. His ordinal is a reference to a second Bertrand, his son, who later reigned in Provence. [edit]Sources

Lewis, Archibald R. The Development of Southern French and Catalan Society, 718–1050. University of Texas Press: Austin, 1965. Foundation for Medieval Genealogy: Provence. The Plantagenet Ancestry by William Henry Turton, Page 11.