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Estefania — De BesalÚ, Count of Besalu & Ripoll Guillermo II. Guillermo died 1066/1070. [Group Sheet]

1. Besalú, Stephanie was born Abt 1075, Bezalu, , Spain; died Abt 1100.

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joint Count of Provence with his elder brothers William IV and Fulk from 1018 to his death. He was the third son of William III of Provence and Gerberga of M?con and a scion of the younger line of the family. It is possible that he did not carry the title "count" until after the death of his eldest brother William around 1032.

He became Count of Arles in 1032 and he and Fulk made a donation to the Abbey of Cluny on 26 May 1037. During his brother's life, he was secondary to him. With the death of his brother, he became sole count with the title marchyo sive comes Provincie. The title of marchio (margrave) implied that he was the head of the dynasty.

He was a great builder of the church in his region, devasted in the previous century by Saracen raids. He restored the abbey of Sparro, which they had destroyed, and gave it to the archiepiscopal see of Aix. Following the example of most of his ancestors, he was a patron of Saint Victor in Marseille. In 1045, he consented to a donation of one of his vicecomital vassals to the monastery and in March 1048 to the transferral of property from Raimbaud, Archbishop of Arles, to the church. On 1 July 1055 and again in 1057, with his wife Stephanie and his son Bertrand, he himself donated property to St Victor. His patronage far exceeded his predecessors however. He relinquished his rights over any lands the viscount of Marseilles, Fulk, wished to donate to the monastery in 1044, while in 1032 he had consented to turn over lands to the church as allods. In 1038, he gave over comital rights which had been possessed of his house since the reign of his great-grandfather William the Liberator to his vassals, losing control over many castles and fortresses. The royal fisc, which had been under control of the counts of Provence since the time of William, was mostly parcelled out as allods to the vassals during Geoffrey's tenure and the weakening of the county of Provence as a united polity can be dated from his reign. Even when Rudolf III of Burgundy, his lord, sold any remaining rights over some royal villae, Geoffrey gave these away as allodial holdings

Source: Wikipedia, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geoffrey_I_of_Provence

(Research):Other names for Josfred were Jauffred, Jozfred, Gosfred, or Gausfred and Cte Geoffrey I DE PROVENCE.

Josfred married ?tiennette (Stephanie) (Dulce) DE MARSEILLE, daughter of Vcte Guillaume II "le Gros" DE MARSEILLE and Étiennette (Stephanie) DE RIANS 942. (Étiennette (Stephanie) (Dulce) DE MARSEILLE was born about 1033 in Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhone, Provence, France and died after Sep 1095.)

Josfred also married Étiennette-Douce DE GÉVAUDAN, daughter of Bertrand II DE GÉVAUDAN and Unknown.

Josfred — De GÉvaudan, Étiennette-Douce. [Group Sheet]

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(Research):1. Alternate Birth; Abt 985.

2. Alternate Death; 1018.

Guillaume married De Bourgogne, Ctse Gerberge 1002. Gerberge was born 986, Bourgogne, France. [Group Sheet]

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He was the Count of Provence 979-993.

He is often considered the founder of the county of Provence. He and his elder brother Rotbold II, sons of Boso II of Arles, both carried the title of comes or count concurrently, but it is unknown if they were joint-counts of the whole of Provence or if the region was divided. His brother never bore any other title than count so long as William lived, so the latter seems to have attained a certain supremacy.

In 980, he was installed as Count of Arles. His sobriquet comes from his victories against the Saracens by which he liberated Provence from their threat, which had been constant since the establishment of a base at Fraxinet. At the Battle of Tourtour in 973, with the assistance of the counts of the High Alps and the viscounts of Marseille and Fos, he definitively routed the Saracens, chasing them forever from Provence. He reorganised the region east of the Rhône, which he conquered from the Saracens and which had been given him as a gift from King Conrad of Burgundy. Also by royal consent, he and his descendants controlled the fisc in Provence. With the Isarn, Bishop of Grenoble, he repopulated the Dauphiny and settled an Italian count named Ugo Blavia near Fréjus in 970 in order to bring that land back to cultivation. For all this, he figures prominently in Ralph Glaber's chronicle with the title of dux and he appears in a charter of 992 as pater patriae.

Source: Wikipedia, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_I_of_Provence

(Research):Alt. Birth; 947

Guillaume married Arsinde DE COMMINGES, daughter of Arnaud I DE COMMINGES Count of Comminges & Carcassonne and Arsinde DE CARCASSONNE (Arsinde DE COMMINGES was born about 953 in Comminges, Haute Garonne, Midi Pyrenees, France and died before 984.)

Guillaume also married Adélaïde (Azalais, Adèle) D' ANJOU, daughter of Cte Foulques (Fulk) II "Le Bon" D' ANJOU and Gerberga DU GÂTINAIS, after 984 (Adélaïde (Azalais, Adèle) D' ANJOU was born about 942 in Anjou/Pays-de-la-Loire, France and died on 16 Oct 1026 in Arles, Bouches-du-Rhone, Provence, France

SURNAME: Also shown as De Provence

GIVEN NAMES: Also shown as William

SUFFIX: Also shown as I / II

PREFIX: Also shown as Count/Toulouse

BIRTH: Also shown as Born Abt 947, of, Toulouse, Haute-Garonne, France.

DEATH: Also shown as Died Aft 29 Aug 993

Guillaume married d' Anjou, Cts/Toulouse Adélaïde Aft 984. Adélaïde (daughter of D'Anjou, Count Of Anjou Foulques II and de Gâtinais, comtesse d'Anjou Gerberge) was born Abt 948, Anjou/Pays-de-la-Loire, France; died 16 Oct 1026, Arles, Bouches-du-Rhone, Provence, France. [Group Sheet]

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• Birth: Abt 942

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AKA Azalais, Adèle

The following is excerpted from a post to SGM, 30 Jul 2000, by Todd A Farmerie:

From: Todd A. Farmerie (farmerie AT interfold.com)
Subject: Re: Adelaide d'Anjou (was Tiburge d'Orange)
Newsgroups: soc.genealogy.medieval
Date: 2000/07/30

TatjanaAV wrote:
>
> >Blanche appears to have been more of a nickname. She is better known as
> >Adelaide, wife of Stephen of Gevaudan, Raymond of Toulouse, Louis V of
> >France, and William of Provence.
>
> So... This Adelaide was indeed married to Raymond de Toulouse? I've seen this
> in only one account--all others do not have Raymond in the genealogy at all
> (Guillaume III is recorded as the son Raymond III Pons de Toulouse and Garsinde
> de Rouergue).

Yes. This was only recently rediscovered. There is a surviving charter in which Guillaume names his wife Emma and mother Adelaide, and there is every reason to think this was the same Adelaide, known to have married "Count Raimond". The chronology is aufully long to have William a son of Raymond Pons as well, and the near-contemporary Roda Codex gives Raymond Pons no son William, but does give him a son Raymond. These make it evident that a reworking is in order.

> When were Adelaide's parents married? I've seen it as 937, when
> she was supposedly born in 930, and has Guillaume III in 947.

I don't think there is enough information to provide such a date. Certainly both of them you give are nothing more than guesses, and need to be adjusted. As to William's birth, this date is wrong, based on his mistaken placement as son of Raymond Pons. A more recent guess is about 975.

> Who are ALL of her children (with the correct fathers)?

Stasser gives her the following:

by Etienne de Brioude:
1. Pons de Gevaudan
2. Bertrand de Brioude
3. Etienne de Brioude
4. Ermengarde/Humberge, Countess of Auvergne
5?. daughter, wife of Herbert of Troyes

by Raymond:
6. Guillaume Taillefer
7?. Toda/Adelaide, Countess of Besalu (I question this one)
8?. Letgarde

by Guillaume II of Provence:
9. Guillaume III
10. Constance, Queen of France

taf

Source: Jim Weber , WorldConnect at Rootsweb:
http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=PED&db=jweber&id=I15991&style=TABLE.

(Research):Ad?la?de married ?tienne II DE G?VAUDAN, son of Bertrand I DE G?VAUDAN and Emildis. (?tienne II DE G?VAUDAN was born about 940 in Brioude, Haute-Loire, Auvergne, France and died before 972 in Gévaudan, Alpes-de-Haute-Provence, Provence, France.)

Adélaïde also married Cte Raymond V Taillefer DE TOULOUSE about 972 . (Cte Raymond V Taillefer DE TOULOUSE was born in 947 in Toulouse, Haute-Garonne, Midi-Pyrenees, France and died about 990.)

Adélaïde also married Louis V "The Do-Nothing" CAROLING King of the Franks, son of Lothair CAROLING King of France and Emma of Italy, in 982 in 3rd husband - divorced 984 (Louis V "The Do-Nothing" CAROLING King of the Franks was born in 967 in Laon, Aisne, Picardy, France and died bET 21 AND 22 MAY 987 in (dsp)

Adélaïde also married Guillaume I (II) "le Libérateur" DE PROVENCE comte d'Arles & Provence, son of Boso(n) II D' ARLES comte d'Avignon & Arles and Constance (Constantia) DE PROVENCE comtesse de Vienne, after 984 (Guillaume I (II) "le Libérateur" DE PROVENCE comte d'Arles & Provence was born in 950 in Arles, Bouches-du-Rhone, Provence, France and died after 29 Aug 993 in Arles, Bouches-du-Rhone, Provence, France

SURNAME: Also shown as D'Anjou

GIVEN NAMES: Also shown as Arsinde (Blanche)

BIRTH: Also shown as Born of, Anjou, France.

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(Research):Another name for ?tienne was ?tienne DE BRIOUDE.

Étienn — d' Anjou, Cts/Toulouse Adélaïde. Adélaïde (daughter of D'Anjou, Count Of Anjou Foulques II and de Gâtinais, comtesse d'Anjou Gerberge) was born Abt 948, Anjou/Pays-de-la-Loire, France; died 16 Oct 1026, Arles, Bouches-du-Rhone, Provence, France. [Group Sheet]

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AKA Azalais, Adèle

The following is excerpted from a post to SGM, 30 Jul 2000, by Todd A Farmerie:

From: Todd A. Farmerie (farmerie AT interfold.com)
Subject: Re: Adelaide d'Anjou (was Tiburge d'Orange)
Newsgroups: soc.genealogy.medieval
Date: 2000/07/30

TatjanaAV wrote:
>
> >Blanche appears to have been more of a nickname. She is better known as
> >Adelaide, wife of Stephen of Gevaudan, Raymond of Toulouse, Louis V of
> >France, and William of Provence.
>
> So... This Adelaide was indeed married to Raymond de Toulouse? I've seen this
> in only one account--all others do not have Raymond in the genealogy at all
> (Guillaume III is recorded as the son Raymond III Pons de Toulouse and Garsinde
> de Rouergue).

Yes. This was only recently rediscovered. There is a surviving charter in which Guillaume names his wife Emma and mother Adelaide, and there is every reason to think this was the same Adelaide, known to have married "Count Raimond". The chronology is aufully long to have William a son of Raymond Pons as well, and the near-contemporary Roda Codex gives Raymond Pons no son William, but does give him a son Raymond. These make it evident that a reworking is in order.

> When were Adelaide's parents married? I've seen it as 937, when
> she was supposedly born in 930, and has Guillaume III in 947.

I don't think there is enough information to provide such a date. Certainly both of them you give are nothing more than guesses, and need to be adjusted. As to William's birth, this date is wrong, based on his mistaken placement as son of Raymond Pons. A more recent guess is about 975.

> Who are ALL of her children (with the correct fathers)?

Stasser gives her the following:

by Etienne de Brioude:
1. Pons de Gevaudan
2. Bertrand de Brioude
3. Etienne de Brioude
4. Ermengarde/Humberge, Countess of Auvergne
5?. daughter, wife of Herbert of Troyes

by Raymond:
6. Guillaume Taillefer
7?. Toda/Adelaide, Countess of Besalu (I question this one)
8?. Letgarde

by Guillaume II of Provence:
9. Guillaume III
10. Constance, Queen of France

taf

Source: Jim Weber , WorldConnect at Rootsweb:
http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=PED&db=jweber&id=I15991&style=TABLE.

(Research):Ad?la?de married ?tienne II DE G?VAUDAN, son of Bertrand I DE G?VAUDAN and Emildis. (?tienne II DE G?VAUDAN was born about 940 in Brioude, Haute-Loire, Auvergne, France and died before 972 in Gévaudan, Alpes-de-Haute-Provence, Provence, France.)

Adélaïde also married Cte Raymond V Taillefer DE TOULOUSE about 972 . (Cte Raymond V Taillefer DE TOULOUSE was born in 947 in Toulouse, Haute-Garonne, Midi-Pyrenees, France and died about 990.)

Adélaïde also married Louis V "The Do-Nothing" CAROLING King of the Franks, son of Lothair CAROLING King of France and Emma of Italy, in 982 in 3rd husband - divorced 984 (Louis V "The Do-Nothing" CAROLING King of the Franks was born in 967 in Laon, Aisne, Picardy, France and died bET 21 AND 22 MAY 987 in (dsp)

Adélaïde also married Guillaume I (II) "le Libérateur" DE PROVENCE comte d'Arles & Provence, son of Boso(n) II D' ARLES comte d'Avignon & Arles and Constance (Constantia) DE PROVENCE comtesse de Vienne, after 984 (Guillaume I (II) "le Libérateur" DE PROVENCE comte d'Arles & Provence was born in 950 in Arles, Bouches-du-Rhone, Provence, France and died after 29 Aug 993 in Arles, Bouches-du-Rhone, Provence, France

SURNAME: Also shown as D'Anjou

GIVEN NAMES: Also shown as Arsinde (Blanche)

BIRTH: Also shown as Born of, Anjou, France.