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Bosonids
The Bosonids were a dynasty of Carolingian era dukes, counts, bishops and knights descended from Boso the Elder. Eventually they married into the Carolingian dynasty and produced kings and an emperor of the Francia, Frankish Empire. The first great scion of the dynasty was Boso of Provence, Boso V, Count of Arles and of other Burgundians, Burgundian counties in the mid-9th century. Boso rose in favour as a courtier of Charles the Bald. He was even appointed viceroy in Regnum Italicum, Italy in 875. After the death of Charles' son Louis II of France, Louis II, Boso refused to recognise both Louis' sons, Carloman of France, Carloman and Louis III of France, Louis III as kings of France and proclaimed himself King of Provence in 879 at Vienne, Isère, Vienne, with the support of the nobility. Boso strove throughout the rest of his life to maintain his title in the face of the Emperor Charles III. He died in 887 and was succeeded by his son Louis the Blind, Louis under the regency of hi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Boso Of Provence
Boso (french: Boson; c. 841 – 11 January 887) was a Franks, Frankish nobleman of the Bosonids, Bosonid family who was related to the Carolingians, Carolingian dynasty and who rose to become King of Burgundy, King of Lower Burgundy and King of Provence, Provence. Origin Boso was the son of Bivin of Gorze, count of Lotharingia, by Richildis, the daughter of Boso the Elder by his wife Engeltrude. His maternal aunt Teutberga was the wife of King Lothair II of Lotharingia. Boso was also the nephew of Count Boso of Valois, for whom he was named, and of Hucbert, lay abbot of St. Maurice's Abbey, to which Boso succeeded in 869. Countship In 870, King Charles the Bald of West Francia married Boso's sister Richilde of Provence, Richilde. This marriage paved the way for Boso's career in the service of his royal brother-in-law. In the same year, Boso was appointed count of Lyon and Vienne, Isère, Vienne, replacing Gerard of Roussillon. In 872, Charles appointed him chamberlain (office) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lothair II Of Italy
Lothair II (926/8 – 22 November 950), often ''Lothair of Arles'', was the King of Italy from 947 to his death. He was of the noble Frankish lineage of the Bosonids, descended from Boso the Elder. His father and predecessor was Hugh of Provence, great-grandson of Lothair II, King of Lotharingia, and his mother was a German princess named Alda (or Hilda). Although he held the title of ''rex Italiae'', he never succeeded in exercising power there. He was betrothed in 931 and married, 12 December 947, to the fifteen-year-old Adelaide,Odilo of Cluny gives her age at her marriage as "in her sixteenth year." the spirited and intelligent daughter of Rudolph II of Burgundy and Bertha of Swabia. Their marriage was part of a political settlement designed to conclude a peace between her father and his. In 933, Hugh of Arles had given up his kingdom (Provence) to his inveterate enemy Rudolph II, who merged the two kingdoms into a new Kingdom of Burgundy, but died in 937. The couple had a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hucbert
Hucbert ( 820 – 864) was a Frank and son of the count Boso the Elder. Therefore, he was a Bosonid, and the namesake for the Huberterian branch of the family. His rise to power commenced under Lothair I but continued under Lothair II, reaching its apex when his sister Theutberga married Lothair II, a prince of the Carolingian dynasty, the imperial family of Francia. Hucbert also served as the lay-abbot of the Abbey of Saint Maurice-in-Valais. This gave him control over the Mons Iovis pass, the main route between Francia and Italy. Hucbert later gained power in the region of Transjurane Burgundy (859) which is what helped him later to find safety within the kingdom of Charles the Bald. The region beyond the Jura Mountains was granted by Lothair II to his brother Louis II in 859. This was the power base of Hucbert and Lothair had therefore removed Hucbert and his influence from his kingdom. Hucbert resisted Louis II's rule during 863–4, proving rebels with safe havens within t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bivin Of Gorze
Bivin of Gorze (810/830–863) was a Frankish founder of the Bivinids family. He was married to a daughter of Boso the Elder, who may have been called Richildis. During his life he functioned as lay abbot of the Gorze Abbey.Pierre Riche, ''The Carolingians: The Family who Forged Europe'', transl. Michael Idomir Allen, (University of Pennsylvania Press, 1983), 198. His offspring includes: *Richilde of Provence, who married King Charles the Bald; *Richard the Justiciar Richard, Duke of Burgundy (858–921), also known as Richard of Autun or Richard the Justiciar, was Count of Autun from 880 and the first Margrave and Duke of Burgundy. He eventually attained suzerainty over all the counties of Burgundy save Mâ ..., Duke of Burgundy; * Boso, King of Provence; * possibly Bivin, Count of Metz. Notes Sources *Pierre Riché, The Carolingians, a family who forged Europe. {{DEFAULTSORT:Bivin of Gorze Bosonids 9th-century births 863 deaths Year of birth uncertain ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Louis The Blind
Louis the Blind ( 880 – 5 June 928) was the king of Provence from 11 January 887, King of Italy from 12 October 900, and briefly Holy Roman Emperor, as Louis III, between 901 and 905. His father was a Bosonid and his mother was a Carolingian. He was blinded after a failed invasion of Italy in 905. Early reign Born c.880, Louis was the son of Boso, the usurper king of Provence, and Ermengard, a daughter of Emperor Louis II. As a boy of seven, Louis succeeded to the throne of his father Boso as King of Provence upon Boso's death on 11 January 887. The kingdom Louis inherited was much smaller than his father's, as it did not include Upper Burgundy (lost to Rudolph I of Burgundy), nor any of French Burgundy, absorbed by Richard the Justiciar, Duke of Burgundy. This meant that the kingdom of Provence was restricted to the environs of Vienne. The Provençal barons elected Ermengard to act as his regent, with the support of Louis's uncle, Richard the Justiciar. In May, Ermengar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Boso The Elder
Boso (or Boson) "the Elder" ( 800 – 855) was a Frankish Count of Turin and Count of Valois of the Bosonid dynasty. Family and issue He was married to Engeltrude. They had the following issue: * Boso, Count of Valois (d. 874) * Teutberga (d. before November 25, 875), married Lothair II * Richildis (d. 883), married Bivin of Gorze * Hucbert, Count of Valois, lay abbot of St. Maurice's Abbey (820–864). Sources *Pierre Riché Pierre Riché (October 4, 1921 – May 6, 2019) was a French historian specializing in the early Middle Ages and the year 1000 (French: ''An mil'' or ''An mille''). Biography After studying at the Faculté des lettres de Paris, he passed the ..., ''The Carolingians, a family who forged Europe''. External linksGENEALOGY.EU: Bosonides [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hugh Of Arles
Hugh (c. 880–947), known as Hugh of Arles or Hugh of Provence, was the king of Italy from 926 until his death. He belonged to the Bosonid family. During his reign, he empowered his relatives at the expense of the aristocracy and tried to establish a relationship with the Byzantine Empire. He had success in defending the realm from external enemies, but his domestic habits and policies created many internal foes and he was removed from power before his death. Early life Hugh of Arles was born in 880/1, the eldest surviving son of Count Theobald of Arles and Bertha of Lotharingia. By inheritance, he was count of Arles and Vienne, which made him one of the most important and influential nobles in the Kingdom of Provence. After Emperor Louis III was captured, blinded, and exiled from Italy in 905, Hugh became his chief adviser in Provence and regent. By 911, most of the royal prerogatives were exercised by Hugh and Louis ceded him the titles ''dux'' of Provence and ''marchio'' of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Theobald Of Arles
Theobald (c. 854-895), count of Arles, was a Frank from the Bosonid-family. He was a son of Hucbert. He and his wife Bertha had two sons, Hugh of Italy and Boso of Tuscany Boso ( it, Bosone; died after 940?) was a Burgundian nobleman who spent much of his career in Italy, where he became Margrave of Tuscany about 932. He ruled semi-autonomously and was a benefactor of the churches of his region. He lost his office in .... Bosonids Nobility of the Carolingian Empire Counts of Arles 850s births 895 deaths Year of birth uncertain {{France-noble-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ermengard Of Provence
Ermengard of Italy, also ''Ermengarda'', ''Ermengarde'', or ''Irmingard'' (852/855 – 897) was a queen and regent of Provence. She was the second and only surviving daughter of Louis II, Holy Roman Emperor. Life Born in around 852, she was the daughter of Louis II. In 855, Emperor Lothair I died, and her father became Holy Roman Emperor. In 876, she married Boso, a Frankish nobleman who was related to the Carolingian dynasty and who rose to become King of Lower Burgundy and Provence in 879. In May 878, she and her husband sheltered Pope John VIII, who was taking refuge from the Saracens, in Arles. After her husband's coup d'état in October 879, she helped defend his cities from her Carolingian relatives. In 880, she successfully defended Vienne itself, the capital, from the combined forces of Charles the Fat and the co-ruling kings of West Francia, Louis III and Carloman. In August 881, the newly crowned Emperor Charles the Fat pillaged and burned Vienne, forcing Ermengard an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Teutberga
Teutberga (died 11 November 875) was a queen of Lotharingia by marriage to Lothair II. She was a daughter of Bosonid Boso the Elder and sister of Hucbert, the lay-abbot of St. Maurice's Abbey. Life For political reasons, to forge ties of kinship with the Carolingian dynasty, the imperial family of Francia, in 855 she was married to the Carolingian Lothair II, the second son of Emperor Lothair I.''Monumenta Germanica Historica, tomus I: Annales Lobienses, anno 855'', p. 232 It is very probably that Lothar II, at the time of marriage, already had a mistress named Waldrada, who, according to historian Baron Ernouf, was of noble Gallo-Roman family, whose brother, Thietgaud, was the bishop of Trier and her uncle, Ghunter, was archbishop of Cologne, while, according to the ''Annales Novienses'', she was the sister of Ghunter.''Veterum Scriptorum: Annales Novienses'', colonna 537. According to the ''Vita Sancti Deicoli'', Waldrada was related to Eberhard II, Count of Nordgau (included ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
King Of Provence
The land of Provence has a history quite separate from that of any of the larger nations of Europe. Its independent existence has its origins in the frontier nature of the dukedom in Merovingian Gaul. In this position, influenced and affected by several different cultures on different sides, the Provençals maintained a unity which was reinforced when the region was made a separate kingdom during the Carolingian decline of the later ninth century. Provence was eventually joined to the other Burgundian kingdom, but it remained ruled by its own powerful, and largely independent, counts. In the eleventh century, Provence became disputed between the traditional line and the counts of Toulouse, who claimed the title of "Margrave of Provence". In the High Middle Ages, the title of Count of Provence belonged to local families of Frankish origin, to the House of Barcelona, to the House of Anjou and to a cadet branch of the House of Valois. After 1032, the county was part of the Holy R ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Waldrada Of Lotharingia
Waldrada was the mistress, and later the wife, of Lothair II of Lotharingia. Biography Waldrada's family origin is uncertain. A prolific 19th-century French writer Baron Ernouf suggested that Waldrada was of noble Gallo-Roman family, sister of Thietgaud, the bishop of Trier, and niece of Gunther, archbishop of Cologne. However, these suggestions are not supported by any evidence, and more recent studies have instead suggested she was of relatively undistinguished social origins, though still from an aristocratic milieu. The ''Vita Sancti Deicoli'' states that Waldrada was related to Eberhard II, Count of Nordgau (included Strasbourg) family of Etichonids, though this is a late 10th-century source and so may not be entirely reliable on this question.''Monumenta Germanica Historica, tomus XV.2, Vita Sancti Deicoli'', p. 679. In 855 the Carolingian king Lothar II married Teutberga, a Carolingian aristocrat and the daughter of Bosonid Boso the Elder. The marriage was arranged by Loth ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
