Arsinde of Carcassonne (920 – 970) was a Countess and ruler of

Carcassonne Carcassonne (, also , , ; ; la, Carcaso) is a French fortified city in the department of Aude, in the region of Occitanie. It is the prefecture of the department. Inhabited since the Neolithic, Carcassonne is located in the plain of the ...

, France.

Biography

Arsinde de Carcassonne was born c. 920 to d'Acfred de Carcassonne. Her father was head of the ruling house of Carcasonne and had no surviving sons. When he died in 934 the title and land was given to his daughter. She married Arnaud de Comminges, a local noble with whom she had at least four children. Arsinde ruled for twenty three years before she died, leaving her titles to her son Roger.

Issue

* Adélaïde de Comminges * Roger I of Carcassonne * Odon I of Razes * Arsinde de Carcassonne

Sources

{{DEFAULTSORT:Carcassonne, Arsinde de 920 births 970 deaths French countesses 10th-century French women People from Carcassonne Counts of Carcassonne 10th-century countesses regnant