Emma (estimate 975-1062) was Sovereign Count and Margrave of Provence from 1037 until 1062.
She was the daughter of
Rotbold II of Provence and
Ermengarde of Burgundy
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. She inherited the title from her elder brother
William III, and married
William III of Toulouse.
With William, she had two children:
*
Pons
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, who succeeded to
Toulouse
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*Bertrand, who succeeded Pons in Toulouse (1060) and his mother in Provence
Sources
Medieval Lands Project: Provence.*Lewis, Archibald R. ''The Development of Southern French and Catalan Society, 718–1050''. University of Texas Press: Austin, 1965.
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970s births
1062 deaths
Counts of Provence
Countesses of Toulouse
Provence, Marchioness of, Emma
11th-century women rulers
10th-century French women
10th-century French people
11th-century French women
11th-century French people