Bertrand II
Count of Forcalquier
The County of Forcalquier was a large medieval county in the region of Provence in the Kingdom of Arles, then part of the Holy Roman Empire. It was named after the fortress around which it grew, Forcalquier.
The earliest mention of a castle at Fo ...
(d. 1207), was the son of
Bertrand I Count of Forcalquier and his wife
Josserande de la Flotte
Jossande de Flotte, also known as Josserande de Fleet, Josserane, or Josserande Flotte, was a noblewoman born to Pierre Arnaud de la Flotte and Adelaide de Comps.
Birth
There seems to be some debate on her exact birthdate but it has been listed ...
, daughter of
Arnaud de la Flotte Seigneur de Ravel. He was the grandson of
William III of Forcalquier
William I (born c.1085 and died October 1129) was the Count of Forcalquier and Marquis of Provence from 1094. He was the second son of Count Ermengol IV of Urgell and the only son of Adelaide of Forcalquier, heiress of Count William Bertrand o ...
Marquis 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 ...
and
Gersende of Albon Garsenda, Garsende, or Gersenda (french: Gersende, la, Garsendis) is a feminine given name, popular in the Middle Ages. It was the name of:
*Garsenda, Countess of Forcalquier, also countess of Provence and a trobairitz
**her mother, Garsenda of For ...
.
He co-ruled Forcalquier with his brother, also a child of Bertrand I Count of Forcalquier and Josserande de la Flotte,
William IV Count of Forcalquier (1130 – Nov. 1208) who married
Adelaide de Beziers, and whose granddaughter succeeded them.
Bertrand II married Cécile de Béziers, probably a member of the Trencavel family, and had:
* Béatrix, who married Pons Justas
* Cécile, who married Roger III († 1257), vicomte de Couserans and comte de Pallars.
Counts of Forcalquier
12th-century deaths
12th-century French people
1207 deaths
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