Geoffrey II (also Josfred or Josfredus; died 13 February 1067Or 1065) was the first

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 ...

following the death of his father Fulk Bertrand in 1062. His elder brother

William Bertrand William Bertrand (9 November 1881, Marennes, Charente-Maritime – 7 December 1961, Le Coudray-Macouard Le Coudray-Macouard () is a commune in the Maine-et-Loire department in western France. See also *Communes of the Maine-et-Loire departm ...

inherited

Provence Provence (, , , , ; oc, Provença or ''Prouvènço'' , ) is a geographical region and historical province of southeastern France, which extends from the left bank of the lower Rhône to the west to the Italian border to the east; it is bor ...

, but not the title of

margrave Margrave was originally the medieval title for the military commander assigned to maintain the defence of one of the border provinces of the Holy Roman Empire or of a kingdom. That position became hereditary in certain feudal families in the Em ...

. Geoffrey himself is often counted amongst the co-

counts 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 ...

of the era. It is not certain that his region of Forcalquier was regarded as a dinstinct entity and not merely the Provençal demesne under his charge. He subscribed a charter of his brothers on 14 February 1064. His wife was Ermengard, but his children are unknown.

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Medieval Lands Project: Provence.
1067 deaths Counts of Provence Year of birth unknown {{Europe-noble-stub