![]() ![]() ![]() It was inherited by King Louis XI of France in 1481, and definitively incorporated into the Crown lands of France|French royal domain by his son Charles VIII of France|Charles VIII in 1484. After 1032, the county was part of the Holy Roman Empire. 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 Franks|Frankish origin, to the House of Barcelona, to the Capet-Anjou|House of Anjou and to a cadet branch of the Valois Dynasty|House of Valois. Provence was eventually joined to the Upper Burgundy|other Burgundian kingdom, but it remained ruled by its own powerful, and largely independent, counts. In this position, influenced and affected by several different cultures on different sides, the Provençals maintained a unity which was reinforced when it was created a separate kingdom in the Carolingian decline of the later ninth century. Its independent existence has its origins in the frontier nature of the dukedom in Merovingian Gaul. ![]() The land of Provence has a history quite separate from that of any of the larger nations of Europe. There's also a great page in French at Listes des comtes et marquis de Provence. This project will include the various rulers of the French southeastern province of Provence from the Merovingian Period (when it was part of Gaul) through the 15th century.Īn excellent list of these family connections during the various periods may be found on the Provence page of the Foundation for Medieval Genealogy's Medieval Lands database. ![]()
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