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County of Forcalquier

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151: 28: 74:, who inherited Forcalquier. Sometime in the 1060s Forcalquier was inherited by William's daughter Adelaide, who was the first person to be styled "Countess of Forcalquier". She married 172: 123: 118:(the enumeration of counts of Forcalquier includes earlier counts of Provence). William III and his descendants, a cadet branch of the 78:
and died in 1129, at a time when Provence was sharply disputed by the many persons who had inherited some title to it. The
17: 139: 206: 98:. In 1125 a formal division of Provence into a march and a county was effected, but in 1131 a new claimant, the 227: 131: 95: 67: 185: 166: 115: 63: 192: 179: 59: 138:
and heir of the county of Provence. Their marriage in July 1193, Alfonso's inheritance in 1196, and
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The earliest mention of a castle at Forcalquier dates to 1044, when it was in the possession of
75: 135: 111: 8: 91: 127: 106:, fought over the rights to the county of Provence. Meanwhile, the county north of the 79: 222: 48: 150: 119: 87: 44: 103: 216: 99: 52: 122:, continued to rule Forcalquier until the end of the century, when the 27: 40: 107: 66:. When Fulk died in 1051 his lands were shared between his sons 126:(1193) gave in marriage the last count's granddaughter, 51:. It was named after the fortress around which it grew, 214: 142:'s in 1209 united the two counties permanently. 114:, had devolved to Adelaide's son by Ermengol, 39:was a large medieval county in the region of 94:laid claim to Provence as descendants of 149: 26: 14: 215: 205:United to Provence in the person of 24: 25: 239: 154:Arms of the County of Forcalquier 145: 102:, provoked a series of wars, the 13: 1: 7: 10: 244: 31:Map of Forcalquier c. 1184 161:Adelaide of Forcalquier 110:, with Forcalquier and 155: 32: 228:Counts of Forcalquier 197:1209–1217/1220 153: 76:Ermengol IV of Urgell 37:County of Forcalquier 30: 136:Alfonso II of Aragon 18:Count of Forcalquier 207:Raymond Berengar IV 188:, co-ruling with... 175:, co-ruling with... 92:counts of Barcelona 47:, then part of the 156: 128:Garsenda of Sabran 86:as descendants of 82:claimed the title 80:counts of Toulouse 33: 203:1220–after 165:1110?–1129 159:1110?–1129 64:count of Provence 49:Holy Roman Empire 16:(Redirected from 235: 191:1144–1209 184:1144–1207 178:1129–1144 171:1129–1149 120:counts of Urgell 88:Emma of Provence 68:William Bertrand 45:Kingdom of Arles 21: 243: 242: 238: 237: 236: 234: 233: 232: 213: 212: 148: 104:Baussenque Wars 23: 22: 15: 12: 11: 5: 241: 231: 230: 225: 211: 210: 201: 195: 189: 182: 176: 169: 163: 147: 146:List of counts 144: 9: 6: 4: 3: 2: 240: 229: 226: 224: 221: 220: 218: 209: 208: 202: 200: 196: 194: 190: 187: 183: 181: 177: 174: 170: 168: 164: 162: 158: 157: 152: 143: 141: 137: 133: 129: 125: 124:Treaty of Aix 121: 117: 113: 109: 105: 101: 100:House of Baux 97: 93: 89: 85: 81: 77: 73: 69: 65: 61: 60:Fulk Bertrand 56: 54: 50: 46: 42: 38: 29: 19: 204: 90:, while the 83: 57: 36: 34: 186:Bertrand II 116:William III 72:Geoffrey II 53:Forcalquier 217:Categories 193:William IV 180:Bertrand I 167:William I 134:, son of 223:Provence 199:Garsenda 140:Garsenda 62:, joint 41:Provence 173:Guigues 132:Alfonso 108:Durance 96:Douce I 84:marchio 43:in the 112:Embrun 130:, to 70:and 35:The 219:: 55:. 20:)

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Count of Forcalquier

Provence
Kingdom of Arles
Holy Roman Empire
Forcalquier
Fulk Bertrand
count of Provence
William Bertrand
Geoffrey II
Ermengol IV of Urgell
counts of Toulouse
Emma of Provence
counts of Barcelona
Douce I
House of Baux
Baussenque Wars
Durance
Embrun
William III
counts of Urgell
Treaty of Aix
Garsenda of Sabran
Alfonso
Alfonso II of Aragon
Garsenda

Adelaide of Forcalquier
William I
Guigues

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