William I of Provence, Count of Provence and Arles[1]
Ca 950 - Ett 993 (~ 43 år)-
Navn William I of Provence Suffiks Count of Provence and Arles Født Ca 950 Frankrike 
Kjønn Mann Død Ett 29 Aug 993 Frankrike Person ID I501007 Haslund Sist endret 15 Jul 2019
Far Boso II Comte d'Avignon et Arles, d. Ca 966, Frankrike Mor Constance de Provence, d. Frankrike Famile ID F500310 Gruppeskjema | Familiediagram
Familie 1 Adelaide-Blanche of Anjou, Countess of Toulouse, Provence and Burgundy, f. Ca 940, Anjou, Isere, Rhone-Alpes, France , d. 1026, Anjou, Isere, Rhone-Alpes, France (Alder ~ 86 år) Gift Ca 984 Barn 1. Constance of Arles, f. Ca 986, Arles, France , d. 28 Jul 1032, Melun, France (Alder ~ 46 år)2. William II of Provence, f. 987, d. 1018 (Alder 31 år) Sist endret 15 Jul 2019 Famile ID F500282 Gruppeskjema | Familiediagram
Familie 2 Arsenda, Daughter of Arnold of Comminges Sist endret 15 Jul 2019 Famile ID F502400 Gruppeskjema | Familiediagram
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Notater William I (c. 950 – after 29 August 993), called the Liberator, was Count of Provence from 968 to his abdication. In 975 or 979, he took the title of marchio or margrave. He is often considered the founder of the county of Provence. He and his elder brother Rotbold II were sons of Boso II of Arles and Constance of Viennois, daughter of Charles-Constantine. They both carried the title of comes or count concurrently, but it is unknown if they were joint-counts of the whole of Provence or if the region was divided. His brother never bore any other title than count so long as William lived, so the latter seems to have attained a certain supremacy.
In 980, he was installed as Count of Arles. His sobriquet comes from his victories against the Saracens by which he liberated Provence from their threat, which had been constant since the establishment of a base at Fraxinet. At the Battle of Tourtour in 973, with the assistance of the counts of the High Alps and the viscounts of Marseille and Fos, he definitively routed the Saracens, chasing them forever from Provence. He reorganised the region east of the Rhône, which he conquered from the Saracens and which had been given him as a gift from King Conrad of Burgundy. Also by royal consent, he and his descendants controlled the fisc in Provence. With Isarn, Bishop of Grenoble, he repopulated Dauphiné and settled an Italian count named Ugo Blavia near Fréjus in 970 in order to bring that land back to cultivation. For all this, he figures prominently in Ralph Glaber's chronicle with the title ofdux and he appears in a charter of 992 as pater patriae.
He donated land to Cluny and retired to become a monk, dying at Avignon, where he was buried in the church of Saint-Croix at Sarrians. He was succeeded as margrave by his brother. His great principality began to diminish soon after his death as the castles of his vassals, which he had kept carefully under ducal control, soon became allods of their possessors.
Marriage and issue
He married 1st Arsenda, daughter of Arnold of Comminges[1] and their son was:
He married 2nd (against papal advice) in 984, Adelaide-Blanche of Anjou, daughter of Fulk II of Anjou and Gerberga, and their daughter was:
- Constance of Arles (986–1034), married Robert II of France.
- Web content link:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_I_of_Provence William I of Provence
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Kilder - [S500275] Biographical Summaries of Notable People, (MyHeritage), https://www.myheritage.no/research/collection-10182/biografiske-notater-om-kjente-personer?itemId=377802&action=showRecord (Troverdighet: 4).
William I of ProvenceKjønn: MannAlias: William the LiberatorFødt: 950Død: 29. aug 993 - AvignonNationality: FranceEkteskap: Ektefelle: Adelaide-Blanche of Anjou - 984 Slektninger: ForholdNavnFødtFarBoso II of ArlesMorConstance of ViennoisDatterConstance of Arles27. mar 974SønnWilliam II of Provence987BrorRotbold II, Count of ProvenceKoneAdelaide-Blanche of Anjou947KoneArsenda, Daughter of Arnold of Comminges
- [S500275] Biographical Summaries of Notable People, (MyHeritage), https://www.myheritage.no/research/collection-10182/biografiske-notater-om-kjente-personer?itemId=377802&action=showRecord (Troverdighet: 4).