List of Provençal royal consorts


Queens, countesses, and duchesses consort of the Kingdom, County, Duchy of Provence include:

Queen of Provence

After the division of the Carolingian Empire by the Treaty of Verdun, the first of the fraternal rulers of the three kingdoms to die was Lothair I, who divided his middle kingdom in accordance with the custom of the Franks between his three sons. Out of this division came the Kingdom of Provence, given to Lothair's youngest son, Charles. A heritage of royal rule was thus inaugurated in Provence that, though it was often subsumed into one of its larger neighbouring kingdoms, it was just as often proclaiming its own sovereigns.

[Carolingian Dynasty], 855–879

PictureNameFatherBirthMarriageBecame QueenCeased to be QueenDeathSpouse
EngelbergaAdelchis I, Count of Parma8305 October 85124 January 863
husband's accession
12 August 875
husband's death
896-901Louis II of Italy
Richilde of ProvenceBivin of Gorze84587012 August 875
husband's ascession
6 October 877
husband's death
2 June 910Charles the Bald
Adelaide of ParisAdalard, Count of Paris850/853February 8756 October 877
husband's accession
10 April 879
husband's death
10 November 901Louis the Stammerer

[Bosonid Dynasty], 879–933

In 933, Provence ceases to be a separate kingdom as Hugh exchanged it with Rudolph II of Upper Burgundy for the Iron Crown of Lombardy, that is, rule of Italy.

Welf Dynasty">Elder Welf">Welf Dynasty, 888–1032

In 1032 the kingdom of Burgundy and Provence was incorporated into the Holy Roman Empire as a third kingdom, the Kingdom of Burgundy, with the King of Germany or Emperor as King of Burgundy.

Countess of Provence

House of Provence, 961–1127

House of Barcelona, 1127–1267

Capetian House of Anjou, 1267–1382

House of Valois-Anjou, 1382–1481

Courtesy title

Margravine of Provence