PROVENCE Gerberga b. Aft 1078 Comté de Provence, Royaume d'Arles d. Bef Jan 1118 Comté de Provence, Royaume d'Arles: Freeman-Smith Family Tree

Aft 1078 - Bef 1118 (< 38 years)

Name	PROVENCE Gerberga
Birth	Aft 1078	Comté de Provence, Royaume d'Arles
Gender	Female
Death	Bef Jan 1118	Comté de Provence, Royaume d'Arles
Notes	Gerberga (Fr: Gerberge, Lat: Tiburgia) became the Comtesse de Provence shortly after the death of Bertrand II Comte de Provence, who was the son of Geoffrey I Comte de Provence and his wife Mathilde. [1] [2] Note regarding parentage: Early biographers had suggested that Gerberge may have been a younger daughter of Geoffrey I de Provence (the father of Bertrand II Comte de Provence) - but that has since been questioned and evidence indicates that she is much more likely to have been a daughter of Bertrand II rather than his younger sister (see Research Notes). Marriage and Family Gerberga married Girbert de Millau, Vicomte de Gévaudan, de Millau et de Carlat. [2] [3] [4] Gerberga and Girbert had two children together: [2] Stephania (Etiennete) de Gévaudan, who married Raymond de Baux, Seigneur de Berre [5] Dolça / Dulcia (Douce) de Gévaudan, who married (3 Feb 1112) Ramón Berenguer de Barcelona [6] Death and Succession Gerberge died sometime between 3 Feb 1112 and Jan 1118. She was succeeded by her daughter Dolça as Dolça / Douce Comtesse de Provence, Vicomtesse de Millau, de Gévaudan et de Carlat. [2] [6] Research Notes Regarding parentage: Key evidence that Gerberge was more likely the daughter of Bertrand II rather than his younger sister includes the fact that, following the death of Bertrand in about 1090/94 (between 19 Apr 1090 and 28 Jul 1094), Bertrand's mother Stephania "Dulcis" (Fr: Etiennette Douce) (who was the widow of Geoffrey I de Provence) was again referred to as the Comtesse de Provence (as Dulcis comitissa) in a charter of 28 Jul 1094 after the death of her son (who had been the count for many years) - presumably carrying the title again in the capacity of a regent for a minor. [2] [7] Further consistent with the relationship of Gerberge as the daughter of Bertrand rather than his younger sister, the chronology of related births reflects that Gerberge apparently married and had her two known children several years later (by about 1100). If Gerberge had instead been the daughter of Geoffrey rather than Bernard, she would have been in her mid-thirties by that time (since Geoffrey died in about 1060) - and there is no apparent basis for the succession of Provence to have passed from Bernard back to his mother (rather than Gerberge), before soon being with Gerberge. [2] [7] Sources ↑ Cawley, Charles. Medieval Lands: A prosopography of medieval European noble and royal families. Published by Charles Cawley and the Foundation for Medieval Genealogy (FMG) 2006-2021, including source citations and relevant texts; hosted online by FMG, accessed 2024: Comtes de Provence 961-1112. (See also WikiTree's source page for MedLands) ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 Cawley, Charles. Medieval Lands: A prosopography of medieval European noble and royal families. Published by Charles Cawley and the Foundation for Medieval Genealogy (FMG) 2006-2021, including source citations and relevant texts; hosted online by FMG, accessed 2024: Comtes de Provence 1093-1113 (Gévaudan). (See also WikiTree's source page for MedLands) ↑ Cawley, Charles. Medieval Lands: A prosopography of medieval European noble and royal families. Published by Charles Cawley and the Foundation for Medieval Genealogy (FMG) 2006-2021, including source citations and relevant texts; hosted online by FMG, accessed 2024: Vicomtes de Millau. (See also WikiTree's source page for MedLands) ↑ G. W. Watson, "The Seize Quartiers of Margaret (of France), Queen Consort to Henry (the younger)." The Genealogist New Series X (1894) Internet Archive Table IV p. 79, Additions to table IV pp. 81-85 ↑ Cawley, Charles. Medieval Lands: A prosopography of medieval European noble and royal families. Published by Charles Cawley and the Foundation for Medieval Genealogy (FMG) 2006-2021, including source citations and relevant texts; hosted online by FMG, accessed 2024: Raymond de Baux. (See also WikiTree's source page for MedLands) ↑ 6.0 6.1 Cawley, Charles. Medieval Lands: A prosopography of medieval European noble and royal families. Published by Charles Cawley and the Foundation for Medieval Genealogy (FMG) 2006-2021, including source citations and relevant texts; hosted online by FMG, accessed 2024: Douce de Provence. (See also WikiTree's source page for MedLands) ↑ 7.0 7.1 Stesser, Thierry (2019). "De Stéphanie-Douce à Douce de Foix. Nouvelles hypothèses sur la généalogie des comtes de Provence et de Foix." Annales du Midi : revue archéologique, historique et philologique de la France méridionale, Tome 131, no. 307-308, 2019. Available online via Persée: Stesser, Thierry. Annales du Midi 2019, no. 131 (307-308)
Person ID	I59654	Freeman-Smith
Last Modified	27 Jan 2026

Father	PROVENCE Bertrand, b. 1050, Arles, Bouches Du Rhone, Provence, France d. 1093 (Age 43 years)
Relationship	natural
Mother	UNKNOWN Mathilde, b. Abt 1040
Relationship	natural
Family ID	F26487	Group Sheet \| Family Chart

Family MILLAU Girbert, b. Abt 1058, Vicomté de Millau, France d. Bef 03 Feb 1112, Comté de Provence, Royaume d'Arles (Age < 54 years)

Marriage 1078 Spain

Children

1. GEVAUDAN Dulcia Dolça, b. 1095, Comté de Gévaudan, France

d. Aft 28 Nov 1127, Comtat de Barcelona, Catalan

(Age > 32 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]

Family ID F26490 Group Sheet | Family Chart

Last Modified 27 Jan 2026