UNKNOWN Stephanie

Abt 1020 - Aft 1095  (> 75 years)

• Name	UNKNOWN Stephanie
  Birth	Abt 1020
  Gender	Female
  Death	Aft 11 Sep 1095	Comté de Provence, Royaume d'Arles
  Notes	Stephania "Dulcis" (Fr: Etiennette Douce) - whose family name and parents are uncertain - was the spouse of Geoffroi (Geoffrey) I Marquis et Comte de Provence. [1] Stephania and Geoffrey married sometime before 27 Jan 1040. [1] Stephania and Geoffrey had three children: [1] Bertrand - who would first succeed his father as Comte de Provence and Marquis de Provence Unknown de Provence - who would later marry Raymond Comte de Toulouse dit Comte de Saint-Gilles Stephania (Etiennette) de Provence - who later married Guillem III "Trunus" Conde de Besalú Earlier historians had suggested that Gerberge de Provence, who eventually succeeded Bertrand as the Comtesse de Provence, was a younger child of Stephania Dulcis - but the evidence suggests that Gerberge was not the daughter of Stephania Dulcis and her husband Geoffrey (who died more than thirty years before Gerberge succeeded), but rather was a minor daughter of Bertrand, who (after his death) was first represented by her grandmother Stephania Dulcis as regent until Gerberge reached majority and married, which happened several years later (see Research Notes associated with Gerberge de Provence). Research Notes Note regarding Stephania Dulcis (Fr: "Etiennette Douce") - the wife of Geoffrey I Comte de Provence - and other spouses named Stephania: A 1962 publication by Szabolics de Vajay (which has since been tracked into many family histories) suggested that the wife of Geoffrey I Comte de Provence, whose name was Stephania but was later called 'Dulcis' (Fr: "Etiennette Douce"), might have been the daughter of Guillaume II Vicomte de Marseille and his wife Stephania. [2] Subsequent historians including Charles Cawley and others have noted that while the connection is possible, it is essentially based on speculation and lacks clear support. [1] [3] It is also not certain that Guillaume II Vicomte de Marseille and his second wife Stephania actually had a daughter named Stephania (Fr: Etiennette) - which de Vajay suggested might be the second wife of Bernat / Bernard II Comte de Bigorre. While Bernard de Bigorre had a second wife who was named Stephania (who was the mother of their daughter Beatrix), the suggestions of de Vajay that this Stephania was previously the wife of Geoffrey I Comte de Provence are also considered speculative. The actual records, as noted in Cawley, generally refer to spouses whose name was Stephania but without an associated reference to a family name, origin or parents - i.e. they are not marriage records linking a wife to her parents but rather post-marital documents referring to a wife and/or mother by her first name, [4] [5] Unless a spouse's family name or other actual connection to her parents is actually supported, her parentage is considered unknown - and usually reflected as such in Cawley. Individual profiles are being maintained since each Stephania has known and/or potential family connections (to be noted), as follows: Stephania 'Dulcis' who was the wife of Geoffrey I Comte de Provence is Stephania 'Dulcis' Comtesse de Provence Stephania who was the second wife of Bernard II Comte de Bigorre is Stephania Comtesse de Bigorre Stephania who may have been a daughter of Guillaume II Vicomte de Marseille and his second wife is Stephania de Marseille Sources ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 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) ↑ Vajay, Szabolcs de. "Etiennette dite Douce, Comtesse de Provence (XIe siècle)" (Saint-Victor, Marseille 1962) pp 196-7 ↑ 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) ↑ 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 Marseille. (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: Comtes de Bigorre (870-1040). (See also WikiTree's source page for MedLands)
  Person ID	I59657	Freeman-Smith
  Last Modified	27 Jan 2026

  
  

  Family	PROVENCE Geoffrey,   b. Bef 1018, Comté de Provence, Royaume de Bourgogne d. Abt 1063, Comté de Provence, Royaume d'Arles (Age > 45 years)
  Marriage	Bef 27 Jan 1040
  Children	1. PROVENCE Bertrand,   b. 1050, Arles, Bouches Du Rhone, Provence, France d. 1093 (Age 43 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
  Family ID	F26488	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	27 Jan 2026