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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
118:(the enumeration of counts of Forcalquier includes earlier counts of Provence). William III and his descendants, a cadet branch of the
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and died in 1129, at a time when
Provence was sharply disputed by the many persons who had inherited some title to it. The
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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
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122:, continued to rule Forcalquier until the end of the century, when the
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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,
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
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94:laid claim to Provence as descendants of
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205:United to Provence in the person of
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154:Arms of the County of Forcalquier
102:, provoked a series of wars, the
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31:Map of Forcalquier c. 1184
161:Adelaide of Forcalquier
110:, with Forcalquier and
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228:Counts of Forcalquier
197:1209–1217/1220
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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
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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
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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
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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
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