PROVENCE Geoffrey

Male Bef 1018 - Abt 1063  (> 45 years)

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  • Name PROVENCE Geoffrey 
    Birth Bef 1018  Comté de Provence, Royaume de Bourgogne Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Death Abt 1063  Comté de Provence, Royaume d'Arles Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Notes 
    • Geoffrey I of Provence (d. 15 Feb/21 Jul 1060)[3][1]

      alias: Josfred; Jauffred; Jozfred; Gosfred; Gausfred

      Titles
      1018 - death: joint Count of Provence (with elder brothers William IV and Fulk)
      1032: Count of Arles
      Parents
      Father: William II of Provence

      Mother: Gerberga of Mâcon

      Marriage
      m. (ante 27 Jan 1040) Etiennette Douce (d. after 28 Jul 1094 or after 11 Sep 1095; p. UNKNOWN).[4][2] Issue: 3[3]

      Bertrand II of Provence (d. 29 Apr 1090/28 Jul 1094).[5]
      (uproven dau) _____.[6]
      m. (1066; repudiated ante 1080) Raymond de Toulouse, Comte de Saint-Gilles (p. Pons, Comte de Toulouse m.3 Almodis de La Marche)
      (unproven dau) Etiennette "Stephanie" (d. 1085)
      m. William II of Besalú
      Religion
      26 May 1037: donation to the Abbey of Cluny
      Sources
      ↑ alt death: Feb btw 1061 - 63 (Wikipedia).
      ↑ "Szabolcs de Vajay suggests that the wife of Geoffroy [I] Comte de Provence was Etiennette [Douce] de Marseille, daughter of Guillaume [II] Vicomte de Marseille & his second wife Etiennette" (Cawley, 2006).[1]
      ↑ Wikipedia names Gerberga as a 4th child (married to Gilbert I of Gévaudan.), but Cawley (2006) states that it's speculative.[2]
      Wikipedia citing Lewis (1965) and Cawley (2006).[7]
      Cawley, Charles. "Medieval Lands": A prosopography of medieval European noble and royal families © by Charles Cawley, hosted by Foundation for Medieval Genealogy (FMG). See also WikiTree's source page for MedLands.
    Person ID I59658  Freeman-Smith
    Last Modified 27 Jan 2026 

    Father PROVENCE Wilelmo,   b. Abt 0986, Arles, Royaume de Bourgogne Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 30 May 1018, Arles, Royaume de Bourgogne Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 32 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Mother MÂCON Gerberga,   b. 0986, Royaume de Bourgogne Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Abt 1024, Royaume de Bourgogne Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 37 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Marriage 1002 
    Family ID F26489  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family UNKNOWN Stephanie,   b. Abt 1020   d. Aft 11 Sep 1095, Comté de Provence, Royaume d'Arles Find all individuals with events at this location (Age > 75 years) 
    Marriage Bef 27 Jan 1040 
    Children 
     1. PROVENCE Bertrand,   b. 1050, Arles, Bouches Du Rhone, Provence, France Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1093 (Age 43 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
    Family ID F26488  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 27 Jan 2026 


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