Douce I of Provence, Countess of Provence

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She was the daughter of Gilbert I of Gévaudan and Gerberga of Provence and wife of Ramon Berenguer III, Count of Barcelona. In 1112, she inherited the county of Provence through her mother. She married Ramon Berenguer at Arles on 3 February that year.

In 1113, Douce ceded her rights in Provence, Gévaudan, and the viscounty of Millau to her husband. According to a once prevailing opinion, "Provençal troubadours ... entered Catalonia at the time" and even the Catalan language was imported from Provence. It was the beginning of a great scheme to unite various lands on both sides of the Pyrenees.

In reality the marriage gave the House of Barcelona extensive interests in southern France and put it in conflict with the Counts of Toulouse, with whom a partition of Provence was signed in 1125, shortly before Douce's death. Her death inaugurated a period of instability in Provence. A branch of the House of Barcelona was set up to rule, but a disputed succession opened up wars between 1144 through 1162, which terminated in Provençal victory.

Her children with Ramon Berenguer were:

1. Almodis, married Ponce de Cervera

2. Berenguela (1116-1149), married Alfonso VII of Castile

3. Ramon Berenguer (1113-1162), Count of Barcelona

4. Berenguer Ramon (c. 1115-1144), Count of Provence

Douce married Ramon Berenguer, III of Barcelona, Count of Barcelona, Girona, and Ausona , and Count of Provence. Ramon was born 11 Nov 1082, Rodez, Toulouse, France; died 19 Aug 1131, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain; was buried , Santa Maria de Ripoll, Ripoll, Provincia de Girona, Catalonia, Spain. [Group Sheet]

1. Berenguela (Berengaria) of Barcelona, Queen of Castille, León and Galicia was born ca 1116, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain; died 15 Jan 1149, Palencia, Castile and León, Spain; was buried , Cathedral of Santiago de Compostela Santiago de Compostela Provincia da La Coruña Galicia, Spain.