Queens, countesses, and duchesses consort of the Kingdom, County, Duchy of Provence include:
Queen of Provence
- See: List of Frankish queens and List of Burgundian queens.
After the division of the Carolingian Empire by the Treaty of Verdun (843), the first of the fraternal rulers of the three kingdoms to die was Lothair I, who divided his middle kingdom in accordance with the custom of the Franks between his three sons. Out of this division came the Kingdom of Provence, given to Lothair's youngest son, Charles. A heritage of royal rule was thus inaugurated in Provence that, though it was often subsumed into one of its larger neighbouring kingdoms, it was just as often proclaiming its own sovereigns.
In 933, Provence ceases to be a separate kingdom as Hugh exchanged it with Rudolph II of Upper Burgundy for the Iron Crown of Lombardy, that is, rule of Italy.
In 1032 the kingdom of Burgundy and Provence was incorporated into the Holy Roman Empire as a third kingdom, the Kingdom of Burgundy (later also known as Kingdom of Arles), with the King of Germany or Emperor as King of Burgundy.
Countess of Provence
House of Provence, 961–1127
House of Barcelona, 1127–1267
Capetian House of Anjou, 1267–1382
House of Valois-Anjou, 1382–1481
Courtesy title
Margravine of Provence
- See: List of Toulousain consorts.
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