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Garsenda de Provence {PC 187}

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CC Biog comtesse de Provence, mariée en 1192, veuve en 1209-08, religieuse en 1222 (BS 216: entra au couvent de La Celle, cant. Brignolles, Var); BS Garsende de Sabran ou de Forcalquier -- les cansos d'EliasBarj datent de l'epoque de son veuvage; 350 Bruckner {Handbook}: mariée 1193 to Alphonse II count of Provence, widowed 1209-08, took vows 1225 at Abbaye de La Celle; daughter of Garsenda and grand-daughter of Guilhem IV, last particular count of Forcalquier (Bruckner used an art, by Stronski 1907 in RLR 50:5-44 for biographical info)); "Garsenda" was the object of love in vidas of Elias de Barjols and Gui de Cavaillon {PC 206}; Jeanroy 34 I:369, following CC Biogr 350, names Garsenda as daughter of Guilhem IV, married 1192, widowed 1207, took vows 1222; CC Biogr 350 "un couplet adressée vraisemblablement à Gui de Cavaillon"; Bruckner p209 mentions that her anonymous interlocutor is identified as Gui de Cavaillon by a ms. rubric, probably as a result of Gui's vida; Bogin 1976:170 wife of Alphonse II of Provence, whose brother was Pedro II of Aragon; "there is good reason to believe she was a poet" -- her poem appears anonymously in one MS, in the other it is attributed to "la contessa de Proessa"; [by her grandfather] married off in 1193; could not have been born after 1168; her political life as regent of Provence began 1209, lasted until 1217 or 1220 when her son Raimon Berengar IV assumed power; possibly documented in 1257, act of donation to the church of St Jean d'Aix, at which time she would have been in her eighties; BEdT Nomi: Table: Garsenda di Sabran, moglie di Alfonso II, conte di provenza, madre di Raimondo Berengario V; Perkal-B 1986:10, the comtessa de Proensa composed her coblas probably near the turn of the century (XII-XIII); BEdT 1999/07/27 generazione 4= 1190-1235; DBT 200 s.v. Garsenda de Sabran (...1181-1228), historical details; 1225 Benedictine convent La Celle (dep. di Saint-Victor, Marseille), died 1228; her poem {187,1} = (1200-1210 il dialogo in versi con Gui de Cavaillon = ComtProv~GuiCav), appears anonymously in one MS, in the other it is attributed to "la contessa de Proessa";

Attribute Value Notes
Abbreviation, DOMComtProv Text
Abbreviation, FrankCtesseProv TextBEdT, RIALTO
Also known asComtessa de Proensa {PC 187} Person
Created<obras de Garsenda de Provence> (original whole) {PC 187,0} Information
Asserted byEn lisant les Vidas. . . Lumière nouvelle sur les trobairitz {} Information
CreatedVos que.m semblatz dels corals amadors {PC 187,1} Informationco-creator {PC 187,1}
Date, Death
1228/01/01 Date/TimeEarliest
1228/12/31 Date/TimeLatest
Date, Flourished
1180/01/01 Date/TimeBeginning Date, Earliest
1215/12/31 Date/TimeBeginning Date, Latest
1210/01/01 Date/TimeEnding Date, Earliest
1245/12/31 Date/TimeEnding Date, Latest
Name, Full
Comtesse TextHonorific
Garsenda TextFirst
{?} TextSecond
{?} TextOrdinal
de TextParticle
Provence TextPlace
{?} TextEpithet
Name, MonolithicCarsenda TextBS vidas: the same? [p192 "Elias de Barjols" l.10 coms Anfos de Proensa]
Name, MonolithicComtessa de Proensa TextPC
Name, MonolithicComtesse de Provence TextLacurne II, Frank, COM, BYU
Name, MonolithicGarsenda TextBS vidas [p132 "Gui de Cavaillo" l. moiller del comte de Proensa]
Name, MonolithicGarsenda de Forcalquier Text
Name, MonolithicGarsenda de Proença Text
Name, MonolithicGarsenda de Sabran TextDBT 200
Name, MonolithicGarsende de Forcalquier TextCC Biogr 350
Name, MonolithicGräfin von Provence TextPC
Number, ISNI0000 0003 5495 5569 Number
Number, PC187 Number
Parent ofRaimon Berenguier V {PC 184} Personmother/son
Place, Origin
Forcalquier TextCity/Commune
Forcalquier TextArrondissement
Forcalquier TextCounty/Canton
Alpes-de-Haute-Provence (Basses-Alpes) TextDepartement
Provence TextState/Province
France TextCountry
Referred to by<vida de> Elias de Barjols (original whole) {BEdT 132.B} Information
Referred to by<vida de> Gui de Cavaillon (original whole) {BEdT 192.B} Information
Referred to byBiographies (Chabaneau) des troubadours {} Information
Location within Work350 Number
Referred to byDizionario biografico dei trovatori {} InformationDBT 200
Referred to byElias de Barjols {PC 132} Person
Referred to byEn lisant les Vidas. . . Lumière nouvelle sur les trobairitz {} InformationGegou 1983
Referred to byInternational Standard Name Identifier {} Organization
Referred to byThe Minor Trobairitz {} Information68-71
Referred to byThe Trobairitz (Handbook 1995) {} Information

Bruckner {Handbook} 203, 204, 209, 219

Location within Work203 Number
Location within Work204 Number
Location within Work209 Number
Location within Work219 Number
Related toAlfonso II de Provence {} Personwife/husband
Troubadour RoleNoble Textcomtesse de Provence
Troubadour RoleTrobairitz TextXII-XIII
Web URLhttp://troubadours.byu.edu/PC/PC-187/187%20-%20Comtesse%20de%20Provence.htm URL Open

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