Garsenda, Countess of Forcalquier, the Glossary
Garsenda (Garsende; c. 1180 – c. 1242/1257) was the Countess of Provence as the wife of Alfonso II from 1193 and the Countess of Forcalquier in her own right from 1209, which was subsequently united with that of Provence.[1]
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34 relations: Aix-en-Provence, Alfonso II, Count of Provence, Ansouis, Beatrice of England, Chansonnier, Cobla esparsa, County of Forcalquier, Crown of Aragon, Elias de Barjols, Garsenda I of Forcalquier, Gaston VII, Viscount of Béarn, Gui de Cavalhon, Henry III of England, House of Sabran, La Celle, Var, List of rulers of Provence, Louis Blancard, Lyric poetry, Nuño Sánchez, Occitan literature, Peter II of Aragon, Raimon Vidal de Bezaudun, Rainou of Sabran, Ramon Berenguer V, Count of Provence, Regent, Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Aix, Sancho, Count of Provence, Sisteron, Tenso, Trobairitz, Troubadour, Vida (Occitan literary form), William II, Viscount of Béarn, William IV of Forcalquier.
- 13th-century French women writers
- 13th-century composers
- 13th-century countesses consort
- 13th-century women composers
- Countesses of Provence
- Counts of Forcalquier
- House of Sabran
- Medieval women poets
- Trobairitz
Aix-en-Provence
Aix-en-Provence, or simply Aix (Occitan: Ais de Provença), is a city and commune in southern France, about north of Marseille.
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Alfonso II, Count of Provence
Alfonso II (1180 – 2 February 1209) was the second son of Alfonso II of Aragon (who was Alfonso I of Provence) and Sancha of Castile.
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Ansouis
Ansouis (Ansoís) is a commune in the Vaucluse department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region in southeastern France.
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Beatrice of England
Beatrice of England (25 June 1242 – 24 March 1275) was a member of the House of Plantagenet, the daughter of Henry III of England and Eleanor of Provence.
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Chansonnier
A chansonnier (cançoner, cançonièr, Galician and cancioneiro, canzoniere or canzoniéro, cancionero) is a manuscript or printed book which contains a collection of chansons, or polyphonic and monophonic settings of songs, hence literally "song-books"; however, some manuscripts are called chansonniers even though they preserve the text but not the music, for example, the Cancioneiro da Vaticana and Cancioneiro da Biblioteca Nacional, which contain the bulk of Galician-Portuguese lyrics.
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Cobla esparsa
A cobla esparsa (literally meaning "scattered stanza") in Old Occitan is the name used for a single-stanza poem in troubadour poetry.
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County of Forcalquier
The County of Forcalquier was a large medieval county in the region of Provence in the Kingdom of Arles, then part of the Holy Roman Empire. Garsenda, Countess of Forcalquier and county of Forcalquier are counts of Forcalquier.
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Crown of Aragon
The Crown of AragonCorona d'Aragón;Corona d'Aragó,;Corona de Aragón;Corona Aragonum.
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Elias de Barjols
Elias de Barjols (fl. 1191–1230Gaunt and Kay, 283.) was a bourgeois Aquitainian troubadour who established himself in Provence and retired a monk. Garsenda, Countess of Forcalquier and Elias de Barjols are 13th-century French troubadours and 13th-century deaths.
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Garsenda I of Forcalquier
Garsenda I of Forcalquier (died before 1193) was the daughter of William of Urgell, wife of Rainou of Sabran, and mother of Garsenda II, Countess of Forcalquier.
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Gaston VII, Viscount of Béarn
Gaston VII de Montcada (Guasto de Biarde; 1225 – 26 April 1290), called Froissard, was the twentieth Viscount of Béarn from 1229.
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Gui de Cavalhon
Gui de Cavalhon, Cavaillo, or Gavaillo (fl. 1200–1229) was a Provençal nobleman: a diplomat, warrior, and man of letters. Garsenda, Countess of Forcalquier and Gui de Cavalhon are 13th-century French troubadours.
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Henry III of England
Henry III (1 October 1207 – 16 November 1272), also known as Henry of Winchester, was King of England, Lord of Ireland, and Duke of Aquitaine from 1216 until his death in 1272.
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House of Sabran
The House of Sabran was an illustrious Provençal family whose bloodline was extinguished in 1847Henri Jougla de Morenas "Grand Armorial de France" tome 6, page 110-111.
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La Celle, Var
La Celle (La Cèla) is a commune in the Var department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region in southeastern France.
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List of rulers of Provence
The land of Provence has a history quite separate from that of any of the larger nations of Europe.
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Louis Blancard
Louis Blancard (22 September 1831, Marseille – 27 October 1902, Marseille, aged 71) was a 19th-century French archivist and numismatist.
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Lyric poetry
Modern lyric poetry is a formal type of poetry which expresses personal emotions or feelings, typically spoken in the first person.
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Nuño Sánchez
Nuño Sánchez (Nunó, Nunyó, or Nunyo Sanç, Nuno Sanche) (1185 – 1242) was a nobleman and statesman in the Crown of Aragon. Garsenda, Countess of Forcalquier and Nuño Sánchez are 1180s births.
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Occitan literature
Occitan literature (referred to in older texts as Provençal literature) is a body of texts written in Occitan, mostly in the south of France.
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Peter II of Aragon
Peter II the Catholic (July 1178 – 12 September 1213) was the King of Aragon and Count of Barcelona from 1196 to 1213.
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Raimon Vidal de Bezaudun
Raimon Vidal de Bezaudu(n) (Catalan: Ramon Vidal de Besalú) (flourished early 13th century) was a Catalan troubadour from Besalú.
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Rainou of Sabran
Rainou of Sabran (c. 1155 – 1224) (also Rainon II or Rénier II) was the Count of Forcalquier, Lord of Caylar and Ansouis, and a member of the noble House of Sabran. Garsenda, Countess of Forcalquier and Rainou of Sabran are House of Sabran.
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Ramon Berenguer V, Count of Provence
Ramon Berenguer V (Raimond-Bérenger; 1198 – 19 August 1245) was a member of the House of Barcelona who ruled as count of Provence and Forcalquier.
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Regent
In a monarchy, a regent is a person appointed to govern a state for the time being because the actual monarch is a minor, absent, incapacitated or unable to discharge their powers and duties, or the throne is vacant and a new monarch has not yet been determined.
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Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Aix
The Archdiocese of Aix-en-Provence and Arles (Latin: Archidioecesis Aquensis in Gallia et Arelatensis; French: Archidiocèse d'Aix-en-Provence et Arles; Occitan Provençal: Archidiocèsi de Ais de Provença e Arle or Archidioucèsi de z'Ais e Arle) is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory or archdiocese of the Catholic Church in France.
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Sancho, Count of Provence
Sancho (died 1223), also spelled Sanç or Sanche, was a Catalano-Aragonese nobleman and statesman, the youngest son of Queen Petronilla of Aragon and Count Raymond Berengar IV of Barcelona.
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Sisteron
Sisteron (Sisteroun; from Sestaron) is a commune in the Alpes-de-Haute-Provence department, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, southeastern France.
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Tenso
A tenso (tençon) is a style of troubadour song.
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Trobairitz
The trobairitz were Occitan female troubadours of the 12th and 13th centuries, active from around 1170 to approximately 1260. Garsenda, Countess of Forcalquier and trobairitz are 13th-century composers and medieval women poets.
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Troubadour
A troubadour (trobador archaically: -->) was a composer and performer of Old Occitan lyric poetry during the High Middle Ages (1100–1350).
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Vida (Occitan literary form)
Vida is the usual term for a brief prose biography, written in Old Occitan, of a troubadour or trobairitz.
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William II, Viscount of Béarn
Guillem Ramon de Moncada or Guillermo II de Bearn (died 1229) was, from 1224 until his death, Lord of Montcada and Castellví de Rosanes (in Catalonia) and, as Guillermo II, Viscount of Bearn, of Marsan, of Gabardan and of Brulhois (in the southwest of present-day France).
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William IV of Forcalquier
William IV, Count of Forcalquier (Guillaume IV d'Urgell ou Guillaume II de Forcalquier; 1130–1208) was the son of Bertrand I, Count of Forcalquier and Josserande de la Flotte. Garsenda, Countess of Forcalquier and William IV of Forcalquier are counts of Forcalquier.
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See also
13th-century French women writers
- Agnes d'Harcourt
- Castelloza
- Clara d'Anduza
- Dame Margot (trouvère)
- Dame Maroie
- Dame de Gosnai
- Garsenda, Countess of Forcalquier
- Gormonda de Monpeslier
- Lombarda
- Lorete
- Marguerite d'Oingt
- Sainte des Prez
13th-century composers
- Alfonso X of Castile
- Castelloza
- Dame Maroie
- Dame de Gosnai
- Domoslav
- Garsenda, Countess of Forcalquier
- Gertrude of Dagsburg
- Gormonda de Monpeslier
- Goswin of Bossut
- Mekhitar of Ayrivank
- Trobairitz
- W. de Wycombe
13th-century countesses consort
- Adelaide of Brabant
- Adelaide of Cleves
- Adelaide, Countess of Burgundy
- Agnes of Faucigny
- Agnese Ghisi
- Alice of Armenia
- Beatrice of Savoy, Dame of Faucigny
- Blanche of Artois
- Catherine of Clermont
- Cecile of Baux
- Constance of Béarn
- Eleanor, Countess of Vermandois
- Elvira of Subirats
- Ermengarde of Limburg
- Ermessenda de Castellbò
- Garsenda, Countess of Forcalquier
- Gertrude of Dagsburg
- Isabella of Angoulême
- Joan, Countess of Blois
- Joan, Countess of Rethel
- Lucia of Segni
- Margaret of Béarn
- Margaret of Bourbon, Queen of Navarre
- Margaret, Countess of Blois
- Margaret, Marchioness of Namur
- Maria of Montpellier
- Marie of Champagne
- Martha, Viscountess of Marsan
- Mary of Hungary, Queen of Naples
- Matilda I, Countess of Nevers
- Matilda II, Countess of Boulogne
- Matilda of Amboise
- Matilda of Brabant, Countess of Holland
- Petronella of Courtrai
- Petronilla, Countess of Bigorre
- Sibylla of Armenia
- Sybille of Bâgé
- Yolande II, Countess of Nevers
- Yolande of Brittany
13th-century women composers
- Castelloza
- Dame Maroie
- Dame de Gosnai
- Garsenda, Countess of Forcalquier
- Gertrude of Dagsburg
- Gormonda de Monpeslier
Countesses of Provence
- Adelaide-Blanche of Anjou
- Beatrice of Savoy
- Ermengarde of Burgundy
- Garsenda, Countess of Forcalquier
- Isabella, Duchess of Lorraine
- Jeanne de Laval
- List of Provençal royal consorts
- Margaret of Savoy, Duchess of Anjou
- Marie Joséphine of Savoy
- Marie of Blois, Duchess of Anjou
- Mary of Hungary, Queen of Naples
- Richeza of Poland, Queen of Castile
- Sancia of Majorca
- Yolande of Aragon
Counts of Forcalquier
- Adelaide of Forcalquier
- Bertrand I of Forcalquier
- Bertrand II of Forcalquier
- County of Forcalquier
- Garsenda, Countess of Forcalquier
- Louis I of Anjou
- Louis III of Anjou
- William III of Forcalquier
- William IV of Forcalquier
House of Sabran
- Delphine de Custine
- Delphine of Glandèves
- Elzéar of Sabran
- Françoise Eléonore Dejean de Manville
- Garsenda, Countess of Forcalquier
- Ghibbelin of Arles
- House of Sabran
- Louis de Sabran
- Rainou of Sabran
Medieval women poets
- 'A'isha al-Ba'uniyya
- Al-Fari'ah bint Shaddad
- Al-Hujayjah
- Al-Hurqah
- Al-Khansa'
- Al-Khirniq bint Badr
- Asma bint Marwan
- Battista Malatesta
- Christine de Pizan
- Clara d'Anduza
- Comtessa de Dia
- Dame Margot (trouvère)
- Dame Maroie
- Dame de Gosnai
- Elpis (wife of Boethius)
- Eucheria
- Fatima al-Suqutriyya
- Garsenda, Countess of Forcalquier
- Gunnhild, Mother of Kings
- Gwerful Fychan
- Gwerful Mechain
- Hadewijch
- Hildr Hrólfsdóttir
- Hind bint al-Khuss
- Hrotsvitha
- Inan bint Abdallah
- Iseut de Capio
- Jórunn skáldmær
- Lorete
- Lubna of Córdoba
- Marie de France
- Medieval Arabic female poets
- Qutayla ukht al-Nadr
- Sainte des Prez
- Saionji Kishi
- Sarah of Yemen
- Steinunn Refsdóttir
- Trobairitz
- Zaynab al-Mariyya
Trobairitz
- Alais, Yselda, and Carenza
- Alamanda de Castelnau
- Almucs de Castelnau
- Azalais d'Altier
- Azalais de Porcairagues
- Bieiris de Romans
- Castelloza
- Clara d'Anduza
- Comtessa de Dia
- Gaia da Camino
- Garsenda, Countess of Forcalquier
- Gormonda de Monpeslier
- Guillelma de Rosers
- Iseut de Capio
- Lisa de Londres
- List of troubadours and trobairitz
- Lombarda
- María Pérez Balteira
- Maria de Ventadorn
- Tibors de Sarenom
- Trobairitz
- Ysabella (trobairitz)
References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Garsenda,_Countess_of_Forcalquier
Also known as Garsenda de Forcalquier, Garsenda de Proensa, Garsenda de Proença, Garsenda de Sabran, Garsenda of Forcalquier, Garsenda of Provence, Garsenda of Sabran, Garsende II of Sabran, Garsende de Sabran, Garsinde of Sabran, Gersende de Forcalquier, Gersende de Sabran, Gersende of Forcalquier, Gersende of Sabran, Gersende of Urgel.