Gerberga, Countess of Provence

Gerberga (1045/65–1115), also spelled Gerberge or Gerburge, was the Countess of Provence for more than a decade, until 1112.

Countess Gerberga was a daughter of Geoffrey I of Provence and his wife Etiennette of Marseille.

[2] He participated in the Crusades, donating many relics from the Middle East to churches in Provence.

[4] In 1112, her eldest daughter Douce was married to Raymond Berengar III of Barcelona at which point Provence was ceded to him.

[5] Her second daughter, Stephanie, would lay claim to the county and thus precipitate the Baussenque Wars in 1144.