She was born in La Flotte, which is a commune on the Île de Ré, an island in the Atlantic Ocean off the midwestern coast of France.
Some sources state that the marriage date was in 1135, yet it is a disgrace for a countess to bear a child to a count illegitimately.
Since her first child with Bertrand I was born in 1130 and he is listed as legitimate heir, this would show that their marriage must have been before 1130.
She would go on to bear three other children, a son, Bertrand II (1135–1207), and daughters Alix (1150–1219) and Azalais.
But whatever it may be, this family of Flotte is very old in Provence and there is a great appearance which she defends of Arnaud Flotte, who, in the year 1150, is named among the Gentishommes of the country, who followed the party of Count Raimond Berenger, against the Princess Etiennette des Baux, called Jofferande Fleet epousa Bertrand second, Earl of Forcalquier ... "