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Birth:          1090 of Gevaudan, Essonne, France
Death:          1127 

Notes
heiress of Provence-Arles
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Douce_I,_Countess_of_Provence
Douce I (also Dulcia or Dolça, called "of Rouergue" or "of Gévaudan") (c.?1090 – 
1127) was the daughter of Gilbert I of Gévaudan and Gerberga of Provence and wife 
of Ramon Berenguer III, Count of Barcelona. In 1112, she inherited the county of 
Provence through her mother. She married Ramon Berenguer at Arles on 3 February 
that year.

In 1113, Douce ceded her rights in Provence, Gévaudan, and the viscounty of Millau 
to her husband. According to a once prevailing opinion, "Provençal troubadours ... 
entered Catalonia at the time" and even the Catalan language was imported from 
Provence.[1] According to nationalist historians it was the beginning of l'engrandiment 
occitànic (the Occitan aggrandisement): a great scheme to unite various lands on both 
sides of the Pyrenees.[2]

In reality the marriage gave the House of Barcelona extensive interests in Occitania 
and put it in conflict with the Counts of Toulouse, with whom a partition of Provence 
was signed in 1125, shortly before Douce's death. Her death inaugurated a period of 
instability in Provence. A cadet branch of the House of Barcelona was set up to rule, 
but a disputed succession opened up the Baussenque Wars (1144–1162), which 
terminated in Provençal victory.

Her children with Ramon Berenguer were:
Almodis, married Ponce de Cervera
Berenguela (1116–1149), married Alfonso VII of Castile
Ramon Berenguer (1113–1162), Count of Barcelona
Berenguer Ramon (c. 1115–1144), Count of Provence
Bernard, died young

Parents
MILHAUD Gilbert (ABT 1055 - 1108)
____ Gerberga (ABT 1057 - 1115)

Siblings
DI GIEVAUDUN (MILHAUD) Douce (Dulce) Aldonza (1090 - 1127)

Marriage To BERENGER Raymond (Raimund) III (IV) "el Grande" (11 Nov 1082 - 19 Jun 1131)
    m. 3 Feb 1112 Arles, Provence

Notes

Parents
BERENGER Raymond (Raimund) II (III) "Cabeza de Estope" (ABT 1053 - 5 Dec 1082)
D'APULIA Mathilda (Maud) (ABT 1058 - ABT 1112)

Children by BERENGER Raymond (Raimund) III (IV) "el Grande" 11 Nov 1082 - 19 Jun 1131
____ Raymond (Ramon) Berenguer IV (1113 - 6 Aug 1162)
DE BARCELONA Berengaria (Berenguela) Raimundo (ABT 1116 - 2 Feb 1149)

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