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Counts, within the Empire

It was in the aftermath of the death of Louis the Blind that Provence began to be ruled by local counts placed under the authority of a margrave. Firstly, Hugh of Arles served as duke and regent during Louis' long blindness. Secondly, Hugh gave the march of Vienne and duchy of Provence to Rudolf II of Burgundy in a treaty of 933. Rudolf was never recognised by the nobles of the country and instead appointed Hugh, Duke of Burgundy, its first margrave.

At the time, the premier counts in the region were the counts of Arles and those of Avignon. From Rotbold I of Arles descended the family members of which would first bear the title comes Provinciae or "count of Provence." William I and Rotbold II did not divide their father's domains and this indivisibility was maintained by their respective descendants. It is thus impossible to ascertain who succeeded whom in the county as various reigns overlap. The margravial title also continued in their family until it passed to Bertrand, Count of Toulouse in 1062.

First dynasty

Descendants of Rotbold I

• Rotbold I (d. ~949)
  • Boso (d. ~967), Count of Arles
    • William II (952 - 993) "the Liberator", Count of Provence, Margrave of Provence 975-993
      • William III (d. 1018), Count of Provence
        • William IV (d. 1030), Count of Provence
        • Fulk Bertrand (d. 1051), Count of Provence, Margrave of Provence 1037-1051
          • William VI Bertrand (d. ~1067), Count of Provence, Margrave of Provence, Count of Forcalquier
          • Geoffrey II (d. 1067), Count of Provence, Margrave of Provence
        • Geoffrey I (d. ~1061), Count of Provence, Margrave of Provence 1051-1062
          • Bertrand II (d. 1093), Count of Provence, Margrave of Provence 1062-1094; march passed to Raymond IV, Count of Toulouse
          • Gerberga (~1080 - ~1118), Countess of Provence (parentage uncertain, may be a granddaughter of Geoffrey I)
            • Douce I (~1100 - ~1130), Countess of Provence; m. Ramon Berenguer III, Count of Barcelona 1112, county ceded to him in 1113
    • Rotbold II (d. 1008), Count of Provence, Margrave of Provence 993-1014
      • Emma (~975 - 1062), Countess of Provence; m. William III Taillefer, Count of Toulouse
      • William V (d. ~1037), Count of Provence, Margrave of Provence 1014-1037
  • William [I] (d. ~965), Count of Avignon

Margraves

• 975–993 William I
• 993–1008(14?) Rotbold II
• 1008–1014 Rotbold III - Rotbold III may not be a distinct person
• 1014–1037 William V
• 1037–1051 Fulk Bertrand
• 1051–1062 Geoffrey I
• 1062–1094 William Bertrand
• 1094–1105 Raymond IV, Count of Toulouse

Counts

• Boso II of Arles

• 961–1008 Rotbold II

• 1008–1014 Rotbold III
• 1014–1037 William III
• 1037–1062 Emma

• 968–993 William I

• 994–1018 William II

• 1018–1030 William IV
• 1032–1062 Geoffrey I

• 1062–1093 Bertrand II
• 1063–1067 Geoffrey II
• 1093–1112 Gerberga

• 1112–1127 Douce I

• 1018–1051 Fulk Bertrand

• 1051–1094 William Bertrand

Gerberga died in 1112, passing the county to her daughter Douce I, whose husband, Ramon Berenguer III, Count of Barcelona, thus became Ramon Berenguer I of Provence.