Rotbold II, Count of Provence explained

Rotbold II, Count of Provence
Noble Family:	Bosonids
Father:	Rotbold I of Provence
Mother:	Emilde of Gévaudan
Spouse:	Ermengarde of Burgundy
Issue:	Hugh William III Emma
Death Date:	1014 or 1015

Rotbold II (also Rothbold, Rotbald, Rodbald, Roubaud, or Rotbaud) (died 1014 or 1015) was the Count and Margrave of Provence from 1008 to his death. He was the only son of Rotbold I and Emilde, daughter of Stephen, Viscount of Gévaudan. He inherited all his father's titles on his death in 1008. He is an obscure person, difficult to differentiate from his father.

Family

Rotbald married Ermengarde of Burgundy. By her he left two sons and a daughter:

• Hugh
  • William III of Provence Emma, who married William III Taillefer, Count of Toulouse, and thus brought the margravial title in Provence to the House of Rouergue.^[1]

His widow Ermengard married Rudolf III of Burgundy and she died .^[2]

Notes and References

1. [Honoré Bouche]
2. Detlev Schwennicke, Europäische Stammtafeln: Stammtafeln zur Geschichte der Europäischen Staaten, Neue Folge, Band II (Marburg, Germany: Verlag von J. A. Stargardt, 1984), Tafel 187