Gerberga, Countess of Provence

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| name = Gerberga

| title = Countess of Provence

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| noble family = Bosonids

| father = Geoffrey I of Provence

| mother = Etiennette

| spouse = Gilbert I of Gévaudan

| issue = Douce I, Countess of Provence

| birth_date = {{circa|1060}}

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| death_date = 1115

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Gerberga (1045/65–1115), also spelled Gerberge or Gerburge, was the Countess of Provence for more than a decade, until 1112. Provence is a region located in the southeastern part of modern-day France that did not become part of France until 1481 (well after Gerberga's time).

Countess Gerberga was a daughter of Geoffrey I of Provence and his wife Etiennette of Marseille.{{sfn|de Manteyer|1908|p=298}} She became Countess of Provence upon the death of her brother, Bertrand II, in 1093.

She and her husband, Gilbert I of Gévaudan, were considered virtuous.Fouque, Claude. [https://books.google.com/books?id=b4_NAAAAMAAJ&dq=gilbert+gevaudan+1108+provence&pg=PA346 Fastes de la Provence ancienne et moderne: Contenant l'histoire politique, civile, héroi'que et religieuse de ses principales villes], Volume 1 , p. 346 (Barile et Boulouch, 1838). He participated in the Crusades, donating many relics from the Middle East to churches in Provence.Cook, Theodore. [https://books.google.com/books?id=IV4mjCvJY7oC&pg=PA205 Old Provence], p. 205 (Interlink Books, 1905). Gilbert later died in 1108. Gerberga then took control of the government, and is said to have ruled wisely.Clement, Francois. [https://books.google.com/books?id=1YJEAAAAcAAJ&dq=gilbert+gerburge+provence&pg=PA436 L' Art De Vérifier Les Dates Des Faits Historiques, Des Chartes, Des Chroniques, Et Autres Anciens Monumens, Depuis La Naissance De Notre-Seigneur], p. 436 (Jombert, 1784). In 1112, her eldest daughter Douce was married to Raymond Berengar III of Barcelona at which point Provence was ceded to him.{{sfn|Cheyette|1999|p=154-155}} Her second daughter, Stephanie, would lay claim to the county and thus precipitate the Baussenque Wars in 1144.