Back بوسو من بروفانس Arabic بوسو من بروفانس ARZ Бозон Виенски Bulgarian Boso Provansalski BS Bosó de Provença Catalan Boso af Provence Danish Boso von Vienne German Μπόζο της Προβηγκίας Greek Bosón de Provenza Spanish Boson de Provence French
| Boso of Provence | |
|---|---|
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| King of Provence | |
| Reign | 879–887 |
| Predecessor | Louis the Stammerer |
| Successor | Louis the Blind |
| Born | c. 841 |
| Died | 11 January 887 |
| Spouse | Ermengard of Italy |
| Dynasty | Bivinids Bosonids (maternal) |
| Father | Bivin of Gorze |
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Boso of Provence (French: Boson; c. 841 – 11 January 887) was the first non-Carolingian pretender to the royal throne of West Francia in 879, who failed to achieve wider recognition, being accepted only in Lower Burgundy and Provence, where he ruled as king from 879 to 887.[1][2] Already by 882, he lost much of his Burgundian domains, and had to retreat to his remaining possessions in Provence.[3][4] By ancestry, he was a Frankish nobleman of the Bosonid family, who was related to the Carolingian dynasty and previously served as a count in several south-eastern counties of the West Frankish realm.[5]
In historiography, he is stilled as King of Burgundy or King of Provence.
- ^ Bouchard 1988, p. 407-431.
- ^ MacLean 2001, p. 21-48.
- ^ McKitterick 1983, p. 261.
- ^ MacLean 2003, p. 21-22.
- ^ Bouchard 1988: "His mother's father, Boso, provided a daughter, Tetburgis/Teutberga, Boso's aunt, to be wife of Lothair II."