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• FSID: LYB4-75S
• Alternate Birth: 935, Arles, Bouches-du-Rhône, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France
• Alternate Birth: 935, Arles, Bouches-du-Rhône, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France

Notes:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Constantine_of_Vienne

Charles-Constantine (died 962) was the Count of Vienne and son of Louis the Blind, the latter of whom was King of Provence and Holy Roman Emperor.

Life[edit]
When Charles' father Louis died in 929, Hugh of Arles, who was already king of Italy, took over Provence and gave it, in 933, to King Rudolf II of Burgundy.[1] Charles-Constantine for whatever reason, did not inherit the imperial throne or Provence.[2] This has led many to believe he was, in fact, illegitimate.[3] He was awarded the county of the Viennois in 931, by Rudolph of France.[4]
He was married to Thiberge de Troyes.[4] They had two sons:
• Richard[4]
• Hubert[4]
and possibly a daughter:
• Constance of Vienne, married to Boson II count of Arles.
Name and ancestry[edit]
This count appears simply as "Carolus" (Charles) in his own charters.[5] Flodoard, writing his annals during the count's lifetime, called him Karolo Constantino Ludovici orbi filii (Charles Constantine, son of Louis the Blind), and this added byname also appears in the writings of 10th-century historian Richerus, who used Flodoard as a source.[5][6] The implications of this byname, Constantine, have been subject to debate. Poole considered it a toponymic name of Flodoard's devising, reference to Arles (sometimes called Constantina urbs),[5] but Previté-Orton sees in it a reference to his parentage.[7] A surviving letter by Patriarch Nicholas I Mystikos testifies that Emperor Leo VI the Wise of Byzantium, father of Constantine VII, had betrothed his daughter to a Frank prince, a cousin of Bertha (of Tuscany), to whom came later a great misfortune. That unfortunate prince could only be Louis III, whose mother Ermengard of Italy was a first cousin of Bertha, and who was blinded on 21 July 905, while the prospective bride would have been Emperor Leo's only surviving daughter at that time, Anna, born to his second wife Zoe Zaoutzaina.[7] Charles Constantine would thus have been given names reflecting his paternal and maternal imperial heritage.[8] However, it is still questioned whether the planned marriage ever took place,[9] and there are chronological difficulties (not insurmountable in the opinion of Previté-Orton) in making Anna the mother of Charles Constantine.[7]  Richerus suggested that the ancestry of Charles Constantine was tainted by illegitimacy back to five generations,[7] although the meaning of this is disputed.

Constance married d'Arles, Boson II in 953 in France. Boson was born in 920 in Rhône, Rhône-Alpes, France; died in Jul 965 in Rhône, Rhône-Alpes, France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. de Provence, WIlliam I was born in 955 in Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France; died on 29 Aug 993 in Avignon, Vaucluse, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France; was buried after 29 Aug 993 in Sarrians, Vaucluse, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France.

Other Events and Attributes:

• Appointments / Titles: Comte de Vienne
• FSID: G8XV-QXF
• Appointments / Titles: Between 928 and 930; Count

Notes:

https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles-Constantin_de_Vienne

Charles-Constantin de Vienne est un comte de Viennois. Charles Constantin est le fils de Louis III l'Aveugle et d'Anne de Constantinople.

Charles married de Troyes, Teutberga. Teutberga (daughter of Sens, Garnier and Bosonid, Thietburge) was born in 903 in Troyes, Aube, Champagne-Ardenne, France; died on 14 Feb 961 in Troyes, Aube, Champagne-Ardenne, France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• FSID: G9TH-6YX

Other Events and Attributes:

• Appointments / Titles: Bourgogne, France; King of Basse Bourgogne
• FSID: 99Y7-Y7P
• Life Event: 21 Jul 905; Blinded by King Berengar of Friuli

Louis married de Constantinople, Anne. Anne (daughter of Macedonicos, Emperor Leo VI and Karbonopsina, Zoe) was born in 880 in Istanbul, Istanbul, Turkey; died in 901 in Arles, Bouches-du-Rhône, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Appointments / Titles: Istanbul, Istanbul, Turkey; Princess of The Byzantine Empire
• FSID: L8YR-PKK

Other Events and Attributes:

• FSID: GDTQ-ZRD

Garnier married Bosonid, Thietburge. Thietburge was born on 30 Sep 881 in Arles, Bouches-du-Rhône, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France; died on 30 Sep 948 in Troyes, Aube, Champagne-Ardenne, France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• FSID: G8WY-DDP

Notes:

Parents are UNKNOWN. Tescenda and Garnier had ONE child, Roscille.

https://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/FRANKISH%20NOBILITY.htm#_Toc371156049

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• FSID: 9KZ2-PL4
• Name: Boson de Provence Roi de Bourgogne Cisjurane
• Birth: 840, Metz, Moselle, Lorraine, France
• Appointments / Titles: 876; Governor in Italy with the title of Duke
• Appointments / Titles: 15 Oct 879, Mantaille, Drôme, Rhône-Alpes, France; King Boson
• Death: 11 Jan 887, Isère, Rhône-Alpes, France

Notes:

Boson son of Buvinus by Richildis
https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boson_de_Provence
Laatste wijziging: 8 december 2021

Boson de Provence 1 or Boson V de Provence 2 (lat. Boso 1 ) is the son of Bivin de Gorze 3 , also known as Bivin de Vienne, he married in 876 Ermengarde , daughter of Emperor Louis II the Younger 4 . His sister Richilde d'Ardennes is first the concubine and finally the second wife in 870 of Charles II the Bald , King of West Francia and Emperor of the Westwho grants his brother-in-law Boson many favors, including the abbey of Saint-Maurice d'Agaune which had been owned by his maternal uncle Hucbert 4 . Through his excellent family relations, Boson reached high office before emancipating himself by being crowned king of Provence . He is named Boson V by the genealogists of the Bosonides.

A relative of Charles II the Bald

In the fall of 870 , Boson was the executor of Duke Gérard II of Paris , along with the Marquis Bernard of Gothie [ref. necessary]. That same year, he received the administration of the county of Troyes 5.

In January 871 , Charles II the Bald appointed him Duke of Lyonnais and Viennois (Bourgogne Cisjurane), in succession to Girart de Vienne 6.

In 872 , Charles the Bald appointed him advisor 7 to his son Louis le Bègue , king of Aquitaine since 867 . Appointed count of Bourges , chamberlain and master of bailiffs 7 , Boson received the functions of Count Gérard d'Auvergne (son of Gérard d'Auvergne who died in 841 during the battle of Fontenoy-en-Puisaye ), deposed by the king.

In 875 , on the death of Emperor Louis II the Younger , Boson accompanied King Charles II the Bald who left for Italy to receive the title of emperor from Pope John VIII . The new emperor, Charles, appoints his brother-in-law, duke in Italy, and duke of Provence .

In February 876 or September 877 8, in Pavia , Charles the Bald before leaving for the kingdom of France , appointed Boson viceroy of the kingdom of Italy . That same year in Rome, he married Ermengarde , the only daughter of the deceased Emperor Louis II the Younger 8 .

In March 877, Boson returned to France, recalled by Charles II the Bald. The latter then says the Italian kingdom and duchy of Provence to Abbot Hugh , son of Conrad I st of Burgundy and nephew of the Empress Judith of Bavaria , wife of Emperor Louis the Pious and associates Richard the Justice , brother of Boson 9 . That same year, on the death of his uncle, Count Ecchard , Boson received the county of Mâcon and the county of Chalon. With its two new strongholds, Boson is now master of almost the entire Rhône valley (Viennois and Lyonnais), the Saône valley (Mâconnais and Chalonnais) and Provence.

Boson married de Italy, Queen of Burgundy Ermengarde in 876. Ermengarde (daughter of of Bavaria, Ludwig II and d'Alsazia, Engelberga) was born in 852 in Bas-Rhin, Alsace, France; died on 2 Jun 896 in Vienne, Isère, Rhône-Alpes, France; was buried after 2 Jun 896. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Appointments / Titles: Regent of Bavaria during minority of son Henry the Wrangler
• House: Liutpolding
• FSID: GMJ7-4VN

Notes:

http://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/ITALY,%20Kings%20to%20962.htm#Ermengardisdied896

Ermengarde is the second daughter of the Western Emperor Louis II the Younger and Engelberge.

Ermengarde (852 / 855-896 in Vienna 1 ) is the second daughter of the Western Emperor Louis II the Younger and Engelberge .

Summary
1 Biography
1.1 Boson's wife
1.2 Regent of the Kingdom of Provence
2 Offspring
3 Notes and references
4 See as well
4.1 Sources and bibliography
4.2 external links
Biography
Boson's wife
In 876 , she married, Duke Boson V of Provence - with Ermengarde, a branch of the Carolingians was founded in the Bosonides - and gave him two daughters and a son, Louis , future emperor of the West .

In May 878 , Pope John VIII, threatened by the Saracens and Italian nobles, took refuge in Arles with her and her husband, Duke Boson.

After the coup d'état of Boson in October 879 , she participated in the defense of Provence against the attempts of the Carolingian kings to reconquer . At the end of 880 , she successfully defended the city of Vienne , in the Rhône valley , capital of the kingdom of Burgondia that her husband Boson had tried to restore, and besieged by the troops of the alliance of the Carolingian kings Charles III the Fat , Louis III of France and Carloman II of France .

In August 881 , during the second siege of Vienna , the troops of Charles III the Fat , newly elected West Germanic Emperor , succeeded in taking the city which was pillaged and burned down. Richard the Justice , brother of Boson, then takes under his protection his sister-in-law and his niece and takes them to Autun , while her husband Boson takes refuge in Provence.

His genealogy on the FMG website [ archive ]
René Poupardin , The Kingdom of Provence under the Carolingians , p. 162-163.
See also
Sources and bibliography
René Poupardin , The Kingdom of Provence under the Carolingians , Lafitte Reprints, 1974.
External links
Notices in general dictionaries or encyclopedias :Dizionario biografico degli italiani [ archive ]Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana [ archive ]
(en) Charles Cawley, “ Italy, emperors & kings - Chapter 4. Kins of Italy 774-887 (Carolingians) ” [ archive ] , at fmg.ac/MedLands (Foundation for Medieval Genealogy) (consulted inapril 2020) , including the dedicated leaflet [ archive ]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Nickname: The Wise
• FSID: L5P9-K8Y
• Appointments / Titles: 886; Emperor of the Byzantine Empire

Notes:

Leo VI 'the Wise', Emperor of Constantinople was the son of Basil I 'the Macedonian', Emperor of Constantinople. He died in 912.

He held the office of Co-regent of Constantinople in 870, and succeeded as Emperor Leo VI of Constantinople in 886.

Child of Leo VI 'the Wise', Emperor of Constantinople
Constantine VII Porphyrogenitus, Emperor of Constantinople (904-959)

Citations
John Morby, Dynasties of the World: a chronological and genealogical handbook (Oxford, Oxfordshire, U.K.: Oxford University Press, 1989), page 52. Hereinafter cited as Dynasties of the World.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leo_VI_the_Wise
https://www.geni.com/people/Leo-VI-The-Wise-Byzantine-Emperor/6000000000437064603

Imperador de 886-912.
(Cf. Souto, Dom Saul Palma e Dornelles, Homero Corrêa Pires. Livro Família Leães e sua Ascendência. Alegrete-RS-Brasil. 2010)

Leo married Karbonopsina, Zoe on 9 Jan 906 in Istanbul, Istanbul, Turkey. Zoe (daughter of Stylianos Basilopator Tzaoutzes and Pordayrogenitus, Anna) was born in 865 in Istanbul, Istanbul, Turkey; died in May 899 in Istanbul, Istanbul, Turkey; was buried in May 899 in Church of the Holy Apostles (Historical), Istanbul, Istanbul, Turkey. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Burial: Istanbul, Turkey
• Appointments / Titles: Istanbul, Istanbul, Turkey
• Nickname: With Coal Black Eyes
• FSID: L5VF-CSX

Notes:

Zoe Karbonopsina, also Karvounopsina or Carbonopsina, lit. 'with the Coal-Black Eyes' (Greek: Ζωὴ Καρβωνοψίνα, romanized: Zōē Karbōnopsina), was a Byzantine Greek empress consort and regent of the Byzantine empire. She was the fourth spouse of the Byzantine Emperor  Leo VI the Wise and the mother of Constantine VII, serving as his regent from 914 until 919.[1]

Contents
Zoe Karbonopsina was born into a Greek family. She was a relative of the chronicler Theophanes the Confessor and a niece of the admiral Himerios.
Empress

Desperate to sire a son, Leo VI married his mistress Zoe on 9 January 906, only after she had given birth to the future Constantine VII at the end of 905. However, this constituted his fourth marriage and was therefore un-canonical in the eyes of the Eastern Orthodox Church,[2] which had already been reluctant to accept his third marriage to Eudokia Baïana, who died in childbirth in 901.

Although the Patriarch Nicholas Mystikos reluctantly baptized Constantine, he forbade the emperor from marrying for the fourth time. Leo VI married Zoe with the assistance of a cooperative priest, Thomas, but Nicholas' continued opposition to the marriage led to his removal from office and replacement by Euthymios in 907. The new patriarch attempted a compromise by defrocking the offending priest but recognizing the marriage.

When Leo died in 912, he was succeeded by his younger brother Alexander, who recalled Nicholas Mystikos and expelled Zoe from the palace. Shortly before his death, Alexander provoked a war with Bulgaria. She returned upon Alexander's death in 913, but Nicholas forced her to enter the convent of St. Euphemia in Constantinople after obtaining the promise of the senate and the clergy not to accept her as empress. However, Nicholas' unpopular concessions to the Bulgarians later in the same year weakened his position and in 914 Zoe was able to overthrow Nicholas and replace him as regent.[3] Nicholas was allowed to remain patriarch after reluctantly recognizing her as empress.

Zoe governed with the support of imperial bureaucrats and the influential general Leo Phokas the Elder, who was her favorite. Zoe's first order of business was to revoke the concessions to Simeon I of Bulgaria, including the recognition of his imperial title and the arranged marriage between his daughter and Constantine VII. This renewed the war with Bulgaria, which began badly for the Byzantines who were distracted by military operations in Southern Italy and on the eastern frontier. In 915 Zoe's troops defeated an Arab invasion of Armenia, and made peace with the Arabs. This freed her hands to organize a major expedition against the Bulgarians, who had raided deep into Byzantine Thrace and captured Adrianople. The campaign was planned on a grand scale and intended the bribing and transportation of Pechenegs into Bulgaria by the imperial fleet from the north.

However, the Pecheneg alliance failed, and Leo Phokas was crushingly defeated in the Battle of Anchialus and again at Katasyrtai in 917. Zoe tried to ally with Serbia and the Magyarsagainst Simeon. This also failed to produce any concrete results, and the Arabs, encouraged by the empire's weakness, renewed their raids. A humiliating treaty with the Arabs of Sicily, who were asked to help subdue revolts in Italy, did little to improve the position of Zoe and her supporters.
Later life[

In 919, there was a coup involving various factions, but the opposition to Zoe and Leo Phokas prevailed; in the end the admiral Romanos Lekapenos took power, married his daughter Helena Lekapene to Constantine VII, and forced Zoe back into the convent of Saint Euphemia.