The title Prince of Gothia (princeps Gothiæ) or Prince of the Goths (princeps Gothorum) was a title of nobility, sometimes assumed by its holder as a sign of supremacy in the region of Gothia and sometimes bestowed by the sovereign of West Francia to the principle nobleman in the south of the realm, in the ninth and tenth centuries. West Francia or the West Frankish Kingdom was a short-lived kingdom encompassing the lands of the western part of the Carolingian Empire that came under the undisputed Sometimes hereditary and sometimes not, the title has been rendered in English as Duke (or Margrave) of Septimania (dux Septimaniæ) or Duke (or Margrave) of Gothia (Gothiæ marchio). A similar or the same "office" was often held with the title comes marcæ Hispanicæ: "Count (or Margrave) of the Hispanic March. " The title was also a chronicler's device and, as presented in some chronicles, may never have been used in any official capacity.
The first employer of the title "Duke of Septimania" was William of Gellone, who acted as Charlemagne's chief official and missus in the region. Saint William of Gellone (755-traditionally May 28, c 812 or 814 in his own day Guilhem, also known as Guillaume d'Orange, Guillaume Fierabrace Charlemagne (ˈʃɑrlɨmeɪn Carolus Magnus or Karolus Magnus meaning Charles the Great) (747 – 28 January 814 was King of the Franks from 768 to his He was succeeded by Berengar the Wise, who also used the ducal-margravial title. Berengar, called the Wise ( Berengarius Sapiens) was the count (or duke of Toulouse (814-835 and Duke (or Margrave) of Septimania He in turn was succeeded by Bernard of Septimania, who is called comes marcæ Hispanicæ in the Annales Bertiniani. Bernard or Bernat of Septimania (795 &ndash 844 son of William of Gellone, was the Frankish Duke of Septimania and Count of Barcelona The Annales Bertiniani, or Annals of St Bertin, is a Frankish chronicle that was found in the Monastery of St He ruled over both the County of Toulouse and that of Barcelona on the other side of the Pyrenees. The first comites ( counts) of Toulouse were the administrators of the city and its environs under the Merovingians No succession of such royal The Count of Barcelona was the major ruler in Catalonia from the 9th until the 17th century The Pyrenees (Pirineos French: Pyrénées; Catalan: Pirineus; Occitan: Pirenèus; Aragonese: Perinés Toulouse was the capital of Septimania, also called Gothia or later Languedoc, while Barcelona was capital of Catalonia. Septimania was the western region of the Roman province of Gallia Narbonensis that passed under the control of the Visigoths in 462 when Septimania was ceded to Languedoc ( in French Lengadòc in Occitan) is a former Province of France, now continued in the modern-day ''régions'' of Languedoc-Roussillon Catalonia (Cataluña Catalunya Aranese: Catalonha) is an Autonomous Community in the northeast part of Spain. They had independent histories after the Moorish conquest of Iberia, but were both Visigothic in population. The Umayyad conquest of Hispania ( 711 – 718) began as an army of the Umayyad Caliphate consisting largely of Berbers inhabitants The Visigoths (Visigothi, Wisigothi, Vesi, Visi, Wesi, or Wisi were one of two main branches of the Goths, an East The Marca Hispanica corresponded to the Gothic lands on the other side of th Pyrenees to the east of the Navarre. The Marca Hispanica (or Spanish March, also March of Barcelona) was a Buffer zone beyond the province of Septimania, created by Charlemagne The marca was evidently considered a political unity composed of several counties. In the civil wars in the region which followed Bernard's downfall and death in 844, the title went into abeyance. Events By Place Europe Rhodri ''Mawr'' ('the Great' becomes king of Gwynedd.
Sometime around 858, Charles the Bald granted Humfrid several Catalan counties and the title Gothiæ marchio, signifying the same supremacy over the Hispanic march that Bernard had held years earlier. This article is about the year 858 AD. For the terrorist attack on Korean air see Korean_Air_Flight_858. Charles the Bald ( 13 June 823 – 6 October 877) Holy Roman Emperor (875–877 as Charles II) and King of West Francia Humfrid was the Count of Barcelona, Girona, Empúries, Roussillon, and Narbonne from 858 to 864 The Catalan counties were the administrative divisions of the eastern Carolingian Marca Hispanica created after its Frankish conquest In 862, Humfrid was deposed and probably about that time, Bernard Plantapilosa was appointed to his place as margrave of Gothia. Events By Place Asia Rurik gains control of Novgorod. Fan Chuo finishes his Manchu ( Book Bernard Plantapilosa ( 22 March 841 &ndash 20 June 885) or Plantevelue, meaning Hairyfeet or Hairypaws, son Sometime before 876, he too was deposed and replaced by Bernard II of Poitou. Events Births Deaths Louis the German, King of East Francia Map-bms876 Simple876 Bernard II (in Catalan, Bernat de Gothia and in Spanish, Bernardo de Gothia) was the Count of Barcelona, Girona and This Bernard was known as "Bernard of Gothia," but his attempt to usurp authority in Gothia was met with stiff punishment by his sovereign and he was out of power by 877. Events By Place Asia Indravarman II succeeds Jayavarman III as ruler of the Khmer Empire. In the early 880s, Charles the Fat employed three marchiones to act as viceroys in the major parts of his realm that he did not regularly visit. Events and Trends 885 — Vikings lay siege to Paris 886 — Alfred the Great of Wessex captures Charles the Fat (Carolus Pinguis 13 June 839 – 13 January 888) was the King of Alemannia from 876 King of Italy from Bernard Plantapilos returned to favour and ruled again in Gothia and probably also Provence and Catalonia, perhaps all Aquitaine.
In 932, Rudolph of France revived the title and bestowed it (princeps Gothiæ) on the brothers Ermengol of Rouergue and Raymond Pons of Toulouse. Events By Place Europe St Ursenstift is founded by the Burgundian Queen Bertha in Solothurn. Rudolph (also Radulf, Ralph, or Raoul) (died 15 January 936) was the Duke of Burgundy between 921 and 923 and king Ermengol or Ermengaud (died after July 935 was a son of Odo of Toulouse and Garsindis Raymond (III Pons (I (died after 944) was the Count of Toulouse from 924. The change in title from marchio to princeps was indicative of the change in political structure and the increasing independence of the great magnates from the royal power in the tenth century. The brothers succeeded in passing the titles princeps and marchio on to their descendants, but the title had little meaning after that. William III of Toulouse, marchio prefatus in pago Tholosano ("prefect margrave in the Toulousain country"), also became Margrave of Provence. William III Taillefer (also spelled Tallefer or Tallifer; 975 &ndash September 1037 was the Count of Toulouse, Albi, and Quercy The land of Provence has a history quite separate from that of any of the larger nations of Europe.
Princes of Gothia
- William of Gellone (abdicated 806)
- Berengar the Wise (806 – 837)
- Bernard of Septimania (837 – 844)
- Humfrid (858 – 862)
- Bernard Plantapilosa (863 – 876)
- Bernard of Gothia (876 – 877)
- Bernard Plantapilosa (884 – 885)
- Ermengol of Rouergue (932 – 937)
- Raymond Pons of Toulouse (932 – 950)
- Raymond II of Rouergue (937 – 965)
- Raymond III of Toulouse (950 – 978)
- Raymond III of Rouergue (965 – 1008)
- William Taillefer (978 – 1037)
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