Alfonso II, Count of Provence

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Aragonese and Valencian Royalty
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Alfonso II Children include    Peter (future Peter II of Aragon)    Alfonso II, Count of Provence Peter II Children include    James (future James I of Aragon, Valencia and Majorca) James I    Peter (future Peter III of Aragon and I of Valencia and Sicily)    James II of Majorca    Isabella, Queen of France Peter III (I of Valencia and Sicily) Children include    Alfonso (future Alfonso III of Aragon and I of Valencia)    James (future James I of Sicily and II of Aragon and Valencia)    Frederick II of Sicily    Elizabeth, Queen of Portugal Alfonso III (I of Valencia) James II (I of Sicily) Children include    Alfonso (future Alfonso IV of Aragon and II of Valencia) Alfonso IV (II of Valencia) Children include    Peter (future Peter IV of Aragon and II of Valencia) Peter IV (II of Valencia) Children include    John (future John I of Aragon and Valencia)    Martin (future Martin II of Sicily and I of Aragon and Valencia)    Eleanor, Queen of Castile Grandchildren include    Ferdinand (future Ferdinand I of Aragon, Valencia and Sicily) John I    Yolande, Queen of France Martin I (II of Sicily)

Alfonso II (died 1209) was the second son of Alfonso II of Aragon and Sancha of Castile. His father transferred the County of Provence from his uncle Sancho to him in 1185.

In 1193, Alfonso married Gersenda II of Sabran, daughter of Rainou, Count of Forcalquier. They had a child who became Ramon Berenguer IV as count of Provence.

According to explanations in the manuscripts of Gaucelm Faidit's poems, Alfonso was a rival of the troubadour's for the love of Jourdaine d'Embrun.^[1]

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1. ^ Biographies des troubadours ed. J. Boutière, A.-H. Schutz (Paris: Nizet, 1964) pp. 187-191.

Preceded by Sancho

Count of Provence 1185–1209

Succeeded by Raymond Berengar IV