Josserande de la Flotte

Jossande de Flotte, also known as Josserande de Fleet or Josserane was a noblewoman born to Pierre Arnaud de la Flotte and Adelaide de Comps. She was born in La Flotte, which is a commune on the Ile de Re, an island in the Atlantic Ocean off the midwestern coast of France.

Birth

There seems to be some debate on her exact birthdate but it has been listed on multiple sources as, 1104, 1106 and c. 1110, abt 1120. More research will need to be conducted of contemporary sources to determine the exact date.

Family

She was the sister of Henri I Lambert de Flotte (c. 1090). She was married to Bertrand I, Count of Forcalquier, in the Kingdom of France around the year 1130. There is debate on the marriage date, and more research will need to be done to confirm the exact date. Some sources state that the marriage date was in 1135, yet it is a disgrace for a countess to bear a child to a count illegitimately. Since her first child with Bertrand I was born in 1130 and he is listed as legitimate heir, this would show that their marriage must have been before 1130. She then became the Countess of Forcalquier upon marrying Bertrand I, Count of Forcalquier. She bore a son, Guillaume IV in 1130, and heir to Forcalquier. She would go on to bear three other children, a son, Bertrand II (1135–1207), and daughters Alix (1150–1219) and Azalais.

This quote was cited on a genealogical website about Josserande De Flotte:

"The state of Provence, containing what is most remarkable in the ..." by Robert de Briancon:

"... But whatever it may be, this family of Flotte is very old in Provence And there is a great appearance which she defends of Arnaud Flotte , who, in the year 1150, is named among the Gentishommes of the country, who followed the party of Count Raimond Berenger, against the Princefs Etiennette des Baux, Called Jofferande Fleet epoufa Bertrand second, Earl of Forcalquier ... "