Countess Garsenda de Sabran of Forcalquier
- Born: Cir 1180
- Marriage (1): Count Alfonso of Provence II
- Died: Cir 1242 aged about 62
 General Notes:
the Countess of Provence as the wife of Alfonso II from 1193 and the Countess of Forcalquier in her own right from 1209. She brought Forcalquier to the House of Barcelona and united it to Provence.
She was also a patron of Occitan literature, especially the troubadours, and herself wrote some lyric poetry and is counted among the trobairitz as Garsenda de Proensa or Proença. She was, in the words of her most recent editors, "one of the most powerful women in Occitan history"
Garsenda married Count Alfonso of Provence II, son of King Alfonso of Aragon II and Queen Sancha OF CASTILE of Aragon. (Count Alfonso of Provence II was born in 1174 in Barcelona, , Cataluña, ESP and died on 1 Dec 1209 in Palermo, , Sicilia, ITA.)
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