Boso of Provence

Boso
King of Provence
Reign879–887
PredecessorLouis the Stammerer
SuccessorLouis the Blind
Bornc. 841
Died11 January 887
SpouseErmengard of Italy
DynastyBivinids
Bosonids (maternal)
FatherBivin of Gorze

Boso (French: Boson; c. 841 – 11 January 887) was a Frankish nobleman of the Bosonid family who was related to the Carolingian dynasty[1] and who rose to become King of Lower Burgundy and Provence.

  1. ^ Bouchard, Constance Brittain (Spring 1988). "The Bosonids or Rising to Power in the Late Carolingian Age". Society for French Historical Studies. 15 (3) (3 ed.). Duke University Press: 407–431. doi:10.2307/286367. ISBN 0812235908. JSTOR 286367. His mother's father, Boso, provided a daughter, Tetburgis/Teutberga, Boso's aunt, to be wife of Lothair II.