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
MotherRichildis of Arles

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.