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The land of Provence has a history quite separate from that of any of the larger nations of Europe. Its independent existence has its origins in the frontier nature of the dukedom in Merovingian Gaul. In this position, influenced and affected by several different cultures on different sides, the Provençals maintained a unity which was reinforced when it was created a separate kingdom in the Carolingian decline of the later ninth century. Provence was eventually joined to the other Burgundian kingdom, but it remained ruled by its own powerful, and largely independent, counts. In the eleventh century, Provence became disputed between the traditional line and the counts of Toulouse, who claimed the title of "Margrave of Provence." In the High Middle Ages, the title of Count of Provence belonged to local families of Frankish origin, to the House of Barcelona, to the House of Anjou and to a cadet branch of the House of Valois. After 1032, the county was part of the Holy Roman Empire. It was inherited by King Louis XI of France in 1481, and definitively incorporated into the French royal domain by his son Charles VIII in 1484. ==Merovingian dukes and patricians== During the period of the Merovingian dynasty in Gaul, Provence was a province ruled by ''duces'' (dukes), military leaders and district commanders who served as defenders of the frontiers of the kingdom and ruled over vast territories as opposed to the ''comites'' (counts), who ruled the cities and their environs. Provence was usually a part of the division of the Frankish realm known as Kingdom of Burgundy, which was treated as its own kingdom. Their title sometimes appears as ''rector Provinciae''. This is an incomplete list of the known Merovingian-appointed dukes of Provence. *Gondulf (fl. c. 491) *Liberius (until 534), Ostrogothic appointee *Namatius (bef. 552), Frankish appointee *Bodegisel (fl. c. 566) *Adovarius (561–569) *Lupus (569–570) *Jovin (570–573) *Albin (573–575) *Dinamius (from 575) *Leudegisel (fl. c. 585), of Burgundian Provence *Nicetas (from 587) *Babo (fl. c. 600) *Aegyla (fl. c. 602) *Bado (634–641) *Willibad (641–643), of Burgundian Provence *Hector (fl. c. 679) *Nemfidius (fl. c. 700) *Antenor (fl. c. 697) *Metrannus (fl. c. 700) *Maurontus (c. 720 – 739) *Abbo (fl. c. 739) 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「List of rulers of Provence」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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