Dulce II (Countess of Provence)

Dulce II ( FR. Douce II , ox. Dolça II de Provença ; after 1162 - 1172) - Countess of Provence and Zhevodan , Viscountess de Charles in 1166–1167, Countess de Melgoy from 1166.

Dulce II
fr. Douce ii ox. Dolça II de Provença
Countess of Provence 1166 - 1167
Predecessor	Raimund Berenguer II
Successor	Alphonse I
Countess Zhevodana 1166 - 1167
Predecessor	Raimund Berenguer II
Successor	Alphonse I
Countess de Melgoy 1166 - 1172
Birth	after 1162
Death	1172 ( 1172 )
Kind	Barcelona house
Father	Raimund Berenguer II
Mother	Ryksa Silesian

Daughter of Raimund Berenguer II , Count of Provence, and Ryxa of Silesia . At the conclusion of peace with Toulouse County , in October 1165 she was engaged to Raimund , the heir to Count Raimund V. After the spring of next year, Raimund Berenguer II died under the walls of Nice , Raimund V decided to try to take possession of Provence, and broke off his son's engagement in order to marry Dulsa's mother himself. The Regency Council of Aragon did not want to give Provence to the Toulouse, and in the same year young Alphonse II of Aragon arrived in the county, starting a new war with Toulouse.

In 1167, the Aragonesans removed the young Dulce from power, and Alphonse became the Count of Provence and Zhevodan. Dulsa retained only part of the county Melgoy inherited from the grandmother. Dulce died in 1172, and the First Provencal line of the Barcelona House ended with her.