Garsenda ( Garsinde de Béziers ) (c. 980 - c. 1035) - Viscountess Beziers and Agda.
The eldest daughter of Guillaume II , Viscount Beziers and Agda and his first wife Ermentruda.
After the death of her father, which followed no earlier than 993 and no later than 1007, she inherited both Viscountries on the condition that Agd be in the life possession of her stepmother (second wife of Guillaume II) Arsinda.
Not later than 999, she married Raymond Roger - the eldest son of the Carcassonne Earl Roger I.
Children:
- Pierre Raymond , Viscount Beziers and Agda, Earl of Carcassonne
- Guillaume, Count of Carcassonne.
Widowed, Garcenda married (c. 1013) Bernard Pelet, senora d'Andouz (also a widower). They had two sons: Raymond and Bermon, who became the heir to his father in the lord Andyuz (since his sons chose a spiritual career from their first wife).
In 1029, Garcenda de Beziers founded the Abbey of Saint Pierre de Sov. [one]
Sources
- M. de Courcelles. Dictionnaire universel de la noblesse de france
- Claude de Vic, Joseph Vaissète. Histoire générale de Languedoc: avec des notes et les pièces justificatives ...
- http://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/TOULOUSE%20NOBILITY.htm
- Hélène Débax. La féodalité languedocienne: XIe-XIIe siècles: serments, hommages et fiefs ...