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{{Short description|Medieval European aristocratic family}}
The '''Bosonids''' were a [[dynasty]] of [[Carolingian era]] dukes, counts, bishops and knights descended from [[Boso the Elder]] and his wife, Engeltrude. They married into the [[Carolingian dynasty]] and produced kings and an emperor of the [[Francia|Frankish Empire]].
The first great scion of the dynasty was [[Boso of Provence|Boso]], [[count of Arles]] and of other Burgundian counties in the mid-9th century. Boso rose in favour as a courtier of [[Charles the Bald]]. He was even appointed [[viceroy]] in [[Regnum Italicum|Italy]] in 875. After the death of Charles' son [[Louis the Stammerer]], Boso refused to recognise Louis' sons [[Carloman of France|Carloman]] and [[Louis III of France|Louis III]] as kings of France, and proclaimed himself [[king of Provence]] in 879 at [[Vienne, Isère|Vienne]], with the support of the nobility. Boso strove throughout the rest of his life to maintain his title in the face of Emperor [[Charles the Fat]]. He died in 887 and was succeeded by his son, [[Louis the Blind]], under the regency of his wife [[Ermengard of Provence|Ermengard]], a daughter of the [[Emperor Louis II]].
Louis was adopted by Charles the Fat and legitimised in his royal title. With this legal basis, he sought to take the place of his [[Carolingian]] relatives on the imperial and Italian thrones in 900. He was crowned in [[Pavia]] and then in [[Rome]], but could not actually hold on to power there.
==Genealogy==
{{chart top|Bosonids, Bivinids, and their relatives, with the names of kings and emperors bolded<ref name="Riché-1993c">{{Cite book|last=Riché|first=Pierre|title=The Carolingians: A Family Who Forged Europe|publisher=University of Pennsylvania Press|year=1993|editor-last=Peters|editor-first=Edward|series=Middle Ages Series|location=Philadelphia|page=370|translator-last=Allen|translator-first=Michael Idomir}}</ref>}}
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{{Tree chart|border=0| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |Boso|v|Engeltrude
| Boso=[[Boso the Elder]]
| Engeltrude=Engeltrude
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{{Tree chart|border=0|Louis II| |Richildis| |Teutberga|-|-|Lothair II| |v|Waldrada| | | | |Hucbert| | | | | |Boso|
| Boso=Boso<br>count in Italy
| Richildis= Richildis (wife of [[Bivin of Gorze]])
| Teutberga= [[Teutberga]]<br>queen of Lotharingia
|Hucbert= [[Hucbert]]<br>count of Valois
|Louis II= '''[[Louis II of Italy]]'''<br>emperor
|Lothair II= '''[[Lothair II ]]'''<br>king of Lotharingia
|Waldrada=[[Waldrada of Lotharingia|Waldrada]]<br>mistress, later wife
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{{Tree chart|border=0|Ermengard|v|Boso| |Richildis| |Richard| |Bertha|-|-|v|-|-|-|Theobald|
| Richildis = [[Richilde of Provence|Richildis]]<br>empress
| Boso= '''[[Boso of Provence|Boso]]'''<br>king of Provence
| Richard = [[Richard the Justiciar]]<br>duke of Burgundy
| Theobald = [[Theobald of Arles|Theobald]]<br>count of Arles
|Ermengard= [[Ermengard of Italy]]<br>queen of Provence
|Bertha= [[Bertha, daughter of Lothair II|Bertha of Lotharingia]]<br>countess of Arles
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{{Tree chart|border=0|Engelberga| |Louis| |Rudolph| |Hugh| |Hugh of Italy| | | | | | | | | | |  | | | | |Boso of Tuscany|
| Engelberga=[[Engelberga of Provence|Engelberga]]
| Louis= '''[[Louis the Blind]]'''<br>emperor
| Rudolph= '''[[Rudolph of France|Rudolph]]'''<br>king of Western Francia
| Hugh= [[Hugh the Black]]
| Hugh of Italy= '''[[ Hugh of Italy]]'''<br>king of Italy
| Boso of Tuscany= [[Boso, Margrave of Tuscany|Boso]] <br>margrave of Tuscany
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{{Tree chart|border=0| | | | |Charles| | |Lothair II of Italy|v|Adelaide of Italy| | | | |Hubert| |Bertha|-|-|Romanos II| | |Willa|v|Berengar II|
| Charles=[[Charles Constantine of Vienne|Charles Constantine]]<br>count of Vienne
| Lothair II of Italy='''[[Lothair II of Italy]]'''<br>king of Italy
| Adelaide of Italy=[[Adelaide of Italy]]
| Hubert=[[Hubert, Duke of Spoleto|Hubert]]<br>duke of Spoleto
| Bertha=[[Eudokia of Italy]]<br>Byzantine princess
| Romanos II='''[[Romanos II]]'''<br>Byzantine emperor
| Willa=[[Willa of Tuscany|Willa]]<br>queen of Italy
| Berengar II='''[[Berengar II of Italy]]'''<br>king of Italy
}}
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{{Tree chart|border=0| | | | | | | | | | |Emma of Italy|v|Lothair of France| | | |Hugh of Tuscany| | | | | | | | | |Adalbert of Italy| | |Rozala of Italy|
| Emma of Italy= [[Emma of Italy]] <br>queen of West Francia
| Lothair of France='''[[Lothair of France]]'''<br>king of West Francia
| Hugh of Tuscany= [[Hugh of Tuscany]]<br>margrave of Tuscany
| Adalbert of Italy='''[[Adalbert of Italy]]'''<br>king of Italy
| Rozala of Italy= [[Rozala of Italy]]<br>queen of West Francia
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{{Tree chart|border=0| | | | | | | | | | | | |Louis V of France| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Louis V of France='''[[Louis V of France]]'''<br>last Carolingian king of West Francia
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==Further reading==
*Constance B. Bouchard, "The Bosonids or Rising to Power in the Late Carolingian Age" ''French Historical Studies'' '''15'''.3 (Spring 1988), pp.&nbsp;407–431. {{jstor|286367}}
==Sources==
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