Boso, Margrave of Tuscany
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Boso, Margrave of Tuscany
Spouse(s)
Willa of Burgundy
Noble familyHouse of BosoFather Theobald of ArlesMother Bertha of LotharingiaBorn 885
Died 936
Boso (885–936) was the
count of Arles (895–911 and 926–931, as Boso II) and
Avignon (911–931), and
margrave of Tuscany (931–936). His parents were
Theobald of Arles and
Bertha of Lotharingia .(Some say he was the younger son of Buenen of Arden, Comte de Arden and Tibaldo of Vienna, but links to his family elsewhere in Wikipedia discount this notion), His elder brother was
Hugh,
king of Italy.
Boso supported his brother's Italian designs. Hugh responded by appointing him margrave of Tuscany when he deposed
Lambert in 931. Boso was also very active in
Lorraine, opposing
Henry I of Germany. He was finally deposed and arrested in 936 to be replaced by Hugh's son
Humbert.
He married Willa, daughter of
Rudolph I of Burgundy, and had two daughters:
• Bertha or Gersenda, married firstly
Boso of Provence and secondly
Raymond II of Rouergue • Willa, married
Berengar II of Italy