Geoffrey I of Provence
Godfrey I or Josfred († well- February 1061 /62) was together with his brothers William IV († 1019/30 ) and Fulk Bertrand I ( † probably 1051 ) Count of Provence. All three were the sons of Count William II of Burgundy and Gerberga. It is possible that he took the title of count until after the death of his brother William.
It was in 1032, Count of Arles. On May 26, 1037 he made together with his brother Fulk Bertrand Cluny Abbey a gift. With Fulkos death he became sole Earl entitled marchyo sive comes Provincie, the Margrave symbolized that he was the head of the family.
Gottfried joined excelled in the region, which was devastated by the Saracens, as a church builder. He presented the abbey Sparro restores and gave them to the Archbishop of Aix. Like most of his ancestors, he was patron of Saint -Victor in Marseille. In 1045 he agreed to a donation from one of its viscounts of this monastery, in March 1048 the transfer of ownership of Raimbaud de Reillanne, Archbishop of Arles from 1030 to 1039 at the church. On July 1, 1055 and again in 1057 he made his wife Stefanie of Marseilles, called Dulcia and daughter of Count Bertrand, and his son William VI. Saint -Victor even a gift - his patronage surpassing that of his predecessors by far. He took up his rights to the areas from which Fulco, Viscount of Marseilles, in 1044 wanted to give the monastery, and agreed in 1032 to give land to the Church as allods. 1032 he joined Count's rights that were in the family since the time of his great-grandfather, to his vassals from, which he lost control of fortresses and castles - the weakening of Provence as a unit began in his reign. Even when Rudolf III. , King of Burgundy and his liege lord, the last rights to some royal estates, the Fiscus, sold, he gave this as allodial ownership on.
Gottfried's successor in Provence was his son, Bertrand II He also had a daughter: Gerberga.