The Young King’s son
In 1168, Alfonso granted Provence to his brother, Ramon Berenguer III. Douce was thus finally dispossessed of her inheritance but retained the comital title. She moved to the court of her paternal grandmother, Beatrice, Countess of Melgueil. In April 1172, Beatrice decided that the County of Melgueil should be divided between her daughter, Ermessende of Pelet, and Douce, still betrothed to Raymond of Toulouse.
Douce II of Provence would recover from her ailment in 1172 and was sent to Toulouse in 1173.
By 1176, Douce II of Provence and Melgueil marries Raymond of Toulouse who is her fiancé since her childhood.
The marriage between Douce II of Provence would mean that Toulouse and the French crown would remain allied in the future and the Raimondins would remain loyal vassals of France, but it would not prevent the Raimondins from promoting the Occitan language in their domains.
On the death of her aunt Ermessende in 1176, Douce inherited all the county Melgueil and the partition held by her Aunt.
On 1180, the Raymond VI of Toulouse would reclaim the inheritance of Provence from the kings of Aragon with the assistance of the King of France, however that would mean that the Counts of Toulouse and Provence would remain in alliance with the King of France against the Plantagenets and the Counts of Barcelona and one of that would be an alliance and even made a betrothal and alliance with the Counts of Urgel, betrothing Alfonso of Toulouse with Gersende of Forcalquier which would unite Forcalquier to the Tolosain inheritance.
Douce II of Provence and Melguelil and Raymond VI of Toulouse would have the following children:
*Constance b. 1177
*Alfonso b. 1178
*Sanchia b. 1182
*Margaret b. 1186
*Raymond b. 1192
Map of Provence and Toulouse after 1180
note: Yes, the Cathar Crusade is butterflied.