Arsinde of Carcassonne (920 – 970) was a Countess and ruler of Carcassonne, France.

Biography

Arsinde de Carcassonne was born c. 920 to d'Acfred de Carcassonne. Her father was head of the ruling house of Carcasonne and had no surviving sons. When he died in 934 the title and land was given to his daughter.

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She married Arnaud de Comminges, a local noble with whom she had at least four children. Arsinde ruled for twenty three years before she died, leaving her titles to her son Roger.

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Issue

Adélaïde de Comminges

Roger I of Carcassonne

Odon I of Razes

Arsinde de Carcassonne

Sources

920 births

970 deaths

French countesses

10th-century French women

People from Carcassonne

Counts of Carcassonne

10th-century countesses regnant

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