In 1113, Douce ceded her rights in
Provence,
Gévaudan, and the
viscounty of
Millau to her husband. According to a once prevailing opinion, "Provençal troubadours ... entered
Catalonia at the time" and even the
Catalan language was imported from Provence. According to
nationalist historians it was the beginning of ''l'engrandiment occitànic'' (the Occitan aggrandisement): a great scheme to unite various lands on both sides of the
Pyrenees. In reality the marriage gave the
House of Barcelona extensive interests in
Occitania and put it in conflict with the
counts of Toulouse, with whom a partition of Provence was signed in 1125, shortly before Douce's death. Her death inaugurated a period of instability in Provence. A cadet branch of the House of Barcelona was set up to rule, but a disputed succession opened up the
Baussenque Wars (1144–1162), which terminated in her heirs' victory. Her children with
Ramon Berenguer were: • Almodis, married Ponce de Cervera •
Berenguela (1116–1149), married
Alfonso VII of Castile •
Ramon Berenguer (1113–1162),
count of Barcelona •
Berenguer Ramon (c. 1115–1144),
count of Provence • Bernard, died young == In the arts ==