«b»Boso«/b» was a «u»Frankish «/u» nobleman from the «u»Bosonid «/u»-family, who was related to the «u»Carolingian dynasty«/u»,«u»[1]«/u» who rose to become «u»King of Provence «/u» (879 \endash 887).
Boso was the son of «u»Bivin of Gorze «/u», a «u»count«/u» in «u»Lotharingia «/u». His aunt Theutberga was the wife of king «u»Lothair II of Lotharingia <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lothair_II_of_Lotharingia>«/u». Boso was also a nephew of the Italian count Boso, for whom he was named, and of Hucbert, «u»lay abbot «/u» of Saint Maurice d'Agaune, to which he succeeded as lay abbot in 869.
[S36] Brian Tompsett, Dept of Computer Science, University of Hull, England(B.C.Tompsett@dcs.hull.ac.uk), Directory of Royal Genealogical Data, (This work is Copyright b 1994-2002 Brian C Tompsett).