 His son, Louis the Blind (890–928) lost his sight trying to win the throne of Italy, after which his cousin, Hugh of Italy (died 947) became the Duke of Provence and the Count of Vienne.Hugh moved the capital of Provence from Vienne to Arles and made Provence a fief of Rudolph II of Burgundy.In the 9th century, Arab pirates (called Saracens by the French) and then the Normans invaded Provence.