Barbette (family)

The barette was a family of the Parisian bourgeoisie in the 13th and early 14th centuries. From the second half of the 13th century she was one of the most powerful and richest families in the city. Her most magnificent and last residence in Paris was the Hôtel Barbette .

history

The presence of the Barbettes from Champagne in Paris has been attested since the 12th century: in 1180 the acquisition of the usufruct of a property near the Notre-Dame convent by Jean Barbette was documented, after which more and more transactions through the entire 13th century are attested. Century the social and economic power of the family. They are important players in the money business, luxury goods and the cloth trade. Its scope is the Seine , its significant influence can be seen in Normandy , particularly in Rouen and Vernon . They are members of the Hanse parisienne des marchands de l'eau .

The first Barbette in a high office was Simon Barbette as royal Prévôt de Paris . At the end of the 13th century, the family consisted essentially of Simon's sons, the three brothers Étienne (I), Jean (I) and Pierre Barbette, the Archbishop of Reims , and Étienne's sons, Étienne Barbette (II.) And Jean Barbette. They had their zenith at the beginning of the 14th century, when their property extended along the Rue Vieille du Temple to over the city walls of King Philip II (1180-1223).

Since the time of King Louis IX. (1226–1270) the Barbette, like their competitors and allies, supplemented their business with the collection of money for the king: as Voyer de Paris - this office for life was held in the 12th century by King Louis VII (1131–1180 ). were created - they were responsible for the maintenance of the streets including the police tasks as well as their commercial use. Essentially, however, they were active on the basis of their business activities at the head of the organized merchants, as Échevin and Prévôt des marchands , who ruled Paris together with the royal Prévôt de Paris .

This is the time when Étienne Barbette (II.), Who already had his residence on the Place de Grève , built the Hôtel particulier on Rue Vieille du Temple that was looted in 1306 by angry Parisian tenants who were restoring a strong currency had been ruined.

The family ties, especially with the Sarrazin, are typical. Jean Sarrazin (II), son of Chamberlain Jean Sarrasin (I.), was voyer ; he married the widow of the first Étienne Barbette and married his daughter Pétronille Sarrazin to the second Étienne Barbette. Their daughter Alix Barbette married Jean Sarrazin (III.), The grandson of Jean Sarrazin (II.)

With the children of Étiennes, the builder of the Hôtel Barbette, the family stepped back into the shadows or even died out.

Tribe list

1. Simon Barbette, † 1256, Prévôt de Paris , Voyer
   1. Étienne Barbette (I.), † 1269; ∞ Agnès, she married Jean Sarrazin for the second time , 1270 Chambellan du Roi, Voyer de Paris , † 1275
      1. Étienne Barbette (II.), * Around 1250, † November 19, 1321, Voyer du Roi , 1293–1298 Échevin , 1298–1303 and 1314–1318 Prévôt des marchands ; ∞ Petronille Sarrazin, his stepsister
         1. Agnes Barbette; ∞ Jean Arrode , Prud'homme 1302–1305, son of Jean Arrode, Panetier du Roi
         2. Jean Barbette (II.), Prud'homme 1293–1305, Échevin 1314
         3. Alice Barbette, † 1293; ∞? Jean Sarrazin, Valet du Roi, Prud'homme 1297, Èchevin 1298–1304, son of NN Sarrazin and Jeanne Pizdoue
      2. Jean Barbette (I.), 1263 and 1282 Échevin ; ⚭ Jacqueline Sarrazin, his stepsister
   2. Pierre Barbette , † October 3, 1298, 1274 Archbishop of Reims , he crowned Philip IV King of France in 1286

literature

• Boris Bove: Y at-il un patriciat à Paris sous le règne de Philippe Le Bel (1285–1314)? , in: Claude Petitfrère (Ed.): Construction, reproduction, et représentation des patriciats urbains de l'antiquité au XXe siècle ( accessed online on August 9, 2019)
• Jean Favier : Dictionnaire de la France médiévale. Fayard 1993, p. 115
• Jean Favier: Le Bourgeois de Paris au Moyen Âge. Tallandier 2015
• Philippe Morel, Une famille de la Bourgeoisie parisienne au XIIIe et au XIVe siècle, Les Barbette , in: Bulletin de la Société de l'histoire de Paris et de l'Ile-de-France, pp. 39-54, H. Champion , 1972-1973

Remarks

1. ^ Tribe list according to Bove
2. ↑ not with Bove; Favier: "... dont la fortune es à son apogée au début die XIVe siècle, avec les trois frères Etienne, Jean et Pierre, et leur fils et neveu Étienne."