Bernard Aton VI. Trencavel
Bernard Aton VI. Trencavel (* 1159 ; † after 1214) was a vice count of Nîmes and Agde from the House of Trencavel . He was the only son of Vice Count Bernard Aton V. Trencavel († 1058/59) and his wife Guillemette de Montpellier.
Bernard Aton was most likely born posthumously and his mother managed his property until he came of age, in which he could no longer rule unrestrictedly. In Agde he had to share the rule with the bishop of the city . In 1173 he received extensive privileges from King Louis VII of France and the power of disposal over a third of the vice-county. In 1187, Bernard Aton transferred his entire estate in Agde to the bishop, making him de facto the only lord in this vice-county. Bernard Aton stayed out of the Albigensian Crusade , which broke out in 1208 , and did not support his cousin Raimund Roger Trencavel in the defense of Carcassonne in 1209. On May 2, 1214, he transferred the vice counties of Nîmes and Agde to the leader of the crusade, Simon de Montfort .
Bernard Aton VI. was not married, the date of his death is unknown.
literature
- Louis d'Alauzier: L'héritage des Trencavels. In: Annales du Midi. 62. 1950, pp. 181-186
- Hélène Débax: La féodalité languedocienne XIe-XIIe siècles. Serments, hommages et fiefs dans le Languedoc des Trancavel. 2003, pp. 72-85
- Elaine Graham-Leigh: The southern French nobility and the Albigensian Crusade 2005, p. 143
Individual evidence
- ^ Gallia Christiana in Provincias Ecclesiasticas Distributa (GC) , Vol. 6, (1715-1865), p. 329
- ^ Joseph Vaissète : Histoire générale de Languedoc (HGL) , Vol. 8 (1872-1893), No. 175
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| predecessor | Office | successor |
|---|---|---|
| Bernard Aton V. Trencavel |
Vice Count of Nîmes and Agde 1159–1214 |
Simon de Montfort |
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Bernard Aton VI. Trencavel |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Vice Count of Nîmes and Agde |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1159 |
| DATE OF DEATH | after May 2, 1214 |