Melgueil county
The county of Melgueil ( French Comté de Melgueil ) with the main town of Melgueil (today Mauguio in the Hérault department ) existed before as County Maguelone at the time of the Visigoths .
In the 8th century Melgueil became the seat of the Count, on his behalf the last valuable deniers in southern France were struck here in the 10th century .
At the end of the 11th century , Count Pierre I offered his county to the Pope and took it back from him as a fiefdom in 1085 . The county then came to Raymond VI by marriage . Count of Toulouse , who ceded it to the Pope in 1209 . In 1215 the county was given to the Bishop of Maguelonne .
Counts of Melgueil
- Aigulf I., around 750
- Amic I., until 778, son of Aigulf I.
- Robert I. from 778
- Adolf I.
- Ernst I.
- Eberhard I., until 812
- 812–880 unknown counts,
- Guillermone, around 880–920, married Robert de Magalone
- Bernard I, around 920–930, son of Guillermone
- Berenguer I., around 930–950, son of Bernard I.
- Bernard II., Around 950–988, son of Berenguer I.
- NN, around 988–989, son of Bernard II of unknown name
- Bernard III., Around 989-1055, his son
- Raymond I, around 1055-1079, son of Bernard III, married Beatrix, † 1109, daughter of Wilhelm V , Duke of Aquitaine , Count of Poitou , and sister of Agnes von Poitou ( Ramnulfiden )
- Pierre I from 1079, son of Raymond I, takes the county from the Pope as a fief
- Raymond II., Until 1120, son of Pierre I.
- Bernard IV., From 1120, son of Raymond II.
- Béatrice, around 1130–1190, daughter of Bernard IV.
- Guillerme, 1130–1135, regent, lord of Montpellier ( House of Montpellier )
- Berenguer Raymond , 1135–1144, Count of Provence , married to Béatrice,
- Bernard V. Pelet, 1146–1170, Béatrice's second husband, lord of Alès
- Raymond Berenguer , † 1166, son of Béatrice, as Raymond Berenguer V, Count of Provence
- Discriminatory Pelet, 1170–1190, daughter of Béatrice, heir in 1170, got half of the county in 1172/73
- Pierre Bermon, 1170–1172, husband of Discretionary, Lord of Anduze
- Bertran I, 1172, son of Beatrice, brother of Ermessende
- Alfonso II of Aragon received the county in 1172 by assignment
- Douce de Provence , † 1172, daughter of Raymond Berenguer I .; inherits half of the county
- Raymond IV , 1173–1190, as Raymond VI, Count of Toulouse , second husband of the discretionary; gets the whole county