Carcassonne county
The county of Carcassonne (Carcassès) was located in the southern French region of Languedoc and surrounded the city of the same name in what is now the Aude department . It was surrounded by the following counties: Narbonne in the east, Rasès in the south, Foix in the west, Toulouse in the north-west and Béziers in the north-east .
Charlemagne established the county in the course of the conquest of Septimania and gave it to a certain Bello . He was to become the progenitor of a widespread aristocratic clan, which played a particularly important role in the Catalan counties . The lords of Cabaret, Minerve and Termes were among the feudal men of the Counts of Carcassonne .
In the middle of the 10th century, the Counts of Comminges came into the possession of the County of Carcassonne, which was then ruled by a branch of this family. Count Roger I divided his possessions again among his sons. Raimund I. Roger received Carcassonne while his younger brother Bernard-Roger received the county of Couserans-Foix . The two lines thus created committed each other to mutual succession in their possessions in the event of the extinction of a line. This case occurred in 1067 with the death of Count Rogers III. from Carcassonne. Its main heir, Ermesende, ceded her rights and those of the Counts of Foix to the Counts of Barcelona, contrary to the agreement . These in turn enfeoffed Ermengarde and their son, Bernard Aton IV. Trencavel , as hereditary vice counts in Carcassonne. Count Roger II von Foix renounced his inheritance rights on April 21, 1095.
Count of Carcassonne
- ??? - 820 Bello
- 820–821 Guisclafred son
- 821-837 Oliba I brother
- 837–844 Bernhard of Septimania
- 844–845 Argila nephew, son of Berà of Barcelona
- 845–850 Berà son
- 850 Miro Etilius probably the son of Berà
- 850–852 Fredelon (Count of Toulouse) son of Fulcoald von Rouergue
- 852–863 Raimund (Count of Toulouse) brother
- 863–864 Humfried von Gothien (usurper)
- 865–872 Oliba II. Son of Oliba I.
- 872 Bernhard (Count of Toulouse) son of Raimund
- 872-879 Oliba II.
- 879-906 Acfred I brother
- 906–908 Bencion son of Oliba II.
- 908-934 Acfred II. Brother
- 943 - ??? Arsinde's daughter
- 934–957 Arnaud (Count of Comminges and Couserans) husband of Arsinde
- 957-1012 Roger I the old son
- ???? - 1011 Raymond I. Roger son
- 1012-1060 Peter Raimund son
- 1012-1034 Wilhelm Raimund brother (partial count)
- 1034-1059 Raimund II. Wilhelm Sohn (partial count)
- 1034 - ???? Peter brother (partial count)
- 1034 - ???? Bernard brother (partial count)
- 1034–1050 Peter Roger great uncle (partial count), Bishop of Girona
- 1050–1067 Roger II. Nephew (partial count, as Roger I Count of Foix )
- 1060-1067 Raimund Roger / Roger III. Son of Peter Raimund
- 1067–1068 Ermengarde sister
Vice Count of Carcassonne
Under the vice counts from the House of Trencavel, Carcassonne once again achieved the greatest possible independence, even if they formally recognized the sovereignty of the Counts of Barcelona (or the kings of Aragon ).
- 1068–1099 Ermengarde von Carcassonne daughter of Raimund Peter
- 1082–1129 Bernard Aton son of Ermengarde and Raimund Bernard von Albi
- 1129–1150 Roger I son
- 1150–1167 Raymond I von Bézier's brother
- 1167–1194 Roger II Taillefer son
- 1194–1209 Raimund-Roger son
- 1209–1218 Simon IV. De Montfort
- 1218–1224 Amaury de Montfort son
- 1224–1226 Raimund II. Son of Raimund Roger
In 1226 Raimund II Trencavel was declared forfeit of his possessions and went into exile in Aragon. In the Treaty of Meaux-Paris , Carcassonne was united with the French crown (see Seneschallat Carcassonne ). In 1240, Raimund's attempt to retake Carcassonne failed and withdrew again to Aragon and in 1247 renounced his claims.
Count of Carcassonne
- Charles Bâtard de Valois (1573–1650), 1589 Count of Carcassonne, 1620 Duke of Angoulême