Guillaume d'Ormois

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Guillaume d'Ormois was a royal official in 13th century France .

He was in the middle of the year 1239 by King Ludwig IX. appointed to the Seneschal of Carcassonne . On October 27 of the same year he was present at the episcopal court in Agde in this capacity. In the following year, the last heir of the House of Trencavel , who previously ruled Carcassonne, moved with an army of Faydits from Catalonia across the Pyrenees to recapture his family heritage. Guillaume d'Ormois holed up in the Cité of Carcassonne , where he was able to withstand a siege for several months, until the beginning of October 1240 a relief army under the leadership of the royal chamberlain Jean de Beaumont had marched south, before which the outnumbered Trencavel surrendered and had to retreat across the Pyrenees. The Seneschal described the events surrounding the siege of Carcassonne in a report to the Queen Mother Blanka , written on October 15, 1240 .

The uprising of Trencavel was followed in 1242 by Count Raimund VII of Toulouse , which covered the entire south of what is now the Occitania region . During this unrest, in May 1242 in Avignonet, the chief inquisitors of Toulouse were murdered by Faydits who had operated from Montségur , which in turn came under the jurisdiction of the Seneschal of Carcassonne. Guillaume d'Ormois was last guaranteed in his office on February 26, 1243. The punishment of the Faydits was imposed on his successor in office, Hugues d'Arcis .

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  1. ↑ See Histoire générale de Languedoc , Vol. 8 (1879), No. 327, Col. 1032.
  2. ↑ See ibid. No. 332, Col. 1042-1045.
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SURNAME Guillaume d'Ormois
ALTERNATIVE NAMES William of Ormois
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Seneschal of Carcassonne
DATE OF BIRTH 13th Century
DATE OF DEATH 13th Century