Heinrich I. (Rodez)

Heinrich I ( French Henri de Rodez , Occitan Enric de Rodes ; † October 1222 in Akkon ) was a Count of Rodez and Vice-Count of Carlat from the House of Millau. He was the illegitimate son of Count Hugo II and Bertrande d'Amalon.

Just like his father, Heinrich's older half-brother and co-ruling Count Wilhelm died in 1208. Since Wilhelm had no children, he designated Count Guido II of Auvergne's cousin as heir in his will . However, he did not accept the inheritance and handed it to Count Raimund VI. from Toulouse , who was the overlord of the Rouergue as well as of Rodez . From this, Heinrich was finally recognized and installed in his father's inheritance, despite his illegitimate birth.

As a result, Heinrich stood faithfully at the side of the Count of Toulouse during the Albigensian Crusade from 1209 and turned against the Crusade with him in 1211. Against him in 1214 the Bishop of Rodez called the leader of the crusade, Simon de Montfort in the Rouergue, to which Heinrich had to submit. Because he had entertained mercenaries to fight against the crusade, he should follow the will of the papal legate Robert de Courçon be expropriated, but Montfort decided to leave his possessions But as his vassal, for which Henry to him on 7 November 1214 the ligischen oath sworn had to. After Montfort's death in 1218, he recognized Amaury de Montfort as the new liege lord.

In 1219 Heinrich drew up his will in which he declared his participation in the Crusade of Damiette (fifth crusade). On June 29, 1219 he was present in the camp of Prince Louis VIII in front of Toulouse , where he placed the administration of his lands in the hands of the Bishop of Rodez for the duration of his absence, probably because his eldest son was still underage. In Outremer , Heinrich survived the defeat of the Crusaders in Egypt in 1221, but fell seriously ill, which prompted him to amend his will in Acre in October 1222 in the local Johanniterkommende , in which he now also decreed donations in favor of the Knights of St. John and Templars . He died shortly afterwards.

In Heinrich's will of 1219 three children are noted, the sons Hugo IV († 1274), his successor as Count, and Guibert, who was provided with goods in the Auvergne, as well as the daughter Guise.

literature

• Laurent Macé: Les Comtes de Toulouse et leur entourage, XIIe-XIIIe siècles: Rivalités, alliances et jeux de pouvoir. Toulouse, 2000, pp. 33-34.
• Michel Roquebert: The History of the Cathars, Heresy, Crusade and Inquisition in Languedoc. German translation by Ursula Blank-Sangmeister, Philipp Reclam jun. GmbH & Co. KG, Stuttgart 2012, p. 229.

Remarks

1. ↑ Histoire générale de Languedoc , Vol. 5, ed. by C. Devic and J. Vaissete (Toulouse, 1842), p. 407.
2. ↑ Pierre des Vaux-de-Cernay , Historia Albigensium , In: Recueil des Historiens des Gaules et de la France , Vol. 19 (1880), p. 99.
3. ↑ Catalog des actes de Simon et d'Amaury de Montfort , ed. by August Molinier in: Bibliothèque de l'école des chartes , Vol. 34 (1873), No. 93, p. 473.
4. ↑ Spicilegium sive collectio veterum aliquot Scriptorum qui in Galliae bibliothecis delituerant , Vol. 3, ed. by Luc d'Achery (1723), pp. 593-594.
5. ↑ Catalog des actes de Simon et d'Amaury de Montfort , ed. by August Molinier in: Bibliothèque de l'école des chartes , Vol. 34 (1873), No. 172, p. 493.
6. ^ Cartulaire general de l'ordre des hospitaliers de Saint Jean de Jérusalem, 1110-1310. Vol. 2, ed. by Joseph Delaville Le Roux (1897), no. 1760, pp. 308-309.

Web links

• COMTES de RODEZ at fmg.ac

predecessor	Office	successor
Hugo II and Wilhelm	Count of Rodez 1208-1222	Hugo IV