Reign of Montpellier

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The dominion of Montpellier around the city of Montpellier , which had only been founded the century before, was given in the 10th century by a countess of Maguelonne to the bishop of Montpellier Ricuin II (attested in 975). The bishop in turn gave the city and parts of the rule to one of his vassals , Guilhem I, who had ruled Montpelliéret (now part of Montpellier) for him. This (new) dominion of Montpellier remained in the possession of the descendants of Guilhem I until the family with Guilhem VIII and his daughter Maria von Montpellier died out .

The lords of Montpellier benefited from the development of the city and the port in close diplomatic relations with the Republic of Genoa . This close relationship helped Guilhem VI. 1141 during the suppression of a popular uprising. In 1163 the Lords of Montpellier accepted the suzerainty of the Count of Toulouse .

Guilhem VIII married Eudokia Komnene in his first marriage, and Agnes de Castilia in his second marriage, although the first marriage continued. As a result, the children from the second marriage were viewed by the Pope as illegitimate and therefore not entitled to inheritance, which is why, after Guilhem's death in 1202, Montpellier ruled over Guilhem's daughter from his first marriage, Maria, and her third husband, Peter II , King of Aragón , X 1213 , went to the House of Barcelona . By the Treaty of Corbeil (1258) King Louis IX recognized. from France to Aragon's sovereignty over Montpellier, while at the same time Aragon renounced its claims to Languedoc (and France to its claims to northern Catalonia ). When the Aragonese property was divided among the grandsons of Peters in 1276, Montpellier was added to the Kingdom of Mallorca . In 1293, King Philip IV of France bought sovereignty over the city from the bishop, then installed a rector in Montpelliéret, who in turn oversaw the king of Mallorca (as a vassal of the king of France). In 1349 King James III sold from Mallorca Montpellier to Philip VI. from France to finance the reconquest of Mallorca after its deposition; Philip VI integrates Montpellier into the Domaine royal .

In 1365 King Charles V of France ceded the rule of Montpellier to his cousin and brother-in-law Charles II of Navarre in exchange for the fortresses of Mantes and Meulan . Confiscated in 1367 and 1378 and returned in 1381, Montpellier was finally integrated into the Domaine royal on October 28, 1382.

Lords of Montpellier

House of the Guilhems ( House of Montpellier )

  • Guilhem I., dominus Montispessulani, 965 of Bernard II., Count of Melgueil , belehnt
  • Guilhem II, 1019 to probably 1025 attested
  • Guilhem III.
  • Guilhem IV, attested in 1058/68, son of Guilhem III; ∞ Ermengarde, daughter of Raymond I, Count of Melgueil
  • Guilhem V., 1068/1121 attested, † before 1122, son of Guilhem IV .; ∞ Ermesinde, daughter of Pierre I, Count of Melgueil
  • Guilhem VI., 1121/61 attested, son of Guilhem V .; ∞ Sibylia de Mataplane
  • Guilhem VII, testified in 1172, † before 1173, son of Guilhem VI, 1146 lord of Montpellier and Montferrier , 1157 lord of Tortosa , 1157/58 lord of Castries , 1160 lord of Clermont, 1168 lord of Sauteyrargues , 1171 lord of Mireval ; ∞ Mathilde of Burgundy, Dame de Montferrier, † before 1172, daughter of Hugo II Borel , Duke of Burgundy ( Elder House of Burgundy )
  • Guilhem VIII. , † 1202, son of Guilhem VII, 1172 lord of Montpellier, Castries, Castelnau, Le Pouget and Pignan , 1187 lord of Paulhan , 1191 lord of Loupian , 1194 lord of Frontignan , 1196 lord of Minerval, Saint-Paul and Montcamel , 1197 lord of Omelaz ; ∞ I 1181 Eudokia Komnene, daughter of Alexios Komnenos and Maria Dukaina , † after 1202 ( Komnenen ); ∞ II 1187 Agnes de Castilia, 1191/1202 attested
  • Thomas de Tortose, son of Guilhem VIII and Agnes de Castilia, 1202/04 lord of Montpellier, lord of Paollano (since Guilhem VIII entered into his second marriage without divorce from his first wife, the children from this marriage were considered illegitimate and thus not entitled to inheritance)
  • Guilhem IX., 1191/1202, his brother
  • Marie , † 1213, daughter of Guilhem VIII and Eudokia Komnena, mistress of Montpellier, Dame de Muret ; ∞ I Barral, Vice-Count of Marseille ; ∞ II Bernardo IV. , Count of Comminges , divorced in 1201, † 1225; ∞ III. Peter II , King of Aragon , X 1213 ( House of Barcelona )

House Barcelona

The dominion of Montpellier (above) as part of the Kingdom of Mallorca

literature

  • Jean Favier , Dictionnaire de la France médiévale, keyword Montpellier
  • Detlev Schwennicke, European Family Tables , Volume III.3 (1985) Plate 445/446