Hugues d'Arcis

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Hugues d'Arcis († between 1266 and 1269) was a royal office holder in 13th century France . He probably came from a Burgundian knight family , which was able to gain a foothold in the course of the Albigensian Crusade (1209-1229) in southern France.

In January 1243 Hugues was first documented when he was in Montargis when he swore the oath of Count Roger IV of Foix to King Ludwig IX. was present. On this occasion it is the first time as Seneschal of Carcassonne dubbed (Hugonem de Arsiz, senescallum Carcassonne) , one, allocated by the Crown since 1226 Office, the management of the former Trencavel -Länderein in today's region Occitania ( vice counties Carcassonne and Beziers ) was responsible . In this office he succeeded Guillaume d'Ormois .

Apparently immediately afterwards Hugues must have gone personally to his area of ​​office, because in April 1243 he was present in Béziers at the council of the local clergy and nobility that met there. This council dealt with the restoration of the political and religious order that had been shaken by the previous uprisings of Trencavel and Raymond VII of Toulouse . During these uprisings in Avignonet in 1242 the chief inquisitors of Toulouse were murdered by Faydits , who had their base in the mountain fortress of Montségur , which was also the last fortified retreat of the Cathar sect . Apparently at the Council of Béziers the campaign against this resistance nest was decided, the direction of which was incumbent on the royal seneschal, since the Montségur was under his jurisdiction. After a ten-month siege , the defenders were forced to surrender on March 16, 1244, after which more than two hundred Cathars were burned at the foot of the mountain.

Hugues is attested for the last time in January 1245 in a royal mandate as Seneschal of Carcassonne, in February 1246 his successor Jean d'Escrennes was finally in this office. After that it is documented again in 1252 and around 1266. He entered the service of Prince Alfons of Poitiers , for whom he was guaranteed on November 8, 1254 in the office of the Seneschal of Toulouse , Agenais and Quercy (Hugo de Arsicio, senescallus Tholose, Agennensis et Caturcensis) . He is named as such after his death in a favor issued by the prince on February 17, 1269 in favor of his widow (defuncti Hugonis de Arsicio, quondam senescalli nostri Tholosani) .

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Remarks

  1. ↑ Jean d'Arcis, lord of the castle of Cabrières (Dept. Hérault) , who appeared in a document in 1247 , was probably a relative of Hugues. See Histoire générale de Languedoc (HGL) , Vol. 8 (1879), No. 390 (X), Col. 1193f.
  2. ↑ See ibid., No. 359 (II), Col. 1108–1110.
  3. ↑ See ibid., No. 363, Col. 1121–1122.
  4. ↑ See ibid., No. 389, 390, Col. 1189–1190.
  5. ↑ See ibid., No. 428, Col. 1305-1310, No. 503, Col. 1506-1509.
  6. ↑ See Joseph de Laborde, Layettes du trésor des chartes, Vol. 3 (1875), No. 4128, p. 222.
  7. ↑ See HGL 8, no. 428 (XXX), col. 1585.
personal data
SURNAME Hugues d'Arcis
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Hugo of Arcis
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Seneschal of Carcassonne, Seneschal of Toulouse
DATE OF BIRTH 13th Century
DATE OF DEATH between 1266 and February 17, 1269