Jean V. de Pontevès

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Jean V. de Pontevès (from 1571) Comte de Carcès (* 1510 in Flassans ; † April 20, 1582 there) was a French captain in the Huguenot Wars , who mainly operated in Provence . His followers, uncompromising Catholics, were called Carcistes .

biography

Jean V. de Pontevès was the son of Honoré de Pontevès, Seigneur de Carcès et de Cotignac , and Clermonde de Forbin. With the death of his father in 1537 he was not only master of the family property, but also head of the Provencal nobility. He was successively general captain of the galleys, gentilhomme ordinaire of the Chambre du Roi , lieutenant du Roi en Provence et des Mers du Levant (1560); In 1562 he was accepted into the Ordre de Saint-Michel . On August 3, 1566 he became Commandant de Provence .

By patent letter of March 1571, the lordship of Carcès was elevated to a county with the inclusion of Cotignac, Flassans, Porquerolles , Château-Neuf, Buoux , La Molle, Tavernes , Brue-Auriac, Artignosc and Tourtour , as well as with the authority to establish a county seat Establish Lieutenance , which was founded on November 22, 1573. The reason for the elevation to the county were the services that Jean de Pontevès had rendered the king during the Huguenot Wars.

In 1572 he appointed Christophe de Villeneuve, Seigneur de Vaucluse, to be his envoy to King Charles IX. in order to have the general massacre of the Protestants revoked, even though he was an ardent Catholic himself. Thanks to him and the help of Grand Seneschal Honorat I. de Savoie , Provence was spared from St. Bartholomew's Night (August 24, 1572). Honorat I. de Savoie died on October 11, 1572 and Jean de Pontevès was his successor as Grand Seneschal on October 16.

Jean de Pontevès was head of the Catholic Carcistes or Marabouts (for "wild and cruel") who fought from 1578 against the Razats of the Maréchal de Retz , who relied on the lords of Oppède , Oraison and Allemagne . The two camps devastated Provence, pillaged, raped and committed other atrocities. The Parlement d'Aix first condemned the behavior of the Carcists, allowing "them to be overrun and cut into pieces". On this order, a part of Provence took up arms and in a few days 96 Carcistes were killed before Cuers , 400 were saberbed in Cabasse and the same number died before Lorgues . The entire garrison of the Castle of Trans was surrendered to the sword, and Carcès himself owed his rescue only to the arrival of Caterina de 'Medici in Provence.

During the war of 1574 he raised troops in Barjols to stop the actions of the Politiques allied with the Protestants : they were quickly arrested and sentenced. In 1575 he brought back the places conquered by the Protestants.

Towards the end of his life he retired to Salon and left it to his nephew Hubert de Garde de Vins (son of his sister Honorée and of Gaspard de la Garde, Seigneur de Vins) to continue his fight.

marriage and family

Jean de Pontevès married Marguerite de Brancas in 1547, daughter of Gaucher de Brancas ( House of Brancas ) and Isabeau d'Agoult de Montauban. Your children were:

  • Gaspard de Pontevès (1557–1610), 2nd Comte de Carcès, Grand Seneschal and Governor of Provence ; ⚭ 1588 Éléonore de Prez de Montpezat († after 1658), daughter of Melchior des Prez, Seigneur de Montpezat, and Henriette de Savoie, Marquise de Villars
  • Marguerite de Pontevès; ⚭ (1) 1563 Claude de Villeneuve-Trans (1547-1579); ⚭ (2) Gabriel de Varadier; ⚭ (3) 1588 Melchior de Forbin-Janson, † after 1626
  • Lucrèce de Pontevès († around 1583); ⚭ 1572 Jean de Castellane (1544–1589), Seigneur de La Verdière
  • Gabrielle de Pontevès; ⚭ Jacques d'Agoult-Montauban († 1590)
  • Isabeau de Pontevès († after 1605); ⚭ 1559 Louis de Castellane Adhémar de Monteil († 1598), Comte de Grignan
  • Clarice de Pontevès; ⚭ 1586 Gaspard de Forbin († 1637), Seigneur de Soliers

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SURNAME Pontevès, Jean V. de
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Comte de Carcès
BRIEF DESCRIPTION French nobleman, Grand Seneschal of Provence
DATE OF BIRTH 1510
PLACE OF BIRTH Flassans
DATE OF DEATH April 20, 1582
Place of death Flassans