Vice-county of Castelbon
The vice-county of Castelbon was first mentioned at the end of the 10th century. It was located in the valley of Castelbon (in Catalan Castellbò) south of Andorra .
In 989, Guillermo, Vice Count of Urgell and son of Vice Count Miró, received the Castelbon Valley from Count Borrell II of Barcelona . However, the title of Vice Count of Castelbon was first used by Guillermo's descendant Pere Ramón after the Vice Count of Urgell had become a pure title. Pere Ramón married Sibila von Cerdanya in 1126, thereby uniting his vice-counties with the vice-counties of Cerdanya - and thus becoming a competitor of the bishop of Urgell , who followed the vice- counts ' increase in power with suspicion.
Pere Ramón's grandson Arnau married Arnalda de Caboet around 1183, through which the valleys of Cabo, Sant-Juan and Andorra came to the vice counts of Castelbon. With him, the power of the Vice Counts of Castelbon reached its peak - also towards the bishop, especially since Arnau was a Cathar (which led to his body being exhumed and cremated 40 years after his death). Arnaud's only daughter Ermessende married the Hereditary Count of Foix, Roger Bernardo II. , † 1241 in 1208. The dynasty of the Vice Counts of Castelbon died out.
The descendants of Discretionary and Roger Bernardos ruled Castelbon for two centuries. As Count Gaston III. Fébus died in 1391 without legitimate descendants, he bequeathed his property to the King of France - which, however, now prompted the King of Aragon to appoint a relative of Gaston's, Mathieu de Foix , to prevent the vice-county from falling into possession of the French crown. Mathieu also died in 1398 without descendants, so that his only sister Isabelle († 1412) succeeded him. She was married to Archambaud de Grailly († 1413), from her the house Foix-Grailly comes from.
Her descendant Gaston IV. († 1472) was also Count of Foix and Bigorre, Vice Count of Béarn, Castelbon and Narbonne. His son François Fébus became King of Navarre , his descendant Henry King of France in 1589, which brought Castelbon back to the French crown. Because of this reversal, the French head of state is still one of the two heads of state of Andorra.
Vice Count of Castelbon
Dynasty of the Vice Counts of Urgel
- Miró I., before 953 - after 977
- Guillermo, before 981-1037
- Miró II., 1037-1079
- Ramón I, 1079-1114
- Pere Ramón, 1114 - ...
Dynasty of the Vice Count of Castelbon
- Pere Ramón, ... - 1150
- Ramón II, 1150-1185
- Arnau, 1185-1226
- Discretionary, ⚭ Roger Bernardo II. De Foix , † 1241.
Dynasty of the Counts of Foix
- Roger Bernardo II , † 1241, Count of Foix, Vice Count of Castelbon; ⚭ I discretionary, Vice Countess of Castelbon, † 1229, heiress of Vice Count Arnau; ⚭ II Ermengarde, daughter of Aimery Manrique de Lara, Viscount de Narbonne
- Roger IV , † 1265, his son, Comte de Foix, Vice Count of Castelbon
- Roger Bernard III , † 1303, his son, 1265 Count of Foix and Vice Count of Castelbon; ⚭ Margarita de Moncada, 1311 20th Viscountess de Béarn , Comtesse de Bigorre , heiress of Gaston VII. De Moncada, 19th Viscount de Béarn
- Gaston I , † 1315, his son, 1302 Count of Foix and Bigorre, 21st Vice-Count of Béarn and Castelbon; ⚭ 1301 Jeanne d'Artois, 1315/24 Comtesse de Foix, † after 1348, daughter of Philippe d'Artois, Seigneur de Conches-en-Ouche ( House of France-Artois )
- Roger-Bernard IV., His son, † 1352, Vice Count of Castelbon; ⚭ Geraude de Navailles
- Roger Bernard V, † 1381, Vice Count of Castelbon
- Mathieu , † 1398, his son, Vice Count of Castelbon and Béarn; ⚭ Juana Infanta of Aragón, † 1407, daughter of Juan I , King of Aragón ( House of Barcelona )
- Isabelle de Foix , † 1428, his sister, since 1398 Countess of Foix, Vice Countess of Béarn, Marsan and Lautrec and Co-Mistress of Andorra , from 1400 Vice Countess of Castelbon; ⚭ Archambaud de Grailly Captal de Buch , † 1413 ( Grailly House )
- Jean I. de Foix (1382–1436), their son, Count of Foix, Vice-Count of Béarn, Marsan, Lautrec and Castelbon and co-lord of Andorra
- Gaston IV , † 1472, his son, Count of Foix and Bigorre, Vice Count of Béarn, Marsan and Castelbon and co-lord of Andorra; ⚭ Eleanor of Navarre , † 1479 Queen of Navarre
- Gaston de Foix , † 1470, 1462 Prince of Viana, Vice Count of Castelbon,
- François Fébus , † 1483, King of Navarre
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- ↑ Also Ermessenda / Ermessent / Ermessinde / Ermesinde / Ermesinda / Ermessinda (cf. Florence Le Bras: 30,000 prénoms du monde entier. Keyword Ermessende ).