Vice County of Narbonne

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The Vicomté de Narbonne ( French Vicomté de Narbonne ) was - within Septimania , Gothiens or the Duchy of Narbonne - the local rule in and around Narbonne . It was ruled by a family from the 10th to the middle of the 15th century, whose possessions were limited to this area.

In 1447 the vice-county was sold to the Count of Foix , whose descendants they passed to the French King Louis XII in 1507 . resigned.

Hereditary Vice Count of Narbonne

House Mâcon

  • Maiolus (Mayeul), † probably before June 15, 911
  • Walcharius (Gauthier), 911 attested
  • Maiolus (Mayeul II.), Attested in 936
  • Maiolus (Mayeul III.), † after October 24, 946

Other families

  • Odo, † before December 11, 925.
  • Volverad, 925
  • Matfred, 952-966, † after August 10, 966, son of Odos
  • Raimund I., 977-1019 / 23, † 1019/1023, his son
  • Berengar, 1019/1023-around 1066, † around 1066, his son
  • Raimund II, 1066-1067, † after 1067, his son. Chased away by his half-brother Bernhard
  • Bernhard, 1066 – before 1077, † before 1077, son of Berengar
  • Aimery I., 1077–1105, † 1105, his son.
  • Aimery II, 1105–1134, (X at the Battle of Fraga July 17, 1134), his son.

From 1134 to 1143, when the heiress was a minor, the Viceroyalty of Narbonne was occupied by Alfonso I , Count of Toulouse. A coalition of regional nobles forced him to return the vice-county in 1143.

  • Ermengarde , 1143–1192, † 1196/97, daughter of Aimerys II.

Manrique de Lara house

At the end of 1192, Pedro de Lara, son of a half-sister Ermengarde, chased his aunt away from Narbonne.

  • 1192–1202: Pedro (Pierre) de Lara († June 10, 1202), nephew of Ermengarde.
  • 1202-1239: Aimery III. († February 1, 1239), his son.
  • 1239–1270: Amalric I († December 1270), his son.
  • 1270–1298: Aimery IV († October 1298), his son.
  • 1298–1328: Amalric II († June 19, 1328), his son.
  • 1328–1336: Aimery V. († June 1336), his son.
  • 1336-1341: Amalric III. († February 28, 1341), his son.
  • 1341-1388: Aimery VI. († 1388), his half-brother.
  • 1388–1397: Guillaume I († 1397), his son.
  • 1397–1424: Guillaume II († 1424), his son.

House Tinières

In 1424, Vice-Count Guillaume II inherited the Vice-County, even without descendants, to his half-brother from his mother's second marriage, Pierre de Tinières.

House Grailly

In 1447 Narbonne was sold to Gaston IV , Count of Foix .

In 1507 the vice-county of Narbonne was given to King Louis XII. assigned.

literature

  • Jacqueline Caille: Ermengarde, vicomtesse de Narbonne (1127 / 29-1196 / 97). Une grande figure féminine du midi aristocratique. in: La femme dans l'histoire et la société méridionales (IXe-XIXe siècles). Actes du 66th congrès de la Fédération Historique du Languedoc Méditerranéen et du Roussillon (Narbonne, October 15-16, 1994), Montpellier, 1995, pages 9-50.
  • Thierry Stasser: La maison vicomtale de Narbonne aux Xe et XIe siècles. in: Annales du Midi, Volume 204, 1993, pages 489-507.