The bishop of Carpentras is a temporal lord in his city, inside the marquisate of Provence that the counts of Toulouse hold (the later Comtat Venaissin).
His lordship is the reason the bishops later sit in the Estates of the Comtat and why, when the pope takes over the Comtat in 1274, the bishop has to become his vassal for his temporal domain (1276). How the city was shared with the count of Toulouse in 1200 is not pinned.
Who holds it
- Name
- Geoffroy de Garosse (Gaufridus)
- Title
- Bishop of Carpentras
- Since
- about 1195
- Confidence
- medium
The en.wikipedia list gives Raimbaudus (about 1178-1195) and then Gaufridus (Geoffroy de Garosse), about 1195 to about 1211. His acts are not pinned.
What it holds
- Carpentras: episcopal lordship in the city (share with the count of Toulouse not pinned)
How it was acquired
Not pinned in the sources checked.
How things stand that morning
Episcopal town within Toulouse's marquisate.
Wealth
City dues and market; the farmland of the Comtat.
Threats
- The count of Toulouse's officers
Advocates and rivals
The count of Toulouse, Raymond VI, marquis of Provence.
Where the sources disagree
Evidence: The episcopal lordship is inferred from its later form (vassalage to the pope in 1276); the 1200 terms are not pinned.
On the map: City only; the extent of the bishop's rights against the count of Toulouse in 1200 is not known.
Primary sources for Toulouse
Chronicles, registers, sagas and inscriptions written in or near 1200 that cover this entry. Each has its own page with editions, translations and where to read it.
- Chronicles of Saint-Martial of Limoges, Bernard Itier and other monks of Saint-Martial; Geoffrey of Vigeois for the earlier chronicle (Geoffrey's chronicle to 1184; Bernard Itier's notes about 1195 to 1225). Bernard Itier, librarian of Saint-Martial, kept dated notes through 1200 of what reached Limoges: Richard's death at Chalus in 1199, the viscounts of Limoges and the lords of the Limousin, John's passage through Aquitaine in 1200 and the affairs of Angouleme and the Lusignans, and the abbey's own elections and prices. Read online
- Deeds of the Counts of Barcelona, Anonymous (monks of Santa Maria de Ripoll) (first version 1162 to 1184; continued in the later 13th century; final version 1303 to 1314). The house chronicle of the counts of Barcelona.
- Documents of the French Royal Treasury of Charters, vol. 1 (755 to 1223) (755 to 1223; the archive was organised from the 1190s). The treaties and bonds the French crown kept in its own archive, printed in date order. Read online
- The Great Book of Fiefs, Various; compiled by Ramon de Caldes for Alfonso II of Aragon (compiled 1192 to 1194). The register of the count-king's feudal rights, finished a few years before 1200 and in use at Peter II's court: some 900 charters of homage, convention, oath, sale and marriage arranged by county and lineage, covering Catalonia, Roussillon, Cerdanya, Pallars, Urgell, the Carcassonne and Beziers lands of the Trencavels, Provence and Aragon.
Sources and studies
Last revised 4 November 2026. Published 4 November 2026. Suggest a correction on the OMNIA Discord.