Embrun

Who holds it

Name

Guillaume de Benevent (Guillaume IV)

Title

Archbishop of Embrun

Since

1189

Confidence

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The lists (en.wikipedia, gcatholic) give Guillaume de Benevent from 1189 to 1208, followed by Raimond Sedu (1208-1212) and Bernard Chabert (1212-1235). His family and politics are not pinned.

What it holds

• Embrun: share of the lordship of the city with the count of Forcalquier (the terms in 1200 are not pinned)
• Metropolitan of the Alpine province (Digne, Grasse/Antibes, Vence, Glandeves, Senez, Nice)

How it was acquired

Royal and imperial grants to the church of Embrun; details for the twelfth century not pinned in the sources checked.

How things stand that morning

Shared with the count of Forcalquier, who is old and at odds with Count Alfonso II of Provence over his inheritance.

Wealth

Tolls on the Durance road to the Mont Genevre and Italy; pastures; the estates of the see.

Threats

• The Forcalquier succession: whoever gets the Embrunais (Provence or the Dauphins) will be the archbishop's partner in the city

Advocates and rivals

The counts of Forcalquier (William IV), who hold the Embrunais; through the 1202 marriage of William's granddaughter Beatrice to Andre of Albon, the Embrunais and the Gapencais will pass to the Dauphins when William dies (1209).

Where the sources disagree

• The notes leave the archbishop of Embrun not pinned. The lists consulted give Guillaume de Benevent, 1189-1208.

Evidence: Holder from two lists; the co-lordship of the city rests on general accounts of the Embrunais and Gapencais.

On the map: City only; the archbishop's rural lordships in 1200 are not pinned.

Primary sources for Forcalquier

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.

• 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.
• 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.