Cabaret

Who he is

Name

Peter Roger of Cabaret (Peire Rogier de Cabaret)

Title

Lord (co-lord) of Cabaret

Since

Not pinned; lord in 1209-1211

Born

Not pinned

Family

The lords of Cabaret are known from 1067. He shared the lordship with kinsmen (his brother Jordan of Cabaret, as usually stated).

Confidence

medium

French Wikipedia (Chateaux de Lastours) calls him a faithful man of Raymond Roger Trencavel. His holding on 1 January 1200 is likely, not pinned.

Overlord

The viscount of Carcassonne.

What it holds

• The castles of Cabaret (Lastours) and the Cabardes valleys

How things stand that morning

Held under the Trencavel.

Military

Three castles on one ridge (a fourth, Tour Regine, comes later). No numbers.

Threats

• Church pressure over the Cathars

Where the sources disagree

Evidence: Attested for 1209-1211.

On the map: Rough castellany.

Primary sources for Trencavel

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.