Lavaur

Who he is

Name

Not pinned (in 1211 Guiraude of Laurac, a widow, is lady of Lavaur)

Title

Lord or lady of Lavaur

Since

Not pinned

Family

Guiraude is the daughter of Blanche of Laurac and sister of Aimery of Montreal.

Confidence

low

French Wikipedia (Roger II Trencavel): Lavaur was the dowry of Adelaide of Toulouse at her marriage to Roger II (1171); in 1181 Raymond V and the legate Henry of Albano took it, Cathars there had to abjure, and Raymond kept the town. Who held it on 1 January 1200 is not pinned.

Overlord

The count of Toulouse by the last evidence: Lavaur was Adelaide of Toulouse's dowry at her marriage to Roger II Trencavel (1171), but Raymond V kept it after he and the legate took it in 1181 (French Wikipedia, Roger II Trencavel). Whether it went back to the Trencavel before 1200 is not pinned; the castle is held by local lords of the Laurac family by 1211.

What it holds

• The castle and town of Lavaur

How things stand that morning

Probably under the count of Toulouse's lordship since 1181 (not pinned); held by local lords.

Where the sources disagree

Evidence: The 1171 dowry and 1181 siege are attested; the 1200 holder is not.

On the map: The commune only; overlordship ruled Toulouse at low confidence.

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.