Mirepoix

Who he is

Name

Not pinned in the sources read (a group of co-lords, among them the family of Peter Roger of Mirepoix)

Title

Co-lords of Mirepoix

Since

Not pinned

Confidence

low

Mirepoix is a castle of co-lords in the Olmes on the Hers, between the county of Foix and the Trencavel Razes. In 1209 it is taken by the crusaders and given to Guy de Levis; the count of Foix dies besieging it in 1223 (French Wikipedia, Raimond-Roger de Foix).

Overlord

Not pinned: the count of Foix claims it (and fights for it in 1223); the Trencavel viscount of Carcassonne is the other candidate. Placed in the toulouse realm through Foix.

What it holds

• The castle of Mirepoix (the old town on the Hers)

How things stand that morning

Held by its co-lords; overlord not pinned.

Where the sources disagree

Evidence: Overlordship and 1200 names not established.

On the map: Rough.

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.