Posquieres, on the edge of the Petite Camargue between Nimes and Saint-Gilles, is famous for two things: the pilgrimage church of Notre-Dame de Vauvert, a stage for pilgrims to Compostela, and its Jewish academy.
Its head, Abraham ben David (the Rabad), the great critic of Maimonides, died in 1197 or 1198; his son Isaac the Blind is a founder of the Kabbalah.
Who he is
- Name
- Not pinned in the sources read (the house descends from Rostaing I, attested 1066)
- Title
- Lords of Posquieres
- Since
- Not pinned
- Confidence
- low
French Wikipedia (Vauvert, Gard).
Overlord
The count of Toulouse (as usually stated).
What it holds
- Posquieres (Vauvert) and its castle
- Le Cailar and lands on the Petite Camargue (not pinned)
How things stand that morning
Held; holder not pinned.
Where the sources disagree
- Abraham ben David's death: 1197 (French Wikipedia, Vauvert); 1198 in many references.
Evidence: Lords' names around 1200 not found.
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.
Sources and studies
Last revised 4 November 2026. Published 4 November 2026. Suggest a correction on the OMNIA Discord.