Town · Trencavel viscounties · as at first light, 1 January 1200

Limoux

The market town of the Razes on the upper Aude, below the abbey of Alet.

Who holds it

Name
Raymond Roger Trencavel
Title
Viscount (Razes)
Since
1194
Confidence
medium

Lord in 1200

The Trencavel viscount, as lord of the Razes.

How things stand that morning

Trencavel.

Trade and crafts

Cloth and wine (as usually stated).

Where the sources disagree

Evidence: General knowledge.

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.

Sources and studies

  1. Wikipedia (fr): Roger II Trencavel

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