Counts of Castres

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Castres-en-Albigenses was a dependence of the Viscount of Albi. The Viscounts of Albi granted Castres a city charter establishing a commune with the city, headed by consuls. During the Albigensian Crusade, the city quickly surrendered to Simon de Montfort, who gave it to his brother Guy de Montfort.

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Lords of Castres

House of Montfort-l'Amaury

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1211-1228 : Guy de Montfort († 1228), Lord of Ferté-Allais et de Bréthecourt, son Simon III de Montfort, Lord of Montfort and d'Amicie de Beaumont. [1]

Guy de Montfort was the younger son of Simon IV de Montfort and Amicia, sister of Robert FitzPernel, Earl of Leicester.

First marriage in 1204 to Helvis d'Ibelin († avant 1216)
Second marriage in 1224 to Briende de Beynes

1228-1240 : Philip I of Montfort († 1270), Lord of Castres, and later Lord of Tyre and Toron, son of Guy de Montfort and d'Helvis d'Ibelin. [2]

Philip of Montfort, was Lord of La Ferté-Alais and Castres-en-Albigeois 1228–1270, Lord of Tyre 1246–1270, and Lord of Toron aft. 1240–1270. He was the son of Guy of Montfort and Helvis of Ibelin.

Married to Éléonore de Courtenay († avant 1230), daughter of Peter II of Courtenay and Yolanda of Flanders.
Second marriage in 1240 to Marie d'Antioche, Lady of Toron, daughter of Raymond-Roupen d'Antioche and Helvis de Lusignan

1240-1270 : Philip II of Montfort († 1270), Lord of Castres, son of Philip of Montfort and d'Éléonore de Courtenay.

Philip of Montfort was a French nobleman, Count of Squillace in Italy from 1266/68, then Lord of Castres in 1270. He was the son of Philip of Montfort, Lord of Tyre and Eleonore of Courtenay. His coat-of-arms was Gules, a lion rampant double queued argent, a label of four points azure.

Married to Jeanne de Lévis-Mirepoix († June 30, 1284), daughter of Guy I de Lévis, Lord of Mirepoix and Guibourge of Montfort.

1370-1300 : John of Montfort († 1300), Lord of Castres, Count of Squillace, son of Philip II of Montfort and Jeanne de Levis-Mirepoix.

Jean de Montfort was count of Squillace, seigneur of la Ferté-Alais, of Bréthencourt, and of Castres-en-Albigeois from 1270 to 1300. He was the son of Philippe II de Montfort, count of Squillace, Lord of La Ferté Alais, of Bréthencourt and of Castres, and of Jeanne de Lévis-Mirepoix.

Married Isabella Maletta
Married Giovanna di Fasanella
Married in 1273 to Marguerite de Beaumont († 1307)

1300-1338 : Éléonore de Montfort († après 1338), Lady of Castres, sister of John of Montfort.

Married to John V († 1315), Count of Vendôme

House of Vendôme-Montoire

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1300-1315 : John V († 1315), Count de Vendôme, Lord of Castres.

Married Éléonore de Montfort, Lady of Castres

1338-1354 : Bouchard VI de Vendôme († 1354), Count of Vendôme and Lord of Castres, son of John V of Vendôme.

Married Alice of Brittany († 1377), daughter of Arthur II, Duke of Brittany and Yolande de Dreux

1354-1356 : Jean VI de Vendôme († 1364), Count of Vendôme and Lord of Castres, son of Bouchard VI.

Married Jeanne de Ponthieu († 1376), daughter of John de Ponthieu, Count d'Aumale, and Catherine d'Artois.

In 1356, King John II of France raises Castres to a county.

John II of France monarch of the House of Valois who ruled as King of France from 1350 until his death

John II, called John the Good, was King of France from 1350 until his death, the second monarch from the House of Valois.

Counts of Castres

Maison de Vendôme-Montoire

1354-1364 : John VI of Vendôme († 1364), Count of Vendôme and Castres

Married Jeanne de Ponthieu († 1376), daughter of John of Ponthieu, Count d'Aumale, and Catherine d'Artois.

1364-1371 : Bouchard VII of Vendôme († 1371), Count of Vendôme and Castres, son of John VI.

Married in 1368 Isabelle of Bourbon, daughter of James I, Count of La Marche and Jeanne de Châtillon

1371-1372 : Jeanne of Vendôme († 1372), Countess of Vendôme and Castres, daughter of Bourchard VII.

1372-1403 : Catherine de Vendôme († 1411), Countess of Vendôme and Castres, aunt of Jeanne, daughter of Jean VI, Count of Vendôme.

Married in 1364 to John of Bourbon-La Marche († 1393), Count of La Marche.

House of Bourbon-La Marche

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1362-1393 : John I of Bourbon , Count of La Marche, Vendôme and Castres.

Married Catherine of Vendôme († 1411), Countess of Vendôme and Castres.

1393-1435 : James II (1370 † 1438), Count of La Marche and Castres, son of John I.

Married in 1406 to Béatrice d'Évreux (1392 † 1414)
Married in 1415 to Joan II (1375 † 1435), Queen of Naples.

1435-1462 : Éléonore of Bourbon (1412 † ap.1464), Countess of La Marche, Castres and Duchess of Nemours, daughter of James II.

Married in 1429 to Bernard d'Armagnac († 1462), Count of Pardiac.

House d'Armagnac

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1438-1462 : Bernard de Pardiac|Bernard d'Armagnac († 1462), Count of Pardiac, of La Marche, Castres and Duke of Nemours.

Married in 1429 to Éléonore de Bourbon, daughter of James II and Béatrice d'Évreux.

1462-1476 : Jacques d'Armagnac (1433 † 1477), Count of Pardiac, La Marche and Duke of Nemours.

Married in 1462 to Louise d'Anjou (1445 † 1477).

House de Juge

1476-1494 : Boffille de Juge († 1502) [3]

Married in 1480 to Marie d'Albret, daughter of John I d'Albret, sire d'Albret, and Catherine de Rohan.
In 1494, in litigation with the heirs of Jacques d'Armagnac, Boffile yields Castres to his brother-in-law, Alain d'Albret.

House d'Albret

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1494-1519 : Alain , sire d'Albret (1440 † 1522), son of John I d'Albret, sire d'Albret, and Catherine de Rohan.

Married to Françoise de Châtillon, Countess of Périgord et Vicountess of Limoges.

From 1502 to 1519, possession of Castres is challenged by the daughter of Boffille de Juge. Finally, in 1519, irritated by the argument, Francis I of France reunites the county of Castres to the royal domain.

Notes

  1. ↑ Dictionnaire de la noblesse, 2nd Ed, Editor: François Alexandre Aubert de la Chenaye Desbois, (1772), 32.
  2. ↑ Crowe, Eyre Evans, The History of France, (Longman, Brown, Green, Longmans, and Roberts, 1858), 212.
  3. ↑ Cuttler, S.H., The Law of Treason and Treason Trials in Later Medieval France, (Cambridge University Press, 2003), 111.

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