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The County of Melgueil (
Occitan: Melguelh, modern
Mauguio) was a
fief of first the
Carolingian Emperor, then the
King of France, and finally (1085) the
Papacy during the
Middle Ages. Counts probably sat at Melgueil from the time of the
Visigoths. The counts of Melgueil were also counts of
Maguelonne and
Substantion from at least the time of
Peter's homage to
Pope Gregory VII on 27 April 1085. In 1172
Beatriu disinherited her son
Bertrand and named her daughter
Ermessenda her heiress. Later that year Ermessenda married the future
Raymond VI of Toulouse and by her will of 1176 the county was to go to Toulouse. Bertrand refused to recognise his disinheritance and pledged homage as Count of Melgueil to
Alfonso II of Aragon in 1172. The county fell to the Toulouse in 1190 and was annexed to the
French crown in 1213, during the
Albigensian Crusade. At the
Fourth Council of the Lateran in 1215 it was given to the
Diocese of Maguelonne and secular and ecclesiastical authority were merged.
List of counts
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Aigulf (c. 750)
-
Amic (???–778), son of Agilulf
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Robert (778–???)
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Adolf
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Ernest
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Eberard (???–812)
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Bera (812–820), also
Count of Barcelona
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Rampo (820–826), also
Count of Barcelona
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Bernard of Septimania (826–832), also
Margrave of Septimania
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Berengar the Wise (832–835), also
Count of Toulouse
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Bernard of Septimania (836–844), also
Margrave of Septimania
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Sunifred (844–848), also
Count of Barcelona
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William of Septimania (848–850), also
Margrave of Septimania
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Aleran (850–852), also
Count of Barcelona
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Isembart (850–852), also
Count of Barcelona
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Odalric (852–858), also
Margrave of Septimania
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Humfrid (858–864), also
Margrave of Gothia
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Bernard of Gothia (865–878), also
Margrave of Gothia
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Guillermona (c.878–920), married to
Robert of Magalona
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Bernard I (c.920–930), son of Guillermona
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Berengar (c.930–950), son of Bernard I
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Bernard II, Count of Melgueil [
Wikidata] (c. 950–988), son of Berengar
- N.N. (c.988–989), son of Bernard II
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Bernard III, Count of Melgueil [
Wikidata] (c. 989–1055), son of the son of Bernard II
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Raymond I (c.1055–1079), son of Bernard III
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Peter, Count of Melgueil [
Wikidata] (1079 – after 1085), son of Raymond I
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Raymond II (????–1120), son of Peter
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Bernard IV (1120–????), son of Raymond II
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Beatrice (c.1130–c.1190), daughter of Bernard IV, under the regency of her cousin
William VI of Montpellier
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Berengar Raymond (1135–1144), first husband of Beatrice, also
Count of Provence
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Bernard V of Pelet (1146–1172), second husband of Beatrice, also Lord of
Alès
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Ermessenda (1170-1176), daughter of the previous
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Raymond VI (1173-1190), husband of the previous, also
Count of Toulouse.
On the death of Beatrice the county was disputed. In 1172 it was divided. In 1190 it was reunited.
References
- Devic, Claude, and Vaissète, Joseph, Histoire générale de Languedoc : Volume I, Toulouse, édition Privat, 1872
- Emmerson, Richard K., Key Figures in Medieval Europe: An Encyclopedia. Routledge Publishing, New York, 2013