Castres (seigneur)

The Albiguian Crusade , which began in 1209, was led by the son of Simon de Montfort , Senor de Montfort-l'Amoury - Simon IV de Montfort , 5th Earl of Leicester . During the entire conflict, Simon was accompanied by his younger brother Hugo de Montfort .

In 1213, Simon IV and Hugo defeated the combined army of Pedro II , King of Aragon and Raimund VI , Count of Toulouse , at the Battle of Muir , after which Simon IV de Montfort received the county of Toulouse , as well as the Viscountry of Beziers , Albi and Carcassonne , while his brother Hugo received the lords of Castres and de Firth-Ale in the county of Albi , thus becoming a vassal of his brother Simon.

On January 31, 1228, Hugo de Montfort died at the Battle of Varya , and the lord passed to his son Philip I. In 1239 he went to Palestine , where he received the seigneur Tire in flax. There he was killed on August 12, 1270 . His eldest son, Philip II, inherited his father’s possessions in Toulouse in 1239, and the other sons became lords of Tire. September 24, 1270, Philip II died in Tunisia during the eighth crusade .

The son of Philip II, Jean , who inherited Castres after the death of his father, mainly lived in the Kingdom of Naples , where he inherited the title of Count Squilacce after the uncle’s death. However, he did not leave children and after his death in 1300, Castres inherited Eleanor de Montfort , who married Count Vandom Jean V.

In 1338, Castres was inherited by the son of Eleanor and Jean V Bouchard VI , who, after the death of his father in 1315, bore the title of Count Vendome. From that moment, Castres teamed up with County Wand for a while.

In 1356, the King of France, John II the Good, raised Castres to the status of a county.

House Montfort-l'Amory

• 1211 - 1228 : Hugo de Montfort (d. January 31, 1228), Senor de La Ferte-Al and de Bretancourt, Senor de Castres-en-Albizhua from 1211, regent of the county of Sidon in 1205-1210, son of Simon IV de Montfort
• 1228 - 1239 : Philip I (1202 - August 12, 1240), señor de La Ferte-al, de Bretancourt and de Castres-en-Albijuas 1228–1239, seigneur Torona 1239–1257, seigneur of Tyra from 1246, candidate for the throne of Armenia son of the previous
• 1239 - 1270 : Philip II Young (d. September 24, 1270), seigneur de Bein, seigneur de Castres-en-Albizhua, de la Ferte-al-de-Bretancourt from 1239, son of the previous
• 1270 - 1300 : Jean I (d. 1/3 December 1300), seigneur de Castres-en-Albigeois, de la Ferte-al-de-Bretancourt from 1270, Count de Squilache (Jean II) from 1283, son of the previous
• 1300 - 1338 : Eleanor (d. After May 18, 1338), Dame de Castres-en-Albigeois, de La Ferte-Al and de Bretancourt from 1300, sister of the previous

  husband: from 1295/1302 Jean V (d. after May 18, 1315), Count of Vendome

Montuar House

• 1300/1302 - 1315 : Jean II (d. After May 18, 1315), Count of Vendome (Jean V) from 1271, seigneur de Castres-en-Albizhua, de la Ferte-al and de Bretancourt (Jean II) from 1300 / 1302 (by right of wife), husband of Eleanor de Montfort
• 1338 - 1353 : Bouchard I (d. February 26, 1353), Count of Vendome (Bouchard VI) from 1315, seigneur de Castres-en-Albizhua, de la Ferte-al and de Bretancourt (Bouchard I) from 1338, son of the previous
• 1353 - 1356 : Jean III (d. 1/22 February 1364), Count of Vendome (Jean VI) from 1271, seigneur de Castres-en-Albizhua, de la Ferte-al and de Bretancourt (Jean III) from 1353, count Castra (Jean I)

• List of seniors and counts of Castres
• County Castres

• Dom Claude Devic, dom Joseph Vaissète, Histoire générale de Languedoc, avec des notes et des pièces justificatives, Paris, 1730. (fr.)

• Foundation for Medieval Genealogy: TOULOUSE