Barral of Baux vas Viscount of Marseilles and Lord of Baux

Lords of Baux

This is a list of the Lords, Barons and Marquisses of Baux.-Lords of Baux of the House of Baux:*Pons , father of*Hugh 1 , father of*William I Hugh , father of*Raymond I , father of*Hugh II...

. He was the son of Hugh III of Baux, Viscount of Marseilles, and Barrale.

Barral came to oppose the Albigensian Crusade

Albigensian Crusade

The Albigensian Crusade or Cathar Crusade was a 20-year military campaign initiated by the Catholic Church to eliminate Catharism in Languedoc...

, and invaded the Comtat Venaissin

Comtat Venaissin

The Comtat Venaissin, often called the Comtat for short , is the former name of the region around the city of Avignon in what is now the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region of France. It comprised roughly the area between the Rhône, the Durance and Mont Ventoux, with a small exclave located to the...

 in 1234 in support of Raymond VII of Toulouse

Raymond VII of Toulouse

Raymond VII of Saint-Gilles was Count of Toulouse, Duke of Narbonne and Marquis of Provence from 1222 until his death. He was the son of Raymond VI of Toulouse and Joan of England...

. He also joined the Provençal rebellion against Charles of Anjou in 1247. Forced to surrender to Charles in June 1251, he became a supporter of Charles, and helped suppress the rebellion in 1262.

For his support of Charles, he was made Grand Justiciar of Sicily

Kingdom of Sicily

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, and died in 1268. He was succeeded as Lord of Baux by his son Bertran.

He married Sibylle d'Anduze (d. aft. 9 June 1279) and had five children:

1. Hugh (d. c. 1251)
2. Bertran III of Baux (d. 1304/05), Count of Avellino
   Avellino
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    and Lord of Baux, married firstly c. 1244 Philippa (d. aft. 1263), daughter of Aymar II, Count of Valentinois
   Count of Valentinois
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   , married secondly bef. 20 April 1277 Philippa (d. c. 1283), daughter of Aymar III, Count of Valentinois, married thirdly Agathe de Mevouillon, Lady of Caromb
   Caromb
   Caromb is a commune in the Vaucluse department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region in southeastern France.-References:*...
   
   
3. Marquise (d. c. 1279), married c. 1256 Henry II
   Henry II of Rodez
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   , Count of Rodez (d. 1304)
4. Cecile, called "Passerose" (d. 1275), married 1244 Amadeus IV of Savoy
   Amadeus IV of Savoy
   Amadeus IV was Count of Savoy from 1233 to 1253.The legitimate heir of Thomas I of Savoy and Margaret of Geneva, he had however to fight with his brothers for the inheritance of Savoy lands after their father's death...
   
   
5. Marguerite