The County of Melgueil was a fief of first the Carolingian Emperor, then the King of France, and finally (1085) the Papacy during the Middle Ages

Middle Ages

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. 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

Pope Gregory VII

Pope St. Gregory VII , born Hildebrand of Sovana , was Pope from April 22, 1073, until his death. One of the great reforming popes, he is perhaps best known for the part he played in the Investiture Controversy, his dispute with Henry IV, Holy Roman Emperor affirming the primacy of the papal...

 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

Raymond VI of Toulouse

Raymond VI was count of Toulouse and marquis of Provence from 1194 to 1222. He was also count of Melgueil from 1173 to 1190.-Early life:...

 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

Alfonso II of Aragon

Alfonso II or Alfons I ; Huesca, 1-25 March 1157 – 25 April 1196), called the Chaste or the Troubadour, was the King of Aragon and Count of Barcelona from 1164 until his death. He was the son of Ramon Berenguer IV of Barcelona and Petronilla of Aragon and the first King of Aragon who was...

 in 1172. The county fell to the Toulouse in 1190 and was annexed to the French crown in 1213, during the Albigensian Crusade

Albigensian Crusade

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. At the Fourth Council of the Lateran

Fourth Council of the Lateran

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 in 1215 it was given to the Diocese of Maguelonne and secular and ecclesiastical authority were merged.

List of counts

• Aigulf (c.750)
• Amic (???–778), son of Agilulf
• Robert (778–???)
• Adolf
• Ernest
• Eberard (???–812)
• Bera
  Bera, Count of Barcelona
  Bera was the first count of Barcelona from 801 until his deposition in 820.He was also the count of Girona and Besalú from 812 or 817 and count of Razès and Conflent from 790 until his deposition.-Origins:...
  
   (812–820), also Count of Barcelona
• Rampo
  Rampó, Count of Barcelona
  Rampó was the second Count of Barcelona from 820 until his death.After Bera was deposed Emperor Louis the Pious gave his lands to a nobleman unconnected to the factional struggles that had developed in Gothia. He chose the Frank Rampó, who had been a faithful servant to his father Charlemagne...
  
   (820–826), also Count of Barcelona
• Bernard of Septimania (826–832), also Margrave of Septimania
• Berengar the Wise (832–835), also Count of Toulouse
• Bernard of Septimania (836–844), also Margrave of Septimania
• Sunifred
  Sunifred I, Count of Barcelona
  Sunifred was the count of many Catalan and Septimanian counties; including Ausona, Besalú, Girona, Narbonne, Agde, Béziers, Lodève, Melgueil, Cerdanya, Urgell, Conflent, and Nîmes; and Count of Barcelona from 844 to 848....
  
   (844–848), also Count of Barcelona
• William of Septimania
  William of Septimania
  William of Septimania was the son of Bernard and Dhuoda. He was the Count of Toulouse from 844 and Count of Barcelona from 848....
  
   (848–850), also Margrave of Septimania
• Aleran
  Aleran
  Aleran was the Count of Barcelona from 848 to 852. He was also Count of Ampurias and Roussillon and Margrave of Septimania together with Isembart from 849 or 850 to 852.He was a Frankish nobleman loyal to the Emperor...
  
   (850–852), also Count of Barcelona
• Isembart
  Isembart
  Isembart or Isembard was the count of Barcelona, Empúries, and Roussillon and margrave of Septimania together with Aleran from 849 or 850 to 852.He was the son of Garí of Burgundy, count of Autun.He was named at the assembly of Narbonne in 849...
  
   (850–852), also Count of Barcelona
• Odalric (852–858), also Margrave of Septimania
• Humfrid (858–864), also Margrave of Gothia
• Bernard of Gothia (865–878), also Margrave of Gothia
• Guillermona (c.878–920), married to Robert of Magalona
• Bernard I (c.920–930), son of Guillermona
• Berengar (c.930–950), son of Bernard I
• Bernard II (c.950–988), son of Berengar
• N.N. (c.988–989), son of Bernard II
• Bernard III (c.989–1055), son of the son of Bernard II
• Raymond I (c.1055–1079), son of Bernard III
• Peter (1079 – after 1085), son of Raymond I
• Raymond II (????–1120), son of Peter
• Bernard IV (1120–????), son of Raymond II
• Beatriu (c.1130–c.1190), daughter of Bernard IV
  • William
    William VI of Montpellier
    William VI or Guillem VI was the eldest son of William V and his wife Ermessende, daughter of Count Peter II of Melgueil. William succeeded his father in the lordship of Montpellier in 1121, while still a minor, under his mother's guardianship...
    
     (1130–1135), regent, also Lord of Montpellier
  • Berengar Raymond
    Berenguer Ramon I, Count of Provence
    Berengar Raymond I was the count of Provence . The younger son of Raymond Berengar III, count of Barcelona, and Douce of Provence. While his older brother Raymond Berengar received Barcelona , he received Provence .He married Beatrice, heiress of Melgueil...
    
     (1135–1144), first husband of Beatriu, also Count of Provence
  • Bernard V Pelet (1146–1170), second husband of Beatriu, also Lord of Alès
    Alès
    Alès is a commune in the Gard department in the Languedoc-Roussillon region in southern France. It is one of the sub-prefectures of the department. It was formerly known as Alais.-Geography:...
    
    

On the death of Beatriu the county was disputed. In 1172 it was divided. In 1190 it was reunited.

Raymond Berengar Ramon Berenguer II, Count of Provence Ramon Berenguer II was the count of Provence from 1144 to his death. His uncle, Ramon Berenguer IV, Count of Barcelona, was the regent until 1157....  (1170–1190), son of Beatriu and Berengar Raymond, also Count of Provence Douce Douce II of Provence Douce II was the daughter of Ramon Berenguer II, Count of Provence, and Richeza of Poland. After her father died trying to conquer Nice in 1166, she inherited the County of Provence....  (1172–1173), daughter of Raymond Berengar, also Countess of Provence

Ermessenda (1170–1176), daughter of Beatriu and Bernard V Pelet Pere Bermon (1170–1172), first husband of Ermessenda, also Lord of Anduze Bertrand I Pelet (1172), son of Beatriu and Bernard V Pelet, brother of Ermessenda Alfonso Alfonso II of Aragon Alfonso II or Alfons I ; Huesca, 1-25 March 1157 – 25 April 1196), called the Chaste or the Troubadour, was the King of Aragon and Count of Barcelona from 1164 until his death. He was the son of Ramon Berenguer IV of Barcelona and Petronilla of Aragon and the first King of Aragon who was...  (1172–1190), by cession from Bertrand I Pelet, also King of Aragon Raymond III Raymond VI of Toulouse Raymond VI was count of Toulouse and marquis of Provence from 1194 to 1222. He was also count of Melgueil from 1173 to 1190.-Early life:...  (1173–1190), second husband of Ermessenda, also Count of Toulouse