lords of Languedoc

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The lords of Languedoc were the regional nobility of southern France whose territories and autonomy were central to the conflicts and power struggles of the early 13th century.

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lords of Languedoc canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf noble class
regional nobility
social group
associatedWith Count of Toulouse
surface form: Counts of Toulouse

House of Comminges
House of Foix
Trencavel family
conflictWith Capetian dynasty
surface form: Capetian monarchy

northern French crusaders
papal legates
country Kingdom of France
culture Occitan culture
declinePeriod 13th century
economyBasedOn agriculture
trade
feudalAllegiance King of France
feudalStructure vassalage network
floruit early 13th century
governed Languedoc
hadAutonomy high degree of regional autonomy
heldTitle count
lord
viscount
historicalSignificance central to power struggles in medieval southern France
key actors in suppression of Catharism
integratedInto royal French administration
involvedIn Albigensian Crusade
language Occitan
legalTradition customary law
locatedIn Southern France
surface form: southern France
lostAutonomyDuring Albigensian Crusade
notableCenter Albi
Béziers
Carcassonne
Toulouse
partOf French nobility
patronOf Occitan literature
troubadours
politicalRole feudal lords
regional power holders
politicalSystem feudalism
powerBase castles
walled towns
region Languedoc
religiousContext Catharism
Roman Catholicism
surface form: Roman Catholic Church
socialStatus aristocracy
timePeriod High Middle Ages

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Albigensian Crusade belligerent lords of Languedoc