Les Baux family

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The Les Baux family was a powerful medieval noble house from Provence, France, known for its influential lords and control of the fortress town of Les Baux-de-Provence.

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Les Baux family canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf medieval noble house
noble family
alliedWith County of Provence
surface form: Counts of Provence

House of Anjou
claimedDescentFrom Balthazar
one of the Biblical Magi
coatOfArms Or, a star of sixteen points Gules
conflictedWith County of Provence
surface form: Counts of Provence

communes of Provence
country France
declinePeriod 14th century
ethnicGroup Provençal nobility
extinctionOfMainLine 15th century
feudalStatus seigneury of Les Baux
floruit 11th century
12th century
13th century
14th century
hasMotto Au hasard Balthazar
hasNotableBranch House of Les Baux of Andria
Les Baux of Orange
hasNotableMember Alix des Baux
Château des Baux
surface form: Barral of Les Baux

Bertrand I of Baux
surface form: Bertrand I of Les Baux

Bertrand I of Baux
surface form: Bertrand II of Les Baux

Hugh of Baux
surface form: Hugh I of Les Baux

Raymond I of Baux
surface form: Raymond I of Les Baux
heldTitle Count of Avellino
Duke of Andria
Prince of Orange
influenced politics of Provence
involvedIn feudal conflicts in Provence
knownFor control of the fortress town of Les Baux-de-Provence
power and influence in medieval Provence
languageOfOrigin Old Occitan (regional context)
surface form: Old Occitan
laterUnderSovereigntyOf Kingdom of France
locatedInTime Middle Ages
memberOf French nobility
nobleTitle lords of Les Baux
surface form: Lords of Les Baux
notableSeat Château des Baux
Les Baux-de-Provence
originatesFrom Les Baux-de-Provence
partOf feudal system of the Kingdom of Arles
patronage Provençal troubadours
region Provence
religion Roman Catholicism
symbol sixteen-pointed star
territorialBase Alpilles region

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House of Baux alternativeName Les Baux family