Probably in 1112 or 1113, Aimery received the Fenouillèdes and the Peyrepertusès from his half-brother in return for swearing an oath of fealty against Bernard Ato IV of Béziers, with whom Raymond Berengar was at war.[3] The lords of the Fenouillèdes and the Peyrepertuseès remained vassals of Narbonne until the Albigensian Crusade and the viscounts of Narbonne took the lordship of Rouffiac near Peyrepertuse into their own hands. When Douce I, Countess of Provence died and Raymond Berengar claimed the County of Provence, Aimery received the fief of Beaucaire and the terre d'Argence near the mouth of the Rhône in Provence.[4]
Sometime during his rule, Aimery granted the merchants of Narbonne the right to form a consulate in imitation of Genoa. Probably he saw the self-organisation of his merchants and their formation of a military in their own defence as an aid to his own rule so long as the consulate remained under vicecomital control, which in the end it did not.[5] Aimery also participated in 1114–15 in the Balearic Islands expedition led by the Republic of Pisa and Raymond Berengar.
In 1114, Aimery put an end to conflicting claims in the village of Le Lac on the Via Domitia by transferring his rights there to the abbey of Lagrasse in return for a large loan of gold and silver.[3] He also entered into a conflict with his cousin Richard de Millau, Archbishop of Narbonne, who may have been a compromise candidate between Aimery and the pope for the archiepiscopal throne.[6] Richard claimed that Aimery fecit mihi hominium propriis manibus ("did homage to [him] with his own hands") received fedovia ("fiefs") from the Church "in the presence of the universal synod of the province of Narbonne."[7] The archbishop accused Aimery of deceiving him concerning the extent of the Church's fiefs and attempting to hold land as his by inheritance which was his by grant of the Church; he also accused Aimery of withholding revenues from taxes and imposts that should have gone to the Church.[8] Aimery was recorded to have even abused church property violently and there were disputes concerning who controlled the towers on the city walls. The whole dispute lasted a long time, but Aimery was made to come to terms by the Papacy's support of Richard.[9] In the end, he had to swear oaths of fealty to the archbishop, recognise the archbishop's independent temporal lordship, and concede that some of the rights he held in the city of Narbonne constituted a fief of the archbishopric.[9]
In 1124, Bernard Ato of Béziers declared war on Aimery, who responded by razing the castle (pro justicia, "out of justice") at Montséret, which had been held by Aimery's vassal Bernard Amati until he had treacherously turned it over to Bernard Ato.[10] Not long after this Aimery turned towards Iberia and joined the Reconquista being waged by Alfonso the Battler in the Ebro valley.
In July 1131, Aimery was at the deathbed of his half-brother to witness his final testament, of which he was to be the executor.[4] Aimery died in battle before the walls of the Moorish city of Fraga, which Alfonso had been besieging.[11] Aimery had a son and a daughter by Ermengard; the son, Aimery, predeceased him (ca. 1130), and he was succeeded by his daughter Ermengard, who was only four or five at the time. He married a second time to a woman named Ermessende and left by her a daughter of the same name. This second daughter, Ermessende, married before 1153 a great Castilian magnate, Manrique Pérez de Lara, lord of Molina.
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Cheyette, Fredric L. Ermengard of Narbonne and the World of the Troubadours. Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 2001.
aimery, narbonne, aimery, also, called, aimeric, died, july, 1134, viscount, narbonne, from, around, 1106, until, death, eldest, aimery, narbonne, mahalt, also, mahault, mafalda, daughter, robert, guiscard, sichelgaita, widow, raymond, berengar, barcelona, thi. Aimery II also called Aimeric II died 17 July 1134 was the Viscount of Narbonne from around 1106 until his death He was the eldest son of Aimery I of Narbonne and Mahalt also Mahault or Mafalda daughter of Robert Guiscard and Sichelgaita and widow of Raymond Berengar II of Barcelona 1 This made him a half brother of Raymond Berengar III He initially ruled as a minor under the regency of his mother 2 After he came of age he married Ermengard Probably in 1112 or 1113 Aimery received the Fenouilledes and the Peyrepertuses from his half brother in return for swearing an oath of fealty against Bernard Ato IV of Beziers with whom Raymond Berengar was at war 3 The lords of the Fenouilledes and the Peyrepertusees remained vassals of Narbonne until the Albigensian Crusade and the viscounts of Narbonne took the lordship of Rouffiac near Peyrepertuse into their own hands When Douce I Countess of Provence died and Raymond Berengar claimed the County of Provence Aimery received the fief of Beaucaire and the terre d Argence near the mouth of the Rhone in Provence 4 Sometime during his rule Aimery granted the merchants of Narbonne the right to form a consulate in imitation of Genoa Probably he saw the self organisation of his merchants and their formation of a military in their own defence as an aid to his own rule so long as the consulate remained under vicecomital control which in the end it did not 5 Aimery also participated in 1114 15 in the Balearic Islands expedition led by the Republic of Pisa and Raymond Berengar In 1114 Aimery put an end to conflicting claims in the village of Le Lac on the Via Domitia by transferring his rights there to the abbey of Lagrasse in return for a large loan of gold and silver 3 He also entered into a conflict with his cousin Richard de Millau Archbishop of Narbonne who may have been a compromise candidate between Aimery and the pope for the archiepiscopal throne 6 Richard claimed that Aimery fecit mihi hominium propriis manibus did homage to him with his own hands received fedovia fiefs from the Church in the presence of the universal synod of the province of Narbonne 7 The archbishop accused Aimery of deceiving him concerning the extent of the Church s fiefs and attempting to hold land as his by inheritance which was his by grant of the Church he also accused Aimery of withholding revenues from taxes and imposts that should have gone to the Church 8 Aimery was recorded to have even abused church property violently and there were disputes concerning who controlled the towers on the city walls The whole dispute lasted a long time but Aimery was made to come to terms by the Papacy s support of Richard 9 In the end he had to swear oaths of fealty to the archbishop recognise the archbishop s independent temporal lordship and concede that some of the rights he held in the city of Narbonne constituted a fief of the archbishopric 9 In 1124 Bernard Ato of Beziers declared war on Aimery who responded by razing the castle pro justicia out of justice at Montseret which had been held by Aimery s vassal Bernard Amati until he had treacherously turned it over to Bernard Ato 10 Not long after this Aimery turned towards Iberia and joined the Reconquista being waged by Alfonso the Battler in the Ebro valley In July 1131 Aimery was at the deathbed of his half brother to witness his final testament of which he was to be the executor 4 Aimery died in battle before the walls of the Moorish city of Fraga which Alfonso had been besieging 11 Aimery had a son and a daughter by Ermengard the son Aimery predeceased him ca 1130 and he was succeeded by his daughter Ermengard who was only four or five at the time He married a second time to a woman named Ermessende and left by her a daughter of the same name This second daughter Ermessende married before 1153 a great Castilian magnate Manrique Perez de Lara lord of Molina Sources editCheyette Fredric L Ermengard of Narbonne and the World of the Troubadours Ithaca Cornell University Press 2001 Notes edit Cheyette 15 Cheyette 211 212 a b Cheyette 77 and n31 a b Cheyette 86 Cheyette 100 Cheyette 208 Cheyette 207 Cheyette 209 210 a b Cheyette 108 109 Cheyette 205 Cheyette 21 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Aimery II of Narbonne amp oldid 1220730696, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
