Béatrix of Melgueil

Notes:

Comtesse de Melgueil.

Béatrix married Berenguer Ramon I in 1135. Berenguer (son of Ramon III Berenguer and Dulce de Gévauden) was born about 1114; died in 1144. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Raymond Berengar V was born about 1140; died in 1166.

Béatrix married Bernard Pelet before Mar 1145. Bernard (son of Bermond Pelet and Agnes) died between 1170 and 1172. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Bertrand Pelet

Other Events and Attributes:

• Alternate death: Aft 1132

Notes:

Comte de Melgueil. In 1132 he abandoned the world and entered the abbey of St. Chaffre-en-Velai.

According to Histoire Générale de Languedoc (citation details below) he made his will in 1152, being in bed sick, in the presence of his grandmother Almodis de Toulouse, who died in the same year.

Bernard married Guilelma de Montpellier on 18 Jan 1120. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Living 1149. Also called Guillemette, etc.

Other Events and Attributes:

• Alternate death: Abt 1120

Notes:

Count of Melgueil.

Raymond married Marie. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Alternate birth: Abt 1074
• Alternate birth: Abt 1075
• Alternate death: Bef 21 Feb 1122

Notes:

Seigneur de Montpellier.

From Wikipedia:

At the call of Pope Urban II, William took up the cross of the First Crusade under the banner of Raymond IV of Toulouse. He served notable at the capture of the small Syrian village of Ma'arrat al-Numan in 1098. After the fall of Jerusalem in 1099, William remained in the Holy Land for a while. He remained at the side of Godfrey de Bouillon and accompanied him to the siege of Antioch in December 1097. He did not return to Montpellier until 1103, bringing with him a relic of Saint Cleopas.

When William returned, he found that the Aimoin brothers to whom he had confided the administration of the lordship in his absence had usurped many seigniorial rights and that he was obligated to recognise much of their newfound authority, which diminished his own, in order to retain his position.

William participated in the army of Raymond Berengar III of Barcelona which captured Majorca from the Moors in 1114. The rest of his reign was marked by the important acquisition of nearby territories, which greatly recouped his power: Montarnaud, Cournonsec, Montferrier, Frontignan, Aumelas, Montbazin, Popian.

Guillem married Ermesenda between 1086 and 1087. Ermesenda died after 21 Feb 1122. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Or Ermesindis, etc. She was not, contrary to many sources, a daughter of Pierre of Melgueil and Almodis de Toulouse.

From Peter Stewart, soc.genealogy.medieval, 27 Mar 2020:

Ermensenda's husband Guillaume V of Montpellier married his daughter Guilelma to Bernard IV of Melgueil, a grandson of Pierre. Consequently, if Ermensenda had been the daughter of Pierre in question, a first-cousin marriage would have taken place in the early-12th century, which is beyond implausible.

At the time Pierre of Melgueil settled his dispute with Guillaume V of Montpellier the latter was apparently still very young — Pierre died in the late 1080s and (according to Claudie Duhamel-Amado) Guillaume V was born in 1073 or 1074. Given this, it seems likely that a marriage between Pierre's daughter and Guillaume did not last long and that in any event she was not Ermensenda, who outlived him and was the mother of his children including Guilelma married in 1120 to Bernard of Melgueil.

Notes:

Comte de Melgueil.

Pierre married Almodis de Toulouse about 1065. Almodis (daughter of Pons II William and Almodis de La Marche) died about 1152. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Seigneur de Montpellier.

Guillem married Ermengarde de Melgueil. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]