Gui Guerrejat ("the warrior") was the fifth son of
William VI of Montpellier
William VI or Guillem VI (died 1161) was the eldest son of William V and his wife Ermessende, daughter of Count . William succeeded his father in the lordship of Montpellier in 1121, while still a minor, under his mother's guardianship. He suppres ...
. When still a boy, in 1146, he inherited the castles of
Paulhan and
le Pouget from his father.
After the death of his brother
William VII, around 1172, Gui served jointly with
John of Montlaur,
bishop of Maguelonne
The Roman Catholic Metropolitan Archdiocese of Montpellier (–Lodève–Béziers–Agde–Saint-Pons-de-Thomières) (Latin: ''Archidioecesis Metropolitae Montis Pessulani (–Lotevensis–Biterrensis–Agathensis–Sancti Pontii Thomeriarum)'' ...
, as guardian of his nephews, particularly of
William VIII who had inherited the lordship. In this capacity Gui and John attended the conference at
Mezouls in 1174 at which
Raymond V of Toulouse
Raymond V ( oc, Ramon; c. 1134 – c. 1194) was Count of Toulouse from 1148 until his death in 1194.
He was the son of Alphonse I of Toulouse and Faydida of Provence. Alphonse took his son with him on the Second Crusade in 1147. When Alpho ...
and
Alfonso II of Aragon negotiated an agreement with the young William VIII. In October 1174 Gui was at Alfonso II's court at
Lerida. In 1176 he was among those present when the will was read of
Ermessende of Pelet, countess of
Melgueil
Mauguio (; , primarily ''Melguelh'') is a commune in the Hérault department in southern France.
History
The city of Mauguio, seventh city of the Herault department and chief town of the district, is located 11 km east of Montpellier.
...
. In 1177 he joined
Bernard Ato V
Bernard Ato V (died 1163) was the Viscount of Nîmes of the Trencavel family from 1129 to his death. He was then succeeded by his son and successor Bernard Ato VI.
In 1138, Bernard Ato swore an oath of fidelity to Alfonso Jordan, Count of Toul ...
of Nîmes and Agde, Countess
Ermengarde of Narbonne Ermengarde ( Occitan: Ermengarda, Ainermada, or Ainemarda) (b. 1127 or 1129 – d. Perpignan, 14 October 1197), was a viscountess of Narbonne from 1134 to 1192. She was the daughter of Aimery II of Narbonne and his first wife, also named Ermengarde ...
, and his nephews William VIII and Gui Burgundion, in an alliance in opposition to Raymond V of Toulouse, who now ruled Melgueil as widower of Ermessende of Pelet.
According to her
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* Something of, from, or related to the Occitania territory in parts of France, Italy, Monaco and Spain.
* Something of, from, or related to the Occitania administrative region of France.
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vida
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* Lake Vida, Victoria Valley, Antarctica
* U.S. settled places:
** Vida, Montana
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** Vida, Missour ...
'' (in the ''
Biographies des Troubadours
''Vida'' () is the usual term for a brief prose biography, written in Old Occitan, of a troubadour or trobairitz.
The word ''vida'' means "life" in Occitan languages; they are short prose biographies of the troubadours, and they are found in som ...
''), the trobairitz
Azalais de Porcairagues was the lover of Gui Guerrejat; her one surviving poem seems to be addressed to him.
In his will, made in February 1178, he made no mention of Azalais; he made a small bequest to his wife Mathive (otherwise unknown) and to her child if she should prove to be pregnant (she was not). Gui then took holy orders, perhaps aware of his impending death. He died later in the same year at the
Cistercian monastery of
Valmagne.
Bibliography
* A. Sakari, 'Azalais de Porcairagues, le "Joglar" de Raimbaut d'Orange' in ''Neuphilologische Mitteilungen'' vol. 50 (1949) pp. 23–43, 56-87, 174-198.
* ''Biographies des troubadours'' ed. J. Boutière, A.-H. Schutz (Paris: Nizet, 1964) pp. 341–2.
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People from Hérault
Occitan nobility
1178 deaths
Year of birth unknown