Hugh II (c. 1135 – 1208), of the House of
Millau
Millau (; oc, Milhau ) is a Communes of France, commune in the Aveyron Departments of France, department in the Occitania (administrative region), Occitanie Regions of France, region in Southern France. One of two Subprefectures in France, subp ...
, was the
Count of Rodez
The County of Rodez was a fief of the County of Toulouse formed out of part of the old County of Rouergue in what is today Aveyron, France. Its capital was Rodez. At its height, it was a centre of troubadour culture.
On the death of Hugh of Ro ...
and
Viscount
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In many countries a viscount, and its historical equivalents, was a non-hereditary, administrative or judicial ...
of
Carlat
Carlat () is a commune in the Cantal department in south-central France.
The "Rocher de Carlat" or rock of Carlat situated above the picturesque commune was once the site of one of the most powerful and impenetrable chateaux in all of France. I ...
and
Creyssels from around 1156 until his death. He was the son of
Hugh I of Rodez and Carlat and Ermengard of Creyssels. Hugh was himself a vassal of the
Counts of Toulouse
The count of Toulouse ( oc, comte de Tolosa, french: comte de Toulouse) was the ruler of Toulouse during the 8th to 13th centuries. Originating as vassals of the Frankish kings,
the hereditary counts ruled the city of Toulouse and its surroundin ...
.
In May 1195 Hugh associated his son
Hugh III with him as count, but Hugh died the next year (1196). The elder Hugh, now an old man, appointed his fifth son,
William
William is a male given name of Germanic origin.Hanks, Hardcastle and Hodges, ''Oxford Dictionary of First Names'', Oxford University Press, 2nd edition, , p. 276. It became very popular in the English language after the Norman conquest of Engl ...
, co-ruler in 1196. Hugh II and William made a donation to the abbey of
Bonnecombe, the text of which, in
Occitan Occitan may refer to:
* 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.
* Occitan language
Occitan (; o ...
, still survives. William predeceased his father in 1208 and Hugh II was succeeded by his only son by his second wife,
Henry I Henry I may refer to:
876–1366
* Henry I the Fowler, King of Germany (876–936)
* Henry I, Duke of Bavaria (died 955)
* Henry I of Austria, Margrave of Austria (died 1018)
* Henry I of France (1008–1060)
* Henry I the Long, Margrave of the No ...
.
Hugh had been a great patron of
troubadours
A troubadour (, ; oc, trobador ) was a composer and performer of Old Occitan lyric poetry during the High Middle Ages (1100–1350). Since the word ''troubadour'' is etymologically masculine, a female troubadour is usually called a ''trobairit ...
, most famously
Uc Brunenc, who composed a ''
planh
A genre of the troubadours, the or (; "lament") is a funeral lament for "a great personage, a protector, a friend or relative, or a lady."Elisabeth Schulze-Busacker, "Topoi", in F. R. P. Akehurst and Judith M. Davis, eds., ''A Handbook of the T ...
'' (lament) on his death.
Bernart de Venzac
Bernart de Venzac (floruit, fl. 1180–1210) was an obscure troubadour from Venzac near Rodez in the Rouergue. He wrote in the Marcabrunian style, leaving behind five moralising pieces (two ''Canso (song), cansos'' and three ''sirventes'') an ...
was also at his court from 1195 until 1208.
Marriages and children
His first wife (1154) was Agnes, daughter of
William VIII of Auvergne. She gave him six known children:
*Hugh III (died 1196), associate count
*Gilbert
*Renaud
*Bernard
*William (died 1208), associate count
*a daughter, married (1175) Guigues-Meschin du Tournel (1145–1200)
In 1172 Hugh remarried to Bertrande d'Amalon. They had two children:
*Henry I (1175–1221), successor
*Mary, married Astorg V d'Aurillac, lord of
Tenières
External links
1203. Donation du comte de Rodez à l'abbaye de Bonnecombe
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1130s births
1208 deaths
Counts of Rodez