Hugh IV ( oc, Uc) (c. 1212–1274), of the House of Millau, was the

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and

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of Carlat and Creyssel from 1221 until his death. He was the son of Henry I of Rodez and Algayette of Scorailles. In 1242 Hugh was in revolt against the King of France,

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. Upon making peace he made a vow to go on Crusade. He redeemed his vow with the payment of a rather small sum of money towards Louis IX's Crusade in 1248. Hugh IV was a patron of

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s. Among the troubadours supported at his court were

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, Raimon de Castelnou and

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. It is possible that he is the ''coms de Rodes'' who is the dedicatee of three religious cansos by Folquet de Lunel: , , and . Scholarship, however, is divided over whether the intended count was Hugh, indicating that the songs are a product of Folquet's youth, or his son

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, making them a product of his maturity.

Marriages and children

He married Isabeau (died 1271), daughter of Raymond I of Roquefeuil, and had five children: *Henry II (1236–1304), successor *Peter *Valpurge (Walperga), married William IV, lord of Châteauneuf-Randon and Randonnat (died 1305) *Dauphine (Dalfina), married

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I of Alais *Alix (Alice), nun

Sources

*Maier, Christopher T. (1994). ''Preaching the Crusades: Mendicant Friars and the Cross in the Thirteenth Century''. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. . * Riquer, Martín de (1975) ''Los trovadores: historia literaria y textos''. 3 vol. Barcelona: Planeta.
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