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County of Razès

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Pepin died in 838 and his father Louis the Pious in 840. That same year, Pepin's son Pepin II was "elected" king by the nobles of Aquitaine (despite the fact Louis the Pious had granted the territory to his youngest son, Charles the Bald). So a dispute developed between Pepin II and King Charles the
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to be the count of Toulouse and the duke of Septimania. After the conquest of Barcelona in 801, Bera was appointed Count of Barcelona by Louis of Aquitaine and Charlemagne. He delegated the two counties, Razès and Confluent, to his son
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remains unknown. It was probably near modern Quillan, which is a major crossroads town about 20 kilometers south of Limoux in the heart of the ancient County of Razès, now in Aude .
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Bald. Bernard I of Septimania joined on the side of Pepin II. After he was captured at the Battle of Toulouse in 844, Charles the Bald ordered Septimania's execution in May 844.
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was cited as being "located at the crossing point of four major roads: how could this possibly be the case at Rennes-le-Château on its isolated hilltop?"
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who had helped subdue Bernard of Septimania and Pepin. Berengar died in 835, and Bernard's territories were returned to him.
111:. Razès and Conflent went to Bernard. Bernard was deposed in 832 by Pepin's father Louis the Pious, and his lands assigned to 321: 326: 255:, pages 73-74 (Ethnologie de la France, Number 22, Paris: Éditions de la Maison des sciences de l’homme, 2008). 251:
Christiane Amiel, "L’abîme au trésor, ou l’or fantôme de Rennes-le-Château" in, Claudie Voisenat (editor),
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Louis Fédié (1815–1899), the 19th-century author, amateur historian and president of the
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Putnam and Wood have noted the difficulty in understanding how the name
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Le Comté de Razès et le diocèse d'Alet, notices historiques
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The Treasure of Rennes-le-Château: A Mystery solved
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Index

Count of Rasez

Razès
Occitania
County of Carcassonne
Southern France
Kingdom of Aquitania
Septimania
Visigoth
Franks
Charlemagne
Aquitaine
Louis
William of Gellone
Guillemundus
Bernard of Septimania
Córdoba
Berengar the Wise
Argila
Bera II
Miro the Elder
Charles the Bald
county of Carcassonne
Carcassonne
Rennes-le-Château
Aude
Rennes-le-Château
ISBN
2-84149-235-4
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