Viscounty of Bas

The Viscounty of Besalú, or Bas (from the Latin Basso), was the sub-comital authority in the county of Besalú during the Middle Ages. It was ruled by the House of Cervera (also called Cerveró(n) or Cervelló(n), from the Latin Cervaria).

Circa 1293, during disputes with Ponç Hug IV, Count of Empúries, James II of Aragon first seized the viscounty, allowing Hugh V of Bas to buy it back, partially with Hug's aid against James II of Majorca. James seized it again in 1300 and 1315.^[1] In 1353, Peter IV of Aragon awarded the viscounty to the House of Cabrera.^[2]

Counts

Bernard I, circa 986
Huguet, circa 1000
Udalard I, 1079–1115
Udalard II, 1115–1123
Peter I, 1123–1127
Beatrice, 1127–1142
- Ponce I Hugh, 1127–1130, husband
Peter II, c. 1130–1140 (associat 1130–1140)
Ponce II, 1140–1155 (associat 1140–1142)
Hugh I, 1155–1185
Ponce III, regent 1185–1195
Peter III, regent 1195–1198
Hugh II, 1198 (nominally 1185–1221)
Hugh III, regent 1198–1220
Peter IV, 1221–1241
- Eldiarda, regent 1220–1231
Simon, 1231–1247 (until 1241 as regent)
Sibylla, 1247–1280
Hugh IV, 1262–1277, husband
Peter V, 1280–1285, also King of Aragon
Ponce IV, 1285–1291
Hugh V, 1291–1300
confiscated by the crown, 1300–1315
Ponce V, 1315–1322
Raymond, 1322–1331
briefly to the crown, 1331
Hugh VI, 1331–1335
Bernard II, 1335–1354
contested by the crown, 1335–1352
Bernard III, 1354–1368
to the crown, 1368–1381
to the Cabrera, 1381–1756

Sources

^ Milgate, Michael (2006). "The Politics of Sodomy and Legal Process R v. Pons Hugh de Ampurias (1311)". Jurist. 66 (2): 487.
^ Kagay, Donald J. (2000). "The "Treasons" of Bernat de Cabrera: Government, Law, and the Individual in the Late-Medieval Crown of Aragon". Mediaevistik. 13: 40. doi:10.3726/83992_39. ISSN 0934-7453. JSTOR 42585481.

Viscounty of Bas

Counts

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Further reading