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2 unusual facts about Jean de Montfort-Castres


Jean de Montfort

Jean de Montfort-Castres (died c. 1300), count of Squillace (kingdom of Naples), son of Philippe II de Montfort, lord of Castres, and of Jeanne de Lévis-Mirepoix

Jean de Montfort-Castres

Jean de Montfort (died December 1300) was count of Squillace, seigneur of la Ferté-Alais, of Bréthencourt, and of Castres-en-Albigeois from 1270 to 1300.


Castres Cathedral

Castres Cathedral (Cathédrale Saint-Benoît de Castres), now the Roman Catholic church of Saint Benoît (Saint Benedict), is a historical religious building in Castres, Languedoc, France.

Counts of Castres

1228-1240 : Philip I of Montfort († 1270), Lord of Castres, and later Lord of Tyre and Toron, son of Guy de Montfort and d'Helvis d'Ibelin.

1240-1270 : Philip II of Montfort († 1270), Lord of Castres, son of Philip of Montfort and d'Éléonore de Courtenay.

1370-1300 : John of Montfort († 1300), Lord of Castres, Count of Squillace, son of Philip II of Montfort and Jeanne de Levis-Mirepoix.

Daniel Renoult

He was taken to the Baillet camp, then transferred to the Ile d'Yeu in April 1940, Camp Gurs, Camp Nexon, citadel of Sisteron, locked in the camp of Saint-Sulpice, then moved to the prison at Castres, again to Nexon camp and back to Castres, then again to Saint-Sulpice in prison Eysses, to Camp Carrière and finally in 1944 moved to the citadel of Sisteron again.

Édouard Corbière

The Corbière family originated in Valès, a hamlet in the Haut-Languedoc (now part of the commune iof Le Bez, to the east of Castres, in the Tarn département).

Guilhabert de Castres

Born in Castres, he became a Perfect (Parfaits) and, between 1223 and 1226, Bishop of Toulouse in the Cathar Church.

Harmony of the Confessions of Faith

Jean-François Salvart, minister of the Church of Castres, is now recognized as the chief editor of the work with some assistance from Theodore Beza, Lambert Daneau, Antoine de la Roche Chandieu, and Simon Goulart.

Jean de Montfort

John V, Duke of Brittany (1339 - 1399), son of the former, Duke of Brittany from 1364 to 1399, count of Richemont and count of Montfort (1345-1399).

John IV, Duke of Brittany (1294-1345), contested Duke of Brittany, one of two sides in the Breton War of Succession

Maquis de Vabre

The Jewish scouting organisation Éclaireurs israëlites de France, created by Robert Gamzon, joined the Protestant scouting organisation Éclaireurs unionistes to form this mountain maquis who participated in the liberation of Castres under the banner of the French forces of the interior, taking 4,500 German prisoners.

Stuart Moffat

He has played for various clubs during his career including Castres in France, Viadana in Italy and Scottish teams Borders and Edinburgh.

Vincent Baron

From 1630 to 1659 he filled the office of prior in the convents of Toulouse (twice), Rhodez, Castres, Albi and Avignon and in the general novitiate in Paris, always promoting the reforms in study and religious observance inaugurated by Sebastien Michaelis in the first years of the century.


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