Gaston Pierre de Lévis, known as the duc de Lévis-Mirepoix (Charles Pierre Gaston François; 1699–1757), maréchal de France (1757) and ambassador of Louis XV, was a member of a house that had been established in Languedoc as seigneurs of Mirepoix, Ariège since the 11th century.
Mirepoix Cathedral (Cathédrale Saint-Maurice de Mirepoix) is a former Roman Catholic cathedral, and a national monument of France, located in the town of Mirepoix, Ariège.
The resumption of Mirepoix wasn't accomplished until his own reign, however.
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1370-1300 : John of Montfort († 1300), Lord of Castres, Count of Squillace, son of Philip II of Montfort and Jeanne de Levis-Mirepoix.
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
The technique of sauteeing the combined base ingredients of garlic, scallions and ginger is sometimes compared with the French mirepoix.