House of Baux

The House of Baux is a French noble family from the south of France. It was one of the richest and most powerful families of Medieval Provence, known as the 'Race d’Aiglon'. They were independent Lords as castellan of Les Baux and Arles and wielded very considerable authority at local level. They held important fiefs and vast lands, including the principality of Orange.^[1]

In Provençal, the word “Baux” ("li Baou" in provencal) means escarpment/cliff, and refers to the natural fortress on which the family built their castle, the Château des Baux and the village that surrounded it. The word is also seen in Bau-maniere, Bau-baisse, Bau-mirane, Bau-Cous-temple. In provencal to be from les Baux, des Baux, was "de Baucio". The natural defense provided by the escarpment, the raised and protected mountain valley that allowed them to have a protected food supply, and the natural ridge of the Alpilles that allowed them to control all the approaches to the citadel of Les Baux and the surrounding countryside, including the passage up and down the Rhone, and the approaches from the Mediterranean, made the fortress impervious to the military technology of the time.

Les Baux-de-Provence seen from the side, showing the natural fortress created by the escarpment. Without gunpowder, it was impregnable.

The family of des Baux exists today in Naples in the person of several noble families ("del Balzo") descended from younger sons who followed Charles of Anjou south.^[2] After the death of [fr], the last sovereign of Baux, the chateaux and town were seized by King Rene, who gave it to his 2nd wife, Queen Jeanne of Laval. When Provence was united with the crown, almost 150 yrs of royal governors followed, including the lords, later counts and princes de Manville. Les Baux became a centre for Protestantism. Its unsuccessful revolt against the crown led Cardinal Richelieu in 1632 to order that the castle and its walls should be demolished. This was accomplished with the aid of artillery.

Lords of Baux[]

Original coat of arms of the House of Baux (Lords of Baux). Some authors, and local tradition, with a hagiographic aim, fancifully claimed that the family was descended from Balthazar, one of the three Magi (the 16-rayed star symbolizing the star of Bethlehem). Some, that they descended from the first kings of Armenia, the star signifying that they directly knew Jesus. The motto of the family was ‘Au Hasard Baltasar', as well as 'Jamais Vassal’ and ‘’

The earliest definite ancestor was one Pons (Poncius) (name could designate a trader from Greece) "Iuvenis" (the younger, meaning there was an older?). Pons The Younger was mentioned in 3 legal acts:^[3]

1st in the act of donation of 14 May 971 donating Montmajour to Boson & his wife Folcoare,
2nd in 975 in the act of donation of land to St Etienne d'Arles, now called St. Trophime (Arch. du chap. d'Arles, liv. autent. f. 22)
3rd with his wife Profecte in an act of donation in 981

The family descent then is:

(971-?), father of
(?-1059), father of
(1050–1110), father of
(1110–1150), father of
(1150–1167)
Bertrand I (1167–1181) also the first Baux prince of Orange, brother of Hugh II
, lord of Baux, viscount of Marseille (1181–1240), eldest son of Bertrand I
Barral I of Baux (1240–1268), son of Hugh III, father of
Bertrand III (1268–1305), 9th Lord of Baux, father of
(1305–1322), 10th Lord of Baux, father of
(1322–1351), father of
(1351–1353)
(1353–1372), brother of
(1372–1375)
(1372–1426), sister of

This branch of the House of Baux was declared extinct in 1426. The domains were inherited by Counts of Provence.

Lords of Berre, Meyragues, Puyricard and Marignane[]

[fr], second oldest son of [fr], lord of Berre, Meyragues and Puyricard, and Marignane (1181–1201)
...

From this branch originated the family branches of the [fr], Lords of Meyrargues and Puyricard, who became extinct in 1349, and lords of Marignane, acquired by House of Valois-Anjou, as well as the Dukes of Andria.

Princes of Orange[]

When a branch of the lords of Baux married the heiress of the princes of Orange, they quartered their arms with those of the princes of Orange.

Bertrand des Baux [fr] (1171–1181)
Raymond II of Baux, (1218–1282)
William I, youngest son of Bertrand des Baux [fr] (1181–1218)
William II, co-Prince (with brothers),1218-1239
Bertrand II, (1281–1314)
Raymond III (1314–1340)
Raymond V (1340–1393)
Mary of Baux-Orange (1393–1417), daughter, married John III of Châlon-Arlay

In 1417, the House of Ivrea or House of Châlon-Arlay succeeded as princes of Orange.

A brother of William I started the branch of the Lords of Courbezon (House of Baux-Courbezon), which became extinct in 1393. Another brother started the line of Lords of Suze, Solerieux and Barri (House of Baux-Suze-Solerieux-Barri), which became extinct and reverted afterwards to the counts of Orange.

Family Genealogy[]

The ancestors of the Lords of Baux[]

The ancestors of the Lords of Baux:^[4]

 (vers 750-835)
  x Odda ?
  |
  | → Leibulf des Baux (middle of the 9th century).^[5]
        x ??
        |
        | →  Pons d’Arles (end of the 9th century)
              x Blismodis de Mâcon
              |
              | → Humbert,  (890-933)
                   |
              | → Ison d’Arles (890-942),
                    x Princess ? of Benevento
                    |
                    | →  Lambert Ursus seigneurs de Reillanne
                    |     x Galburge de Bénévent
                    |     |
                    |     | →  Seigneurs de Reillanne
                    |
                    | →   (910-979), 
                         x   Judith de Bretagne,^[a] daughter d'
                         |
                         | →  (930-978), Bishop of Marseille
                         |
                         | →  William of Marseille (935-1004)
                         |    x Bellilde, daughter d’
                         |    |
                         |    | →  
                         |                                 
                         x  Belletrude^[b]
                         |
                         | →  (hyp)  (vers 945-1025)
                               x Profecta de Marignane
                               |
                               | →  Seigneurs de Fos
                               |
                               | →  (hyp)  (981-1060) 
                                   x Inauris de Cavaillon (?)
                                   |
                                   | →  (1060–1095)
                                        x Vierne
                                        |
                                        | →  (1095–1150)
                                             x Étiennette de Gévaudan 
                                             |
                                             | → Bertrand des Baux 
                                                  x

Simplified Family Tree of the Lords of Baux[]

The family tree of the lords of Baux (per the references cited in the adjacent footnote, rather than footnote each person, as they are from all these sources): ^[6]

Pons the Younger
"Iuventus"
945-1025

Hugh
981-1060
Lord of Baux

Geoffrey I of Provence, 1013-1062, Count of Provence

William Hugo
c. 1026 - c. 1105
Lord of Baux

William Bertrand
1051-1094
Count of Provence

Gerberga
1094-1118
Countess of Provence

Gilbert
Viscount of Gévaudan
Count of Arles
d.ca. 1110

Raymond I
1095-1150
Lord of Baux

Stephanie
d. c. 1160
The younger daughter.
This marriage was
the start of the
Baussenque Wars over the
succession to Provence

Dulcia
Countess of Provence
c. 1090–1127

Ramon Berenguer III
"the Great"
Count of Barcelona
c. 1082–1131

Hugh II
1150-1170

Iudicarus of Arborea
Sardinia
Vcte. des Baux
to 1384

Bertrand I
Lord of Baux
1130-1181
Count & from 1163
Prince of Orange

Tiburge d'Orange
died 1189
daughter & heiress of
Raimbaud II d'Orange
Count of Orange

Counts of
Provence

Hugh III
1173- 1240
Lord of Baux
Vcte of Marseille

Barrale
Viscountess of Marseille
died 1234

Bertrand II
died 1201
co-Prince of Orange

William I
?-1218
Prince of Orange

Barral I
1217-1270
Lord of Baux
Vcte of Marseille

Raymond II
d.1236
Vcte of Marseille

Raymond I
1202-1282
co-Prince of Orange

William II
1218-1239
co-Prince of Orange

Bertrand II
1244-1305
Lord of Baux
Vcte of Marseille
1st Count d'Avellino
(Naples) 1278

Bertrand III
Sg Meyrargues
et Puyricard
+1266
Line of
Sg de Meyrargues
et de Puyricard
ended 1352 in
the male line.

Gilbert
Sg de Marignane
Line of
sg de Marignane
line continues to
present in Provence

William^[a]
Sg de Berre
+1265/1266
dukes d'Andria(Naples)
from whom "del Balzo"
dukes of Capriglianode
dukes of Presenzano

Raymond
Vcte of Berre
No descendants

Bertrand IV
died 1314
4th-Prince of Orange

Eléonore
de Genève

William IV
d. 1281
co-Prince of Orange

William III
died 1256/7
co-Prince of Orange
Sg Courthézon

Raymond II
died 1256/7
co-Prince of Orange
sg Courthézon
et Suze, Séguret
Sérignan, Camaret

Raymond I
1268-1321
Lord of Baux
Vcte of Marseille
Count d'Avellino (Naples)
Sénéchal de Provence 1315
Régent de Naples
in 1295

Hugh
assassinated
Milan 1302
Sg de Loriol
Sénéchal of Piémont
Vicaire Général Lombardy
no descendants

Barral II
1301-1331
Sg de Loreto

Agoult
d.1346/7
Sg. de Caromb, Brantes
Le Barroux, St Léger
Sénéchal Beaucaire
and Nimes 1340
Toulouse/Albi 1342
Cap. gén. en Languedoc

Raymond IV
died 1340
5th Prince of Orange

Bertrand III^[b]
died 1305
co-Prince of Orange
Sg Courthézon

Raymond III^[c]
d.ca.1339
co-Prince of Orange
2nd sg de Suze, & Bari

Hugh II
1311-1351
Lord of Baux
Vcte of Marseille
Count d'Avellino (Naples)
Sénéchal de Provence 1343
Grand Admiral of Naples

Bertrand
d. 1355
Seig of Caromb

Dragobert
1327/8-1340
sg de Villefranche

Raymond
1328-1381
Sg of Caromb

Amiel
d. 1375
Sg of Caromb

Raymond V
died 1393
6th Prince of Orange

Jeanne
de Genève^[7]

Bertrand
d.1380
Sg. of Gigondas
Suze, Condorcet

Guiges
d.1390

Guillaume
d.1390
Sg of Camaret
Travaillan, Condorcet

Antoine
d. 1374
Sg of Aubagne

Robert
d.1354
Lord of Baux
Vcte of Marseille
Count d'Avellino

Raymond II
1331-1372
Lord of Baux
Vcte of Marseille
Count d'Avellino

Francis
d. 1390
Sg of Aubagne

John III
of Châlon
lord of Arlay
died 1418

Mary
died 1417
7th Princess of Orange

William
d. 1427
Sg. of St-Roman
de Malegarde

John
1372-1375
posthumous child

Alix
^[d] 1367-1426
last sovereign
of the indep.
state of Baux
Countess d'Avellino

Châlon & Nassau
Princes of Orange

^[8]

Notes[]

^ Jump up to: ^a ^b Line of the dukes d'Andria and Nardo, counts of Squillace, princes of Tarento (in Naples) and Achaïa (Greece). Elder branch ended in 1530 in the male line. A younger branch survives in Naples as the "del Balzo" in multiple branches, as dukes of Capriglianode, another as counts del Balzo (died out 1932) and another as the dukes of Presenzano.del Balzo di Presenzano, Gioacchino. "GENEALOGY Maison del Balzo/des Baux, with bibliography cited there". Retrieved 2012-08-28.
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b Sg Courthézon, gave his rights to the principality to Raymond IV for this lordship. One male line died out c.1372, the other two lead to the counts d'Alessano, and counts d'Alessano, including the Orsini des Baux, died out by 1550.del Balzo di Presenzano, Gioacchino. "GENEALOGY Maison del Balzo/des Baux, with bibliography cited there". Retrieved 2012-08-28.
^ Gave his rights to his brother. Male line died out c. 1409. del Balzo di Presenzano, Gioacchino. "GENEALOGY Maison del Balzo/des Baux". Retrieved 2012-08-28. del Balzo di Presenzano, Gioacchino. "GENEALOGY Maison del Balzo/des Baux, with bibliography cited there". Retrieved 2012-08-28.
^ She was married to Odon de Villars and . Her uncle, on her mother's side, used the fortress of Baux to wage war on the counts of Provence. On her death, the lordship of Baux was seized by King Rene, the count of Provence and given to his wife, Jeanne of Laval, thus ending its independence.fr:Alix des Baux*Paulet, l'Abbe L. (1986). Les Baux et Castillon: Histoire des communes des Baux, de Paradou, de Maussane, et de Mouries. Place de l'Eglise, 13200 Raphele-les-Arles: Marcel Petit.CS1 maint: location (link)

^ Grew 1947, p. 5(specifically & on to pg 16) harvnb error: multiple targets (2×): CITEREFGrew1947 (help).
^ del Balzo, Gioacchino. "GENEALOGY Maison del Balzo/des Baux". Retrieved 21 April 2011.
^
- Paulet, l'Abbe L. (1986). Les Baux et Castillon: Histoire des communes des Baux, de Paradou, de Maussane, et de Mouries. Place de l'Eglise, 13200 Raphele-les-Arles: Marcel Petit.CS1 maint: location (link)
^
- Geary J, Patrick J. Phantoms of Remembrance: memory and oblivion at the end of the first millennium. p. 76.
- d’Hauthuille, Olivier. Héraldique et généalogie. 89.I.160
Genealogy works:
- Georges de Manteyer, La Provence du premier au douzième siècle, études d'histoire et de géographie... (1908),
- Juigné de Lassigny, Généalogie des vicomtes de Marseille...,
- Fernand Cortez, Les grands officiers royaux de Provence au moyen-âge listes chronologiques...,
- Papon, de Louis Moréri, du marquis de Forbin, Monographie de la terre et du château de Saint-Marcel, près Marseille: du Xe au XIXe siècle... ("Monograph of the land and the castle of Saint-Marcel, near Marseille, from the tenth to the nineteenth century ..."), Marseille, 1888
- J. Berge, Origines rectifiées des maisons féodales Comtes de Provence, Princes d'Orange ..., France-Riviera, 1952
- Poly, Jean-Pierre, La Provence et la société féodale (879-1166), Paris: Bordas, 1976,
- Jacques Saillot, Le Sang de Charlemagne...
Sources also on the Vicomtes de Marseille:
- Édouard Baratier, Ernest Hildesheimer et Georges Duby, Atlas historique...
- and the table of Henry de Gérin-Ricard, Actes concernant les vicomtes de Marseille et leurs descendants...
^ *Cook, Theodore Andrea, Sir, 1867-1928 (1905). Twenty-five great houses of France; the story of the noblest French chateaux. London: Offices of "Country Life" [etc.] p. 127. The first Count of Les Baux, whose name alone we know, was Leibulf, whose son Pons, or Poncius, owned large lands in Argence Old Provence
^
- Grew, Marion Ethel (1947). The House of Orange. London: Methuen & Co. Ltd.
- Rowen, Herbert H. (1988). The princes of Orange: the stadholders in the Dutch Republic. Cambridge University Press.
- de Pontbriant, A. (1891). Histoire de la principaute d'Orange: suivre de lettres inedites des princes d'Orange, des rois de France, du Cte de Grignan, etc. Avignon: Seguin freres.
- Paulet, l'Abbe L. (1986). Les Baux et Castillon: Histoire des communes des Baux, de Paradou, de Maussane, et de Mouries. Place de l'Eglise, 13200 Raphele-les-Arles: Marcel Petit.CS1 maint: location (link)
- Schwennicke, Detlev (1989). Europäiche Stammtafeln, Stammtafeln der Europäichen Staaten, Neue Folge, Volume III, Part 4, Das feudale Frankreich und sein Einfluß auf die Welt des Mittelalters. Marburg: Verlag J.A. Stargardt. pp. 745, 748, 751, & 752.
Genealogy works:
- Gioacchino del Balzo di Presenzano, http://www.delbalzo.net/genealogia2.htm GENEALOGY Maison del Balzo/des Baux extensive bibliography
- G.Noblemaire, Histoire de la Maison des Baux, Parigi: 1912 and 1975
- J.Dunbabin, Charles I of Anjou, London/New York: 1998
- E.Leonard,Les Angevins de Naples, Paris: 1954
- Almanach of Gotha, 1888-1943
- F. Mazel,La Noblesse et l’Eglise en ProvenceFin X – debut XIV siecle, L’Exemple des familles d’Agoult-Simiane, des Baux et de Marseilles, CTHS – Paris: 2002
- H.Aliquot et R.Merceron,Armorial d’Avignon et Du Comtat Venaissin, Avignon:1987
- Cambridge Medieval History, Volumes I – IX, Cambridge: 1911
- Cambridge Medieval History, Vol II, III, IV, Revised Edition 1996 -2003
- Cambridge Modern History, Volumes I-XII, Cambridge: 1962-63
^ Grew 1947, p. 16 harvnb error: multiple targets (2×): CITEREFGrew1947 (help).
^
- Paulet, l'Abbe L. (1986). Les Baux et Castillon: Histoire des communes des Baux, de Paradou, de Maussane, et de Mouries. Place de l'Eglise, 13200 Raphele-les-Arles: Marcel Petit.CS1 maint: location (link)
  - fr:Alix des Baux

Bibliography[]

Grew, Marion Ethel (1947). The House of Orange. London: Methuen & Co. Ltd.

External links[]

[one-6] Jump up to: ^a ^b Line of the dukes d'Andria and Nardo, counts of Squillace, princes of Tarento (in Naples) and Achaïa (Greece). Elder branch ended in 1530 in the male line. A younger branch survives in Naples as the "del Balzo" in multiple branches, as dukes of Capriglianode, another as counts del Balzo (died out 1932) and another as the dukes of Presenzano.del Balzo di Presenzano, Gioacchino. "GENEALOGY Maison del Balzo/des Baux, with bibliography cited there". Retrieved 2012-08-28.

[two-7] Jump up to: ^a ^b Sg Courthézon, gave his rights to the principality to Raymond IV for this lordship. One male line died out c.1372, the other two lead to the counts d'Alessano, and counts d'Alessano, including the Orsini des Baux, died out by 1550.del Balzo di Presenzano, Gioacchino. "GENEALOGY Maison del Balzo/des Baux, with bibliography cited there". Retrieved 2012-08-28.

[three-9] Gave his rights to his brother. Male line died out c. 1409. del Balzo di Presenzano, Gioacchino. "GENEALOGY Maison del Balzo/des Baux". Retrieved 2012-08-28. del Balzo di Presenzano, Gioacchino. "GENEALOGY Maison del Balzo/des Baux, with bibliography cited there". Retrieved 2012-08-28.

[four-11] She was married to Odon de Villars and . Her uncle, on her mother's side, used the fortress of Baux to wage war on the counts of Provence. On her death, the lordship of Baux was seized by King Rene, the count of Provence and given to his wife, Jeanne of Laval, thus ending its independence.fr:Alix des Baux*Paulet, l'Abbe L. (1986). Les Baux et Castillon: Histoire des communes des Baux, de Paradou, de Maussane, et de Mouries. Place de l'Eglise, 13200 Raphele-les-Arles: Marcel Petit.CS1 maint: location (link)

[1] Grew 1947, p. 5(specifically & on to pg 16) harvnb error: multiple targets (2×): CITEREFGrew1947 (help).

[2] Balzo, Gioacchino. "GENEALOGY Maison del Balzo/des Baux". Retrieved 21 April 2011.

[3] 
Paulet, l'Abbe L. (1986). Les Baux et Castillon: Histoire des communes des Baux, de Paradou, de Maussane, et de Mouries. Place de l'Eglise, 13200 Raphele-les-Arles: Marcel Petit.CS1 maint: location (link)

[8] Paulet, l'Abbe L. (1986). Les Baux et Castillon: Histoire des communes des Baux, de Paradou, de Maussane, et de Mouries. Place de l'Eglise, 13200 Raphele-les-Arles: Marcel Petit.CS1 maint: location (link)

[4] 
Geary J, Patrick J. Phantoms of Remembrance: memory and oblivion at the end of the first millennium. p. 76.

d’Hauthuille, Olivier. Héraldique et généalogie. 89.I.160
Genealogy works:
Georges de Manteyer, La Provence du premier au douzième siècle, études d'histoire et de géographie... (1908),

Juigné de Lassigny, Généalogie des vicomtes de Marseille...,

Fernand Cortez, Les grands officiers royaux de Provence au moyen-âge listes chronologiques...,

Papon, de Louis Moréri, du marquis de Forbin, Monographie de la terre et du château de Saint-Marcel, près Marseille: du Xe au XIXe siècle... ("Monograph of the land and the castle of Saint-Marcel, near Marseille, from the tenth to the nineteenth century ..."), Marseille, 1888

J. Berge, Origines rectifiées des maisons féodales Comtes de Provence, Princes d'Orange ..., France-Riviera, 1952

Poly, Jean-Pierre, La Provence et la société féodale (879-1166), Paris: Bordas, 1976,

Jacques Saillot, Le Sang de Charlemagne...
Sources also on the Vicomtes de Marseille:
Édouard Baratier, Ernest Hildesheimer et Georges Duby, Atlas historique...

and the table of Henry de Gérin-Ricard, Actes concernant les vicomtes de Marseille et leurs descendants...

[10] Geary J, Patrick J. Phantoms of Remembrance: memory and oblivion at the end of the first millennium. p. 76.

[11] ’Hauthuille, Olivier. Héraldique et généalogie. 89.I.160

[12] Georges de Manteyer, La Provence du premier au douzième siècle, études d'histoire et de géographie... (1908),

[13] Juigné de Lassigny, Généalogie des vicomtes de Marseille...,

[14] Fernand Cortez, Les grands officiers royaux de Provence au moyen-âge listes chronologiques...,

[15] Papon, de Louis Moréri, du marquis de Forbin, Monographie de la terre et du château de Saint-Marcel, près Marseille: du Xe au XIXe siècle... ("Monograph of the land and the castle of Saint-Marcel, near Marseille, from the tenth to the nineteenth century ..."), Marseille, 1888

[16] J. Berge, Origines rectifiées des maisons féodales Comtes de Provence, Princes d'Orange ..., France-Riviera, 1952

[17] Poly, Jean-Pierre, La Provence et la société féodale (879-1166), Paris: Bordas, 1976,

[18] Jacques Saillot, Le Sang de Charlemagne...

[19] Édouard Baratier, Ernest Hildesheimer et Georges Duby, Atlas historique...

[20] the table of Henry de Gérin-Ricard, Actes concernant les vicomtes de Marseille et leurs descendants...

[5] *Cook, Theodore Andrea, Sir, 1867-1928 (1905). Twenty-five great houses of France; the story of the noblest French chateaux. London: Offices of "Country Life" [etc.] p. 127. The first Count of Les Baux, whose name alone we know, was Leibulf, whose son Pons, or Poncius, owned large lands in Argence Old Provence

[8] 
Grew, Marion Ethel (1947). The House of Orange. London: Methuen & Co. Ltd.

Rowen, Herbert H. (1988). The princes of Orange: the stadholders in the Dutch Republic. Cambridge University Press.

de Pontbriant, A. (1891). Histoire de la principaute d'Orange: suivre de lettres inedites des princes d'Orange, des rois de France, du Cte de Grignan, etc. Avignon: Seguin freres.

Paulet, l'Abbe L. (1986). Les Baux et Castillon: Histoire des communes des Baux, de Paradou, de Maussane, et de Mouries. Place de l'Eglise, 13200 Raphele-les-Arles: Marcel Petit.CS1 maint: location (link)

Schwennicke, Detlev (1989). Europäiche Stammtafeln, Stammtafeln der Europäichen Staaten, Neue Folge, Volume III, Part 4, Das feudale Frankreich und sein Einfluß auf die Welt des Mittelalters. Marburg: Verlag J.A. Stargardt. pp. 745, 748, 751, & 752.
Genealogy works:
Gioacchino del Balzo di Presenzano, http://www.delbalzo.net/genealogia2.htm GENEALOGY Maison del Balzo/des Baux extensive bibliography

G.Noblemaire, Histoire de la Maison des Baux, Parigi: 1912 and 1975

J.Dunbabin, Charles I of Anjou, London/New York: 1998

E.Leonard,Les Angevins de Naples, Paris: 1954

Almanach of Gotha, 1888-1943

F. Mazel,La Noblesse et l’Eglise en ProvenceFin X – debut XIV siecle, L’Exemple des familles d’Agoult-Simiane, des Baux et de Marseilles, CTHS – Paris: 2002

H.Aliquot et R.Merceron,Armorial d’Avignon et Du Comtat Venaissin, Avignon:1987

Cambridge Medieval History, Volumes I – IX, Cambridge: 1911

Cambridge Medieval History, Vol II, III, IV, Revised Edition 1996 -2003

Cambridge Modern History, Volumes I-XII, Cambridge: 1962-63

[23] Grew, Marion Ethel (1947). The House of Orange. London: Methuen & Co. Ltd.

[24] Rowen, Herbert H. (1988). The princes of Orange: the stadholders in the Dutch Republic. Cambridge University Press.

[25] Pontbriant, A. (1891). Histoire de la principaute d'Orange: suivre de lettres inedites des princes d'Orange, des rois de France, du Cte de Grignan, etc. Avignon: Seguin freres.

[26] Paulet, l'Abbe L. (1986). Les Baux et Castillon: Histoire des communes des Baux, de Paradou, de Maussane, et de Mouries. Place de l'Eglise, 13200 Raphele-les-Arles: Marcel Petit.CS1 maint: location (link)

[27] Schwennicke, Detlev (1989). Europäiche Stammtafeln, Stammtafeln der Europäichen Staaten, Neue Folge, Volume III, Part 4, Das feudale Frankreich und sein Einfluß auf die Welt des Mittelalters. Marburg: Verlag J.A. Stargardt. pp. 745, 748, 751, & 752.

[28] Gioacchino del Balzo di Presenzano, http://www.delbalzo.net/genealogia2.htm GENEALOGY Maison del Balzo/des Baux extensive bibliography

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