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    Pierre de Castelnau (? - died 15 January 1208), French ecclesiastic, made papal legate in 1199 to address the Cathar heresy, he was subsequently murdered...
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  • persuading the local authorities to act against the Cathars. In 1208, Pierre de Castelnau, Innocent's papal legate, was murdered while returning to Rome after...
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    Catharism were met with little success. After the murder of his legate Pierre de Castelnau in 1208, and suspecting that Raymond VI, Count of Toulouse was responsible...
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    Guillaume de Castelnau de Clermont-Lodève (1480–1541) was a French diplomat and Cardinal. He was the son of Pierre-Tristan, Seigneur de Clermont et de Clermont-Lodève...
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    residence in rented boathouses on the nearby West Lake. January 15 – Pierre de Castelnau is murdered by heretics supported by Raymond VI, count of Toulouse...
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    He was a son of Jean de Castelnau and Jeanne Dusmesnil, one of a family of nine children. His grandfather, Pierre de Castelnau, had been Equerry (Master...
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    Noël Édouard, vicomte de Curières de Castelnau (24 December 1851 – 19 March 1944) was a French military officer and Chief of Staff of the French Armed...
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  • lords of Baux, of De Banne, of Sabran, and of Nicolaï. Their son Pierre de Castelnau, papal legate, married in turn Dauphine of Sabran de la Roque and the...
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    of Toulouse had been suspected of ordering the assassination of Pierre de Castelnau, a Roman Catholic preacher who attempted to convert the Cathars....
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    immediate cause of the crusade was the killing of the papal legate, Pierre de Castelnau. The retinue of professional soldiers, mercenary bands (routiers)...
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