Godefroi (Samatan) de Samatan et de Muret (abt. 1070 - aft. 1139)

Born about 1070 in Samatan, Comté de Comminges, France [uncertain]

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Biography

Godefroi, Seigneur de Samatan et de Muret (referred to in Latin as Godafredus de Murello) was the father of Dias de Samatan, who married Bernard I, Comte de Comminges by about 1115. ^[1]

The estate of Samatan, associated with Godefroi de Samatan and his descendants, was an ancient fief of the Comté de Comminges, the town now being Samatan in Gers, about 50 km southwest of Toulouse. The historic town of Muret, now Muret in Haute-Garonne, is to the east of Samatan, about 25 km southwest of Toulouse. ^{[2] [3] [4]}

Godefroi's granddaughter - Dias and Bernard's daughter Bernarde de Comminges - married Roger Trencavel, Vicomte d'Albi, de Béziers, et de Carcassonne by contract of 26 April 1139. ^{[1] [5] [6]}

His granddaughter Bernarde's marriage contract of 1139 - written in Ecclesiastical Latin as was traditional - refers to property being given by her parents (Bernard and Dias) with their three sons (Bernard, Roger and Dodo de Samatano) to Bernarde and her spouse, Roger of Béziers (historically called Baeterrae): ^[6]

Ego Bern. de Comenge, et uxor mea Dias, et filii nostri Bernardus de Comenge, et Rogerius, et Dodo de Samatano donatores sumus tibi Bernardae filiae nostrae, et viro tuo Rogerio de Bitterri.

Godefroi was also referred to in the 1139 contract - as Godafredus de Murello. His father was referred to as Petrus-Raymondi in connection with the properties of Samatan (Samatanus), as well as the tower and castle of Murello (turrem et castellum de Murello) - individuals and estates subject to the domain of the groom's father, who was Bernard Aton, Vicomte de Béziers: ^[6]

Ego Godafredus de Murello recognosco, et laudo tibi jam dictor Rogerio de Bitterri, quoniam pater meus Petrus-Raymundi et ego, tenuimus et habuimus turrem et castellum to Murello de genitore tuo Bernardo Atonis vicecomite, et fuimus inde sui homines, et ego teneo hochodie de te, et habeo foc datum praedictae Dias filiae meae, et viro suo Bernardo de Comenge.

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} Cawley, Charles. Medieval Lands: A prosopography of medieval European noble and royal families. Published by Charles Cawley and the Foundation for Medieval Genealogy (FMG) 2006-2021, including source citations and relevant texts; hosted online by FMG, accessed 2024: Comtes de Comminges. (See also WikiTree's source page for MedLands)
2. ↑ Wikipédia - Samatan
3. ↑ Wikipédia - Muret
4. ↑ Wikipédia - Comté de Comminges
5. ↑ Cawley, Charles. Medieval Lands: A prosopography of medieval European noble and royal families. Published by Charles Cawley and the Foundation for Medieval Genealogy (FMG) 2006-2021, including source citations and relevant texts; hosted online by FMG, accessed 2024: Vicomtes de Béziers. (See also WikiTree's source page for MedLands)
6. ↑ ^{6.0 6.1 6.2} Devic, Claude. Histoire Générale de Languedoc, Avec des Notes & les Pièces justicatives (chez Jacques Vincent, Paris, 1742) Tome IV, Preuves, CVI, p. 429. Available online at: Histoire Générale de Languedoc (1742) - CVI. Contract de mariage entre Roger vicomte de Carcassonne et Bernarde de Comminges. Ann. 1039