Limoux is a commune and sub-prefecture in the Aude department in the South of France (Occitania), named after the river of the same name, and also known as the “Cathars country”. The town is located about 30 km south of Carcassonne.
Limoux’s history
They established Limoux originally on Flassian Hill and then moved to the Aude bank. Presumably, the town arose in the VIII century and it belonged to the abbey of Saint-Hilaire initially. At first, Limoux was under the power of the Narbonne Archbishop, and then, in the X century, the town came under the control of Count Razes (Comte du Razès), who enjoyed royal privileges. The town has since flourished actively thanks to the fabrics and leather trade.
Limoux was located in the heart of Catharism and in the 13th century, during the Crusade (1209-1229), initiated by the Catholic Church against heresy, Simon IV de Montfort (the fifth Earl of Leicester, the French nobleman and leader of the Albigensian Crusade, later killed during the Toulouse siege in 1218) took it without much resistance.
They destroyed the town fortifications and the town passed into the power of Lieutenant Lambert de Turry, who became Lambert de Limoux.
Count Raymond Roger de Foix captured the town in 1221 and restored the town fortifications.
“Limoux war” started in 1226, Raimond II Trencavel and Roger-Bernard II de Foix fought against Louis VIII’s troops.
The French crown annexed Limoux between 1296 and 1376.
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