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Batrice De PlanissolesBatrice de Planissoles was a minor noble in the Comt de Foix in the late thirteenth and early fourteenth century. A great deal of information about her life was recorded in the Fournier Register, and she has a central role in Emmanuel Le Roy Ladurie's Montaillou Batrice was the daughter of Philippe de Planissoles a noble who was later convicted of supporting the Cathar heresy. Batrice herself had definite sympathies to Albigensinism, but also remained attached to the Catholic Church. At around the age of twenty Batrice was married to Brenger de Roquefort who was the chtelain of the small, and largely Cathar, community of Montaillou. Despite living in the fortress above the town Batrice's life was closely linked with that of the local peasants and there was much intermixing. Batrice did not care greatly for her husband and soon began courting other men. She began a courtship with Raymond Roussel, who was the steward of the chtelain's estate. When Roussel tried to sleep with her, however, she had him fired. She was also raped by Pathau Clergue. In 1302 Brenger de Roquefort died and left Batrice a widow. At this point she became the open consort of Pathau Clergue. Soon, however, a relationship began with Pathau's cousin Pierre Clergue, the priest and the most powerful man in the village. This relationship lasted two years before Batrice decided to leave the mountain village and remarry, wedding another minor noble named Otho de Lagleize. He too died after only a few years of marriage. In her older years Batrice took up with a young vicar Barthlemy Arilhac. After a number of years this relationship ended as Barthlemy worried he would be placed in danger by Batrice's Cathar past. He was correct in his concerns and in 1321 they were both arrested by the inquisition and held for a year. Barthlemy was not punished, but Batrice was sentenced to wear a yellow cross on her back. With her husbands she is known to have had four daughters, Condors, Esclaramonde, Philippa, and Ava. External link:
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