Ponç Hug IV, Count of Empúries
Spanish troubadour, military personnel and composer
About Ponç Hug IV, Count of Empúries
Ponç Hug IV, Count of Empúries was a troubadour, military personnel and composer.
Ponç V or Ponç Hug IV ( or Ponce Hugo IV, ) (c.1264 – 1313) was the Count of Empúries from 1277 until his death and viscount of Bas from 1285 to 1291. He was the son and successor of Hug V
When James signed the Treaty of Anagni with the French and the Papacy, thus putting an end to the War of the Vespers, in 1295, the people of Sicily under James' younger brother Frederick III opposed him. When Frederick heard that James was preparing to go to war with him, he sent a messenger, Mountainer Pérez de Sosa, to Catalonia in an effort to stir up the barons and cities against James in 1298.
The couple had three children: Hug (assassinated 1309), named heir Ponç VI (c.1290–1322), successor Blancaflor (died 1313)
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Spanish troubadour, military personnel and composer
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Ponç Hug IV, Count of Empúries died in 1313.
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Ponç Hug IV, Count of Empúries was a troubadour, military personnel and composer.
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