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The awkward end to this* speculation is what happened to the line of Barcelona when the Provence line left it (which happened twice – there was a false start) and it merged with Aragon. In other words, given that Toulouse had died out, why was Aragon-Barcelona not worth as much? I doubt whether one could ever know with any certainty; but the complete abandonment of traditional names is odd, and suggests (on the assumption that there was or might be a valuable descent) that the Aragon branch had decided to play it down. This must be seen in the context of the devastating Albigensian Crusade against the neighbouring Cathars; the military campaign ran from 1209 – [to] 1229, but it had been brewing since at least as early as 1119 (Council of Toulouse) and the Inquisition continued to operate against the Cathars for the whole of the 13^th Century and a great part of the 14^th [Century].**

It might not be all that surprising if their different locations and circumstances made the two branches of the Barcelona line – Aragon and Provence – react in different ways.***

*[See last previous entry]

**(per E[nyclopaedia] B[ritannica])

***& the Treaty of Corbeil, 1258, was a settlement and renunciation of claims between France & Aragon-Barcelona (although the names had already changed).

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