House of Roquefeuil-Versols

The Roquefeuil family was a French noble house. It appeared around 900 as an offshoot of the House of Barcelona, Spain, who were kings of Aragon. At this time they controlled vast territories in the Languedoc (southern France) under various noble titles.

The heiress Adelais de Roquefeuil married Bernard d'Anduze (1129). The Anduze was another powerful family which also coined money. However the son of Adelais and Bernard, Arnaud, "Contor de Nant" maintained the name of Roquefeuil. He, his brother Raymond and their descendants fought in the wars of the Middle Ages: the Cathar Crusade, Seventh Crusade and the Hundred Years War.

From Arnaud were descended the Lords of Versols, in Aveyron, and of Saint-Etienne de Gourgas. Their best known member was Guillaume de Roquefeuil who signed the Treaty of Corbeil on behalf of King James I of Aragon in 1258.

That branch continued to be located in the Languedoc as landowners and revolutionaries, and has mainly produced, since the French Revolution, medical doctors and lawyers.

The related branch of the Roccaful served the King of Aragon and participated in the Reconquista of Spain from the Moors. Ramon Perellos y Roccaful was Grand Master of the Order of St. John from 1697 to 1720.

:"This article is based on a translation of the corresponding article in the French Wikipedia