dysentery, though there were suspicions of poisoning. The town of Carcassonne had surrendered on 15 August. The inhabitants were not massacred but were forced to leave the town. Simon de Montfort was granted control of the area encompassing Carcassonne, Albi, and Béziers. Raymond-Roger's dispossessed son, Raymond II (1204-1263), formally ceded his rights to Louis IX of France in 1247, after several failed attempts to recover his patrimony. Sources Graham-Leigh, Elaine. The Southern French Nobility and the Albigensian Crusade. Woodbridge: The Boydell Press, 2005. . 1185 births 1209 deaths Occitan nobility People of the Albigensian Crusade Trencavel