Barral I des Baux

Barral I des Baux (1217–1270), lord of Les Baux in Provence, succeeded his father Hugues III in 1240. As seneschal of the Comtat Venaissin for Raymond VII of Toulouse, he seized the Comtat and was excommunicated by the archbishop of Arles.

In 1249 he backed the citizens of Arles against their archbishop and was named podestà. When Arles was besieged in 1251 he concentrated on defending his own lands, and he later reconciled with the archbishop.

Reconciled with Charles of Anjou, count of Provence, he became grand justiciar of Sicily after Charles took Naples in 1266, holding the office until his death at Avignon in 1270.