The Town of Hyères in the middle-age

                                       The Town of Hyères in the middle-age

 Despite the dark centuries following the fall of the Western Roman Empire,it is possible to trace the origins of Hyères.

The populations settled during Antiquity in the small Roman town of Olbia , in the Almanarre .Composed of Greeks and Romans , at the distance of major roads like the Aurelian Way . In hillock risks growing insecurity, hiding inside the earth around the 6th century .On. the hill where a wooden abort stronghold in the 10th century is built .Nestled against the stronghold, a small town was born under the name of Hyères, on a prime defensive site overlooking the plain.

The oldest document about Hyères , is a charter from Emperor Conrad , dated 963 , mentioning saltines and fisheries.Until the 13th century, the history of the town and its castle was confused with that of the DE FOS family . Originally, thent warriors in the service of the lords to chase the sarazins settled at Fraxinetum , La Garde-Freinet in the Moors in 972.Thus the founder of the lineage, POS of FOS, received in the 10th century, as a reward for his military talents, the guard of Bormes , Esparron , Pierrefeu , the Grade , Puget and the castle of Hyères .

From the 13th century onwards, the SOF are part of a real feudalism . In 1196, AMIEL DE FOS paid homage to the Provence Account, Alphonse 2, and became a vassal for all the castles that the lineage possessed.

After Charles d'Ajou, is married Beatrice by becoming account of Provence in July 1257 On the return of the 7th crusade , Saint Louis 9 , disembarks at the Ayguade . Tired, after 10 weeks at sea, the king wanted to return to France, in Aigues-Mortes . Remembering the revolt of 1242 and the troubles that had agitated Provence, he did not net on the aceuil that would be reserved for him by the Counts of Fos , lords of Hyères It is only at the urging of his wife, sister of Beatrice, whom the King consents to do.For a few days, the royal vessel, the Montjoie and the thirteen nerves of the fleet remain anchored in front of the beach of Ayguade and then set sail for Aigues-Mortes . After resting at the castle of Hyères the King decides to return to Paris . In the same year Charles I of Ajou buys from the FOS all their property on Hyères and gives them 1500 Provencal Books , 22 towns and villages of Provence , which shows well the impropriety of Hyères in the Middle Ages .

From that date on, Hyères was therefore incorporated into the Daumaine Comptal and the rest until the death of Charles du Main, successor of King Réné, who brought Provence to the kingdom of France in 1481.

The new master of Hyères , Charles d'Anjou , is in history a controversial personality . Some judge him as a tyrant, not supporting any discussion of his orders, very imbued with his authority and the mission which he believed himself invested by God.  For others, he does not seem to have been unfamiliar with any human feeling , affectionate towards his family and gennereux to these faithful. Be that as it may, Hyères and Provence Béneficient, under her domination, of a peace that she had not known since Charlemagne . Charles made Hyères the seat of a very important lookout including the baillages of Toulon , of Brignoles , and extend from the beausset to the Mole , from the islands of Hyères to Carcès . The Count of Provence had administrative and judicial power there.

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