SCEAU DE SICARD,

SEAL OF SICARD,
VISCOUNT OF LAUTREC
Scutiforme metal alloy matrix,
set in a bélière with a slight dorsal ridge.
The field is engraved with a lion shield
surmounted by a five-point label.
Legend: + S' SICART VESCOMTE
in engraved Roman capital letters
between two fillets.
Languedoc, early 13th century.
Height: 2.6 cm - Width: 2 cm
Height: 0.4 cm
(Very good condition)

The broken five-point label on the Lautrec
on the Lautrec coat of arms on our seal
the destination of a cadet who must be Sicard VI
be Sicard VI, Viscount de Lautrec with some degree of
degree of certainty.

Sicard VI de Lautrec (1200 - 1235), also known as
"Capbertran", was at the same time as his elder brother
Bertrand, Viscount of Lautrec. He fought
during the Albigensian Crusade on behalf of the
crusaders alongside Simon de Montfort and
and Robert de Mauvoisin, whose sister Agnès
sister, Agnès. His brother Bertrand de Lautrec
had rallied to the Cathars and fought against him.
against him. Some historians believe that
that this strategy was a means of preserving
the integrity of the de Lautrec family: if one or other of the
either party won, there would always have been a brother
a brother among the victors...

PROVENANCE
Private collection Labruguière (Tarn).

BIBLIOGRAPHY
Yvan Rocher, et alii, "Veille documentaire.
Matrices inédites", Revue française d'héraldique
et de sigillographie | Veille documentaire,
2023-1, June 2023, - Pages 17 to 20 (reproduced)