Mirepoix, Gui De Lewis, Seigneur De

Mirepoix, Gui De Lewis, Seigneur de one of the great soldiers of the French who battled for the Church in the days of the Crusades, flourished in the early part of the 13th century. He was a friend of Simon de Montfort, marshal of France, conducted the warfare against the Albigenses, and was rewarded for his blind adherence to the papal cause with the title of "Marshal of the Faith." He died in 1230.