Registered share of 5000 francs issued in 1844 to the Marquis Bérard de Montalet.

The house of Bérard de Montalet was one of the most illustrious and important houses in the province of Languedoc. An exchange contract signed in 1199 between Arnault de Bérard de Montalet and his brothers, with Bérard d'Anduze and Pierre Bermond his son, that in the 12th century the houses of Bérard and Pelet jointly owned the town of Alais, which having belonged to the Counts of Toulouse and then immediately falling under it, had undoubtedly been granted to them with several other large fiefs as heritage assets.

At that time, the Bermonds having proposed an exchange to the Bishop of Uzès which seemed to him too unprofitable, Lord Bérard de Montalet donated the town of Saint Ambroix to him in return for a small fee from the Bermonds to keep its property. memory.

Size: 26 x 21 cm