What was the exact name of the knight who first hung the star over the French village of Moustiers-Ste-Marie?

Question

Sources suggest the man's surname was Blacas and he vowed to hang a star over his home village in Provence, France if he lived to get home from the Crusades (the Seventh, from 1248 - 1254). What was his full name?

Answer 1

Blacas d'Aups (sometimes spelled d'Aulps)

"The legend of the Moustiers chain and star states that a Knight of the Crusades by the name of Blacas d'Aups, taken prisoner by the Saracens in the Holy Land, made a vow to Notre Dame d'Entre Roches (Our Lady Between Rocks as it was then known) saying: "At Thy feet, Holy Mary, I will hangs my chains if ever I return to Moustiers, my homeland." Upon his safe return, the Crusader kept his promise. The current star, brilliant in the blue sky, was hung on August 18, 1957 to replace one fallen due to wear and time."

Answer 2

The Counts of Provence: House of Barcelone and Aragon
Knights Hospitalers and Knights Templa

Answer 3

Interesting; #1 & 2 is him, #3 is likely his son, #4 is perhaps him or a relative but in the same years! The source: is Blacas d'Aups
reference but I do not have the book.

You do not need to read French to figure out the names.

I would go to a genealogy resource for this one, even Yahoo's.
Le frère Albert de Blacas, de la noble maison d’Aups, is as said his son and that is all you need. (Aups is Alps) but it could be him, who knows.





1
Nous partons en direction de Moustiers-Sainte-Marie en suivant les gorges de ... Le Chevalier de Blacas, prisonnier pendant une croisade

2 Les Hauts-lieux Templiers
Le chevalier de Blacas, à la suite de son retour sain et sauf de croisade, fit accrocher à deux rochers surplombant le ravin de Moustiers-Sainte-Marie une étoile qui, entre ciel et terre, symbolise celle de Bethléem ! C’est par un coffret, appartenant à ce curieux chevalier établi à Aups, que l’on eut connaissance d’une doctrine secrète du Temple relative au fameux Baphomet.

(source : Sur les sentiers du Graal РPatrick Rivi̬re Рp.118)

3
On sait que leur ordre fut définitivement aboli au concile de Vienne, en 1312, par le pape Clément V.Le frère Albert de Blacas, de la noble maison d’Aups, était alors commandeur d’Aix et de Saint-Maurice. Il fut emprisonné en 1308, ainsi que le frère Raymond Perdigon, le seul des Templiers d’Aix qui soit nommé parmi une cinquantaine de chevaliers provençaux qui furent arrêtés et détenus, les uns au château de Meyrargues, les autres dans celui de Pertuis. Mais

4.
le duc de Blacas
13th century we find this man: it could be him but the reference was to another area but still very possible., the Seigneurie des Blacas ruled