 The vicecomital family of Marseilles were vassals of the Count of Provence and allies of the House of Baux.The family had many possessions in and around Arles and offended many local families, like the Porcelet.Through his mother's family, Aicard was allied with the viscounts of Millau, who established a number of matrimonial links with counts and viscounts in southern France at the end of the 11th century.