 According to tradition, however, the Catalan was not acceptable to the Bearnese noblesse, which promptly rebelled.They elected Theobald of the neighbouring County of Bigorre as their viscount, but, as he did not respect the Fors de Bearn, they executed him within the year.They then selected a nobleman of the Auvergne, Sentonge, who lasted two years in power before suffering the same sad fate at the hands of the nobles.