Editing Consul (section)

=== Other uses in the Medieval period ===
[[File:Alphonse de Poitiers 01.jpg|thumb|left|In this painting, [[Alphonse, Count of Poitiers]] and Count of Toulouse takes an oath before the Consuls of the town of [[Agen]], with his right hand on the town ordinances, committing himself to recognize the autonomy of the town's commune, while sitting on a pedestal. The consul administering the oath is forced to go on his knees, symbolizing Alphonse's lordship and the town's loyalty.]]
Throughout most of southern [[Kingdom of France|France]], a consul ({{langx|fr|consul}} or ''{{lang|fr|consule}}'') was an office equivalent to the {{Interlanguage link multi|Échevin (France)|fr|3=Échevin|lt=échevins}} of the north and roughly similar with [[Kingdom of England|English]] [[alderman|aldermen]]. The most prominent were those of [[Bordeaux]] and [[Toulouse]], which came to be known as [[jurat]]s and [[capitoul]]s, respectively. The capitouls of Toulouse were granted transmittable nobility. In many other smaller towns the first consul was the equivalent of a mayor today, assisted by a variable number of secondary consuls and jurats. His main task was to levy and collect tax.

The [[Duke]]s of [[Duchy of Gaeta|Gaeta]] often used also the title of "consul" in its Greek form "[[Hypatos]]" (see [[List of Hypati and Dukes of Gaeta]]).