The first mention of the castle in documentation was in the year 1213, in a document of allegiance to the Church of Rome and the King of Aragon, as among the fortifications belonging to Raymond-Roger, Count of Foix. The Lords of Miglos resided in the castle. After the Siege of Montségur in 1244, Arnaud de Miglos was convicted of heresy and imprisoned at Carcassonne. Gaston I, Count of Foix gave the castle and valley to Bernard de Son (or Usson) to punish the Miglos family for its support of the Cathar cause, though the Miglos family regained some property in the area.