In time they had increased their power well beyond military matters, and had become the real administrators and executive power of the province, a trend seen in the other gouvernements of France, but particularly acute in Languedoc, where the duke of Montmorency, governor of Languedoc, even openly rebelled against the king, then was defeated and beheaded in Toulouse in 1632 by the order of Richelieu.
Ajaga suurendasid nad oma võimu väljapoole sõjalisi küsimusi, ning muutusid provintsi tegelikeks halduriteks ja täidesaatvaks võimuks, trend, mis esines ka teistes Prantsusmaa kubermangudes, kuid oli eriti terav Languedocis, kus Languedoci kuberner hertsog Montmorency mässas isegi avalikult kuninga vastu, kuid alistati ja hukati Toulouse'is aastal 1632 Richelieu käsul.