The Baussenque Wars (from French Guerres Baussenques, meaning "wars of Baux") were a series of armed conflicts (1144–1162) between the House of Barcelona, then ruling in Provence, and the House of Baux. They are held up in Provence as the idealistic resistance of one of her native families against the Catalan "occupation." In reality, they were the first of many successful expansions of Catalan power and influence in the Mediterranean world.