He derives his name from the lordship he held at Mataplana near Nuestra Señora de Mongrony in the Ripollès.
According to the Historias y conquestas of Pere Tomich (1438), a late source, Huguet was present at the Battle of Las Navas de Tolosa in 1212.
According to "Abrils issia", by Raimon, Huguet was an intimate and patron of joglars, the travelling performers of troubadours' songs.
In another poem, "So fo el temps", Raimon describes in detail Huguet's sumptuous court at Mataplana.
Huguet's most studied work is "D'un sirventes m'es pres talens", in which he abuses his good friend Raimon de Miraval for disowning his wife, Caudairenga.