Counts of Toulouse
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After the Visigothic Kings of Aquitaine (409-508), the Merovingian kings were kings and dukes in Aquitaine and dukes of Toulouse.
The Carolingians appointed counts of Toulouse, 790-848:
- Torson, designated comte de Toulouse by Charlemagne, 778, regent for Louis I; deposed 790
- Saint William of Gellone, second count of Toulouse 790-811 (died 812/4)
- Raymond Raphinel, designated by Charlemagne, 811
- Bérenger le Sage, duc de Toulouse, 814 - died 835; son of Hugues, comte de Tours
- Warin, duc de Toulouse, 835, designated by Louis I (King in 814)
- Pépin ler, king of Toulouse and Aquitaine, died 849 here begins the lineage of the counts of Toulouse.
The hereditary Counts of Toulouse ruled the city of Toulouse and its surrounding county from the late 9th century until 1270. The counts and other family members were also at various times counts of Quercy, Rouergue, Albi, and Nîmes, and Marquis of Gothia and Provence. Also, Raymond IV founded the crusader state of Tripoli, and his descendants were counts there.
- Bernard of Septimania, assassinated in 844
- Freddon (d. 852)
- Raymond I (852-862)
- Bernard (862-872)
- Eudes (872-919)
- Raymond II (919-924)
- Raymond III Pons (924 - ~950)
- Raymond IV (~950 - 961)
- Hugh (961-972)
- Raymond (972-978) [recent research suggests adding this previously unknown count to solve the problem of the otherwise extraordinary lifespan of William Tallifer; this would of course necessitate renumbering the succeeding Raymond's, though this is not done here.]
- William III Tallifer (d. 1037)
- Pons (1037-~1061)
- William IV (1061-1094)
- Raymond IV (1094-1095)
- Bertrand (1095-1112)
- Alphonse-Jordan (1112-1148)
- Raymond V (1148-1194)
- Raymond VI (1194-1222)
- Raymond VII (1222-1249)
- Joan of Toulouse & Alphonse of Poitiers (1249-1271)
At that point Toulouse passed to the Crown of France, by the terms of the Treaty of Languedoc.
External links
- 'Les Régnants Toulousains" (http://membres.lycos.fr/ignacel/comtes.html): list (in French)
- The Counts of Toulouse, the Cathars of the Languedoc, Occitan and Occitania. (http://www.languedoc-france.info/1210_ramon.htm): (in English)de:Grafschaft Toulouse