Raymond VII of Toulouse

Raymond VII of Saint-Gilles (July, 1197 - September 27, 1249) was count of Toulouse, duke of Narbonne and marquis of Provence.

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1197 - September 27 - 1249 - Count of Toulouse - Narbonne - Provence

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He was the son of Raymond VI of Toulouse and Joan of England. During the Albigensian Crusade in May of 1216, he left from Marseilles and besieged Beaucaire, which he captured on August 24. He fought to reconquer Toulouse from Simon de Montfort, 5th Earl of Leicester and later Simon's son Amaury VI of Montfort.

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Raymond VI of Toulouse - Joan of England - Albigensian Crusade - 1216 - Marseilles - Beaucaire - August 24 - Simon de Montfort, 5th Earl of Leicester - Amaury VI of Montfort

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Raymond VII married firstly in 1211 to Sancha of Aragon, the daughter of King Alfonso II of Aragon. They had one daughter, Joan, and were divorced in 1241. In 1243 Raymond married Marguerite de Lusignan, the daughter of Hugh X of Lusignan and Isabella of Angouleme. They had no children and were divorced August 3, 1245.

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1211 - Alfonso II of Aragon - Joan - 1241 - 1243 - Hugh X of Lusignan - Isabella of Angouleme - August 3 - 1245

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He succeeded his father in 1222. In 1225, the council of Bourges excommunicated him and launched a crusade against him. Defeated, he was forced to sign the Treaty of Paris in 1229, by which he ceded the former viscounty of Trencavel to the king of France. His daughter Joan was forced to marry Alphonse of Poitiers, brother of Louis IX of France. When Raymond died, Alphonse became count of Toulouse, and after Alphonse's death the county was annexed by France.

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1222 - 1225 - Excommunicated - Crusade - Treaty of Paris - 1229 - Trencavel - Joan - Alphonse of Poitiers - Louis IX of France - France

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Raymond VII was buried beside his mother Joan in Fontevrault Abbey.

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