Raymond Count of Toulouse 1156-1222

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Raymond Count of Toulouse and Beatrice Beziers were married. He the son of Raymond Rouerge V Count Toulouse and Constance Capet Countess Boulogne and Toulouse.

In 1148 Eustace Blois IV Count Boulogne [aged 18] and [his mother] Constance Capet Countess Boulogne and Toulouse [aged 20] were married. She by marriage Countess Boulogne. She the daughter of [his grandfather] Louis VI King of the Franks and [his grandmother] Adelaide Savoy Queen Consort France. He the son of King Stephen I England [aged 54] and Matilda Flanders [aged 43]. They were third cousin once removed.

On 27th October 1156 Raymond Count of Toulouse was born to Raymond Rouerge V Count Toulouse [aged 22] and Constance Capet Countess Boulogne and Toulouse [aged 28] at Saint Gilles.

On 16th August 1176 [his mother] Constance Capet Countess Boulogne and Toulouse [aged 48] died.

In February 1177 William "Good" II King Sicily [aged 22] and [his future wife] Joan Plantagenet Queen Consort Sicily [aged 11] were married. She by marriage Queen Sicily. She the daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England [aged 43] and [his future mother-in-law] Eleanor of Aquitaine Queen Consort Franks and England [aged 55]. They were half sixth cousins.

Around 1180 [his daughter] Constance Rouerge Queen Consort Navarre was born to Raymond Count of Toulouse [aged 23] and Beatrice Beziers. She married 1195 her half third cousin once removed Sancho "Strong" VII King Navarre, son of Sancho "Wise" King Navarre and Sancha Ivrea.

In 1194 Raymond Count of Toulouse [aged 37] succeeded Marquess Provence. [his future wife] Joan Plantagenet Queen Consort Sicily [aged 28] by marriage Marchioness Provence.

Around 1194 [his father] Raymond Rouerge V Count Toulouse [aged 60] died. His son Raymond [aged 37] succeeded VI Count Toulouse.

In 1195 [his son-in-law] Sancho "Strong" VII King Navarre [aged 40] and Constance Rouerge Queen Consort Navarre [aged 15] were married. She by marriage Queen Consort Navarre. The difference in their ages was 25 years. She the daughter of Raymond Count of Toulouse [aged 38] and Beatrice Beziers. He the son of Sancho "Wise" King Navarre and Sancha Ivrea. They were half third cousin once removed.

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In October 1196 Raymond Count of Toulouse [aged 39] and Joan Plantagenet Queen Consort Sicily [aged 31] were married at Rouen, France [Map]. She by marriage Countess Toulouse. She the daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England and Eleanor of Aquitaine Queen Consort Franks and England [aged 74]. He the son of Raymond Rouerge V Count Toulouse and Constance Capet Countess Boulogne and Toulouse. They were third cousin once removed.

In 1197 [his sister-in-law] Alix Capet Countess Blois [aged 46] died.

In July 1197 [his son] Raymond Rouerge VII Count Toulouse was born to Raymond Count of Toulouse [aged 40] and [his wife] Joan Plantagenet Queen Consort Sicily [aged 31] at Chateau de Beaucaire, Beaucaire. He a grandson of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England. He married (1) March 1211 his third cousin Sancha Barcelona Countess Toulouse, daughter of Alfonso II King Aragon and Sancha Ivrea Queen Consort Aragon, and had issue (2) 1243 his second cousin once removed Margaret Lusignan Countess Toulouse, daughter of Hugh X of Lusignan V Count La Marche and Isabella of Angoulême Queen Consort England.

On 11th March 1198 [his sister-in-law] Marie Capet Countess Champagne [aged 53] died.

On 26th March 1199 [his brother-in-law] King Richard "Lionheart" I of England [aged 41] was besieging Châlus Chabrol Castle. During the course of the evening King Richard "Lionheart" I of England was shot by a crossbow. Richard died on 6th April 1199. His brother John [aged 32] succeeded I King of England.

His mother Eleanor appears to have been present at his death as confirmed in a Charter by her on 21st April: 'quia dilectus noster Lucas, abjbas de Torpiniaco, affuit nobiscum infirmitati et funeri karissimi filii nostri regis, et circa eiusdem exequias pre omnibus aliis religiosis laboravit.' i.e. 'because our beloved Luke, abbot of Turpenay, was with us during the illness and at the funeral of our most dear son the king, and worked more than all other religious men in carrying out his obsequies.' Chronicum Anglicanum by Ralph Coggeshall also mentioned that Richard 'summoned by letter his mother, who was dwelling at Fontevraud'.

There was a brother between Richard and John named Geoffrey Duke of Brittany who had a son Arthur [aged 11], who was around twelve, and a daughter Eleanor [aged 15], who was around fifteen, whose mother was Constance Penthièvre Duchess Brittany [aged 38].

King Philip II of France [aged 33] had planned for Eleanor to marry his son, probably to bring Brittany into the French Royal family, possibly to pursue a claim on England.

King Philip II of France supported Arthur's claim to the English throne. In the resulting war Arthur was captured, imprisoned and never seen again. Eleanor was captured, probably around the same time as Arthur, and imprisoned, more or less, for the remainder of her life, even after King John's death through the reign of King Henry III since she represented a threat to Henry's succession.

On 4th September 1199 [his wife] Joan Plantagenet Queen Consort Sicily [aged 33] died at Rouen, France [Map]. She was buried at Fontevraud Abbey [Map].

In March 1211 Raymond Rouerge VII Count Toulouse [aged 13] and Sancha Barcelona Countess Toulouse were married. She the daughter of Alfonso II King Aragon and Sancha Ivrea Queen Consort Aragon. He the son of Raymond Count of Toulouse [aged 54] and Joan Plantagenet Queen Consort Sicily. They were third cousins. He a grandson of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England.

Les Grandes Chroniques de France. [12th September 1213]. After the barons and prelates had returned to France, the King of Aragon [aged 35], the Count of Saint-Gilles [aged 56], the Count of Foix, and many other barons of the land laid siege to the count in the castle of Muret. They had gathered a great host and inflicted wrongs, as they were of the country, and the count had only sixty knights, mounted sergeants, and pilgrims on foot, all unarmed, around him. After the count [Simon "Elder" Montfort 5th Earl of Leicester [aged 38]] and his people had devoutly heard mass, confessed their sins, and invoked the grace of the Holy Spirit, they came out of the castle, bold as lions, as those armed with faith and belief, and valiantly fought against their enemies. They killed the King of Aragon and about 18,000 of his people. After they had won the battle and their enemies were all killed or driven away, they found that they had only lost eight pilgrims from all their company. Never had such a victory been heard of in this world, nor such a marvelous battle where so great a miracle should be noted. This Count Simon was called in the land the 'strong count,' for his marvelous strength. For, although he was very noble in arms, he was so devout that he heard mass and his canonical hours every day; always armed, always in danger. He had entirely left and renounced his country, in service to Our Lord, on this pilgrimage, to earn God's love and the joy of Paradise.

Après ce que li baron et li prelat s'en furent retorné en France, li rois d'Arragon, li cuens de Saint Gyle, li cuens de Fois, et maint autre baron du païs assistrent le conte ou chastel de Muriaus. Grant ost et tort avoient assemblé, come cil qui du pais estoient, et li cuens n'avoit que ce et lx chevaliers, d serjanz à cheval, et pèlerins à piè, toz desarmez, entor vif. Après ce que li cuens et sa gent orent la messe oie par L;rant dévotion, et il orent leur péchiez confessez et apelée la grâce du Saint Esperit, il issirent du chastel hardi comme lyon, come cil qui estoient armé de foi et de créance, et se combatirent à leur anemis vertueusement. Le roi d'Arragon occistrent et bien xviii de sa gent. Après ce que il orent la bataille vaincue et toz leur anemis occis et chaciez, il troverent que il n'orent perdu de tote leur gent que viii pèlerins tant seulement. Si ne fu ainques oie tel victoire en cest siècle ne si merveilleuse, ne bataille où l'on deust noter si grant miracle. Icil cuens Symons estoit apelez ou pais cuens forz, pour sa mervelleuse force. Car com il fust très nobles en armes, il estoit si preuzdons que il ooit chascun jor sa messe et ses houres kanoniaus; toz jors armez, toz jors en péril. Si avoit du tôt guerpi et adossé son pais, pour le servise Nostre Seigneur, en ceste voie de pérégrination, pour deservir l'amor de Dieu et la joie de Paradis.

On 2nd August 1222 Raymond Count of Toulouse [aged 65] died. His son Raymond [aged 25] succeeded VII Count Toulouse. Sancha Barcelona Countess Toulouse by marriage Countess Toulouse.

[his father] Raymond Rouerge V Count Toulouse and [his mother] Constance Capet Countess Boulogne and Toulouse were married. She by marriage Countess Toulouse. She the daughter of [his grandfather] Louis VI King of the Franks and [his grandmother] Adelaide Savoy Queen Consort France. He the son of Alphonse Rouerge I Count Toulouse.

[his son] Joan Rouerge Marquess Provence was born to Raymond Count of Toulouse and Joan Plantagenet Queen Consort Sicily. He a grandson of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England.

Royal Ancestors of Raymond Count of Toulouse 1156-1222

Kings Wessex: Great x 8 Grand Son of King Alfred "The Great" of Wessex

Kings France: Great x 4 Grand Son of Hugh I King of the Franks

Kings Duke Aquitaine: Great x 8 Grand Son of Ranulf I Duke Aquitaine

Royal Descendants of Raymond Count of Toulouse 1156-1222
Number after indicates the number of unique routes of descent. Descendants of Kings and Queens not included.

Constance Rouerge Queen Consort Navarre [1]

Ancestors of Raymond Count of Toulouse 1156-1222

Great x 2 Grandfather: Pons Rouerge Margrave Provence

Great x 1 Grandfather: Raymond Rouerge IV Count Toulouse

Great x 3 Grandfather: Bernard La Marche Count La Marche

Great x 2 Grandmother: Almodis La Marche Margrave Provence

Grandfather: Alphonse Rouerge I Count Toulouse

Great x 4 Grandfather: Sancho "Great" III King Pamplona

Great x 3 Grandfather: Ferdinand "Great" I King Leon

Great x 2 Grandfather: Alfonso "Brave" VI King Leon VI King Castile

Great x 4 Grandfather: Alfonso "Noble" V King Leon

Great x 3 Grandmother: Sancha Astur Leonese

Great x 4 Grandmother: Elvira González Queen Consort Leon

Great x 1 Grandmother: Elvira Alfónsez Jiménez Queen Consort Sicily

Great x 2 Grandmother: Jimena Munoz

father: Raymond Rouerge V Count Toulouse

Raymond Count of Toulouse 4 x Great Grandson of Hugh I King of the Franks

Great x 4 Grandfather: Hugh I King of the Franks -2 x Great Grandson of Hugh I King of the Franks

Great x 3 Grandfather: Robert "Pious" II King of the Franks son of Hugh I King of the Franks

Great x 4 Grandmother: Adelaide Poitiers Queen Consort France 2 x Great Granddaughter of Ranulf I Duke Aquitaine

Great x 2 Grandfather: Henry I King of the Franks Grandson of Hugh I King of the Franks

Great x 1 Grandfather: Philip I King of the Franks Great Grandson of Hugh I King of the Franks

Great x 3 Grandfather: Yaroslav "The Wise" Rurik

Great x 2 Grandmother: Anne of Kiev Queen Consort Francia

Grandfather: Louis VI King of the Franks 2 x Great Grandson of Hugh I King of the Franks

Great x 4 Grandfather: Arnulf Gerulfing Count Holland 2 x Great Grandson of King Alfred "The Great" of Wessex

Great x 3 Grandfather: Dirk Gerulfing III Count Holland 3 x Great Grandson of King Alfred "The Great" of Wessex

Great x 4 Grandmother: Luitgarde Luxemburg Countess Holland 5 x Great Granddaughter of Charles "Charlemagne aka Great" King of the Franks King Lombardy Holy Roman Emperor

Great x 2 Grandfather: Floris Gerulfing I Count Holland 4 x Great Grandson of King Alfred "The Great" of Wessex

Great x 3 Grandmother: Othelindis d Bernard Margrave Nordmark Count Holland

Great x 1 Grandmother: Bertha Gerulfing Queen Consort France 5 x Great Granddaughter of King Alfred "The Great" of Wessex

Great x 4 Grandfather: Bernard I Duke of Saxony

Great x 3 Grandfather: Bernard II Duke of Saxony

Great x 2 Grandmother: Gertrude Billung Countess Holland

Great x 4 Grandfather: Henry Schweinfurt

Great x 3 Grandmother: Eilika Schweinfurt Duchess Saxony

mother: Constance Capet Countess Boulogne and Toulouse 3 x Great Granddaughter of Hugh I King of the Franks

Great x 3 Grandfather: Otto Savoy

Great x 2 Grandfather: Amadeus Savoy II Count Savoy

Great x 1 Grandfather: Humbert "Fat" Savoy II Count Savoy

Grandmother: Adelaide Savoy Queen Consort France 10 x Great Granddaughter of Charles "Charlemagne aka Great" King of the Franks King Lombardy Holy Roman Emperor

Great x 4 Grandfather: Otto William Ivrea I Count Burgundy 6 x Great Grandson of Charles "Charlemagne aka Great" King of the Franks King Lombardy Holy Roman Emperor

Great x 3 Grandfather: Reginald Ivrea I Count Burgundy 7 x Great Grandson of Charles "Charlemagne aka Great" King of the Franks King Lombardy Holy Roman Emperor

Great x 4 Grandmother: Ermentrude Countess Burgundy

Great x 2 Grandfather: William I Count Burgundy 8 x Great Grandson of Charles "Charlemagne aka Great" King of the Franks King Lombardy Holy Roman Emperor

Great x 3 Grandmother: Alice Normandy Countess Burgundy 8 x Great Granddaughter of Charles "Charlemagne aka Great" King of the Franks King Lombardy Holy Roman Emperor

Great x 4 Grandmother: Judith Penthièvre Duchess Normandy 7 x Great Granddaughter of Charles "Charlemagne aka Great" King of the Franks King Lombardy Holy Roman Emperor

Great x 1 Grandmother: Gisela Ivrea Countess Savoy 9 x Great Granddaughter of Charles "Charlemagne aka Great" King of the Franks King Lombardy Holy Roman Emperor

Great x 2 Grandmother: Ettiennette Countess Burgundy