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The first comites (counts) of Toulouse were the administrators of the city and its environs under the Merovingians. No succession of such royal appointees is known, though a few names survive to the present. With the Carolingians, the appointments (of both counts and duces, dukes) become more regular and better-known, though the office soon fell out of the orbit of the royal court and became hereditary.

The hereditary Counts of Toulouse ruled the city of Toulouse
Toulouse

Toulouse is a commune of France in southwest France on the banks of the Garonne, half-way between the Atlantic Ocean and the Mediterranean Sea....
 and its surrounding county from the late 9th century until 1270.






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The first comites (counts) of Toulouse were the administrators of the city and its environs under the Merovingians. No succession of such royal appointees is known, though a few names survive to the present. With the Carolingians, the appointments (of both counts and duces, dukes) become more regular and better-known, though the office soon fell out of the orbit of the royal court and became hereditary.

The hereditary Counts of Toulouse ruled the city of Toulouse
Toulouse

Toulouse is a commune of France in southwest France on the banks of the Garonne, half-way between the Atlantic Ocean and the Mediterranean Sea....
 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
Quercy

Quercy is a former province of France located in the southwest of France, bounded on the north by Limousin , on the west by P?rigord and Agenais, on the south by Gascony and Languedoc, and on the east by Rouergue and Auvergne ....
, Rouergue
Rouergue

Rouergue is a former provinces of France, bounded on the north by Auvergne , on the south and southwest by Languedoc, on the east by G?vaudan and on the west by Quercy....
, Albi
Albi

Albi is a commune in France in southern France. It is the capital of the Tarn Departments of France. It is located on the Tarn River 50 miles northeast of Toulouse....
, and Nîmes
Nîmes

N?mes is a city in southern France. It is the capital of the Gard Departments of France. N?mes has a rich history, dating back to the Roman Empire, and it is a popular tourist destination....
, and margraves of Gothia
Septimania

Septimania was the western region of the Roman province of Gallia Narbonensis that passed under the control of the Visigoths in 462, when Septimania was ceded to their king, Theodoric II....
 and Provence
Provence

Provence is a region of southeastern France on the Mediterranean adjacent to Italy. It is part of the administrative regions of France of Provence-Alpes-C?te d'Azur....
. Also, Raymond IV founded the Crusader state of Tripoli
County of Tripoli

The County of Tripoli, Lebanon was the last Crusader state founded in the Levant, located in what today is known as northern Lebanon, where exists the modern city of Tripoli, Lebanon....
, and his descendants were counts there.

Royal appointments

  • floruit
    Floruit

    Floruit refers to a period of time during which a person, school, movement or even species was active or flourishing. It is the third person, singular, perfect tense, indicative, active form of the Latin verb florere ? "to flourish"....
     587 Austrovald
    Austrovald

    Austrovald, Astrobald, and Austrevald was the Duke of Aquitaine from 587.Austrovald was probably a count of Toulouse until that year, when he was appointed to succeeded the dux Desiderius of Aquitaine in Aquitaine, by King Guntram....
  • floruit 660 Felix
    Felix of Aquitaine

    Felix was the patrician of Toulouse, and then Duke of Aquitaine from 660 until his death. He had his seat at Toulouse, and was probably a vassal of the Franks....
  • 778–790 Chorso
    Torson of Toulouse

    Torson was the first count of Toulouse .He is called Chorso dux Tholosanus by the so-called "Astronomer" in his Vita Hludovici . Torson was the duke of Aquitaine during the first years of the reign of Louis the Pious there ....
  • 790–806 William I
    William of Gellone

    Saint William of Gellone was the second Count of Toulouse from 790 until his replacement in 811. His Occitan name is Guilhem, and he is known in French language as Guillaume d'Orange, Guillaume Fierabrace, and the Marquis au court nez....
  • 806–816 Beggo
    Beggo of Paris

    Beggo was the son of Gerard I of Paris and Rotrude, daughter of Carloman, son of Charles Martel. He was appointed Count of Toulouse, Duke of Septimania, Duke of Aquitaine, and Margrave of the Hispanic March in 806 and followed his father as Count of Paris in 815....
    • Raymond Raphinel (811–818), his relation to the preceding and succeeding counts is unknown
  • 816–835 Berengar
  • 835–842 Bernard I
  • 842–843 Acfred
    Acfred of Toulouse

    Acfred was the Count of Toulouse from 842 to 843. When Charles the Bald deposed Bernard of Septimania in 842, he installed Acfred in Toulouse in July....


House of Rouergue

  • 844–852 Fredelon
    Fredelon of Toulouse

    Fredelon, Freddon, or Fredol was the first Count of Toulouse of the dynasty of Rouergue.Son of Fulcoald of Rouergue and Senegund, daughter of Alda, sister of William of Gellone, Fredeon was related to the families of the counts of Rouergue and Toulouse....
    • 844–849 William II
      William of Septimania

      William of Septimania was the son of Bernard of Septimania and Dhuoda. He was the Count of Toulouse from 844 and Count of Barcelona from 848....
      , successfully opposed Fredelon
  • 852–863 Raymond I
    Raymond I of Toulouse

    Raymond I was the Count of Limoges , Count of Rouergue and Quercy , and Count of Toulouse and Albi . He was the younger son of Fulcoald of Rouergue and Senegund, niece of William of Gellone through his sister Alda....
  • 863–865 Humfrid
    Humfrid

    Humfrid was the Count of Barcelona, Count of Girona, Count of Emp?ries, Count of Roussillon, and Viscount of Narbonne from 858 to 864. He also bore the title Margrave of Gothia , as he held several frontier counties....
    , deposed Raymond
    • 863–865 Sunifred, appointed to oppose Humfrid
  • 865–877 Bernard II
    Bernard II of Toulouse

    Bernard II , called the Calf, was the Count of Toulouse, Count of Rouergue, Viscount of Limoges, Viscount of N?mes, Count of Carcassonne, Raz?s, and Albi....
  • 877–886 Bernard III
    Bernard Plantapilosa

    Bernard Plantapilosa , or Plantevelue, meaning Hairyfeet or Hairypaws, son of Bernard of Septimania and Dhuoda, was the Count of Auvergne from 872 to his death....
  • 886–918 Odo
    Odo of Toulouse

    Odo or Eudes was the Count of Toulouse from 872 to 918 or 919, when he died.He was a son of Raymond I of Toulouse and Bertha or of Bernard of Toulouse....
  • 918–924 Raymond II
    Raymond II of Toulouse

    Raymond II was the Count of Toulouse, Viscount of N?mes, and Albi. He was the, probably elder, son of Odo of Toulouse and Garsenda.In 886, at the death of Bernard II of Toulouse, he succeeded to the comital title in N?mes and Albi while Odo his father received the county of Toulouse....
  • 924–950 Raymond Pons
    Raymond Pons of Toulouse

    Raymond Pons was the Count of Toulouse from 924. He was the last head of his house to rule in Toulouse before the power passed to his cousins the counts of Rouergue....
    , traditionally called Raymond III
It had long been thought that he was succeeded directly by William III. However, recent research suggests adding at least one and probably three previously overlooked counts. That two were named Raymond has resulted in conflicting numbering systems, but most historians continue to use the traditional numbering for later Raymonds.
  • 950–961 Raymond III (or IV)
    Raymond III of Toulouse

    Raymond III was the Count of Toulouse, Viscount of N?mes, and Albi. He was the son of Raymond Pons of Toulouse and Garsenda of Toulouse, daughter of Garc?a II of Gascony....
  • 961–972 Hugh
    Hugh of Toulouse

    Hugh was probably the Count of Toulouse, N?mes, Quercy, and Albi from 961 to his death or sometime before. He was the son of Raymond III of Toulouse and probably grandson of Raymond Pons of Toulouse....
  • 972–978 Raymond (IV or V)
  • 978–1037 William III
    William III of Toulouse

    William III Taillefer was the Count of Toulouse, Count of Albi, and Count of Quercy from 972 or 978 to his death. He was the first of the Toulousain branch of his family to bear the title Margrave, which he inherited from Raymond II of Rouergue....
  • 1037–1061 Pons
    Pons of Toulouse

    Pons William was the Count of Toulouse from 1037. He was the eldest son and successor of William III of Toulouse and Emma of Provence. He thus inherited the title Count of Provence....
  • 1061–1094 William IV
    William IV of Toulouse

    William IV of Toulouse was Count of Toulouse, Margrave of Provence, and Duke of Narbonne from 1061-1094. He succeeded his father Pons of Toulouse upon his death in 1061....
  • 1094–1105 Raymond IV
    Raymond IV of Toulouse

    Raymond IV of Toulouse sometimes called Raymond of St Gilles was Count of Toulouse, Duke of Narbonne, and Margrave of Provence and one of the leaders of the First Crusade....
     de Saint Gilles
  • 1105–1112 Bertrand
    Bertrand of Toulouse

    Bertrand of Toulouse or Bertrand of Tripoli was Counts of Toulouse, and was the first County of Tripoli to rule in Tripoli, Lebanon itself....
  • 1119–1148 Alfonso Jordan
    Alphonse I of Toulouse

    Alfonso Jordan was the Count of Tripoli from 1105 until 1109 and thereafter Counts of Toulouse until his death. He was the son of Raymond IV of Toulouse by his third wife, Elvira of Castile, was born in the castle of Mont-Pelerin, Tripoli, Lebanon, in today's Lebanon....
  • 1148–1194 Raymond V
    Raymond V of Toulouse

    Raymond V was Counts of Toulouse from 1148 until his death in 1194.He was the son of Alphonse I of Toulouse. When Alphonse died in the Holy Land in 1148, the county of Toulouse passed to his son Raymond, at the time 14 years old....
  • 1194–1222 Raymond VI
    Raymond VI of Toulouse

    Raymond VI was Counts of Toulouse and Count of Provence from 1194 to 1222. He was also Mauguio from 1173 to 1190.Born at Saint-Gilles, Gard, he was a son of Raymond V of Toulouse and Constance of France....
  • 1222–1249 Raymond VII
    Raymond VII of Toulouse

    Raymond VII of Saint-Gilles was Counts of Toulouse, Duke of Narbonne and Marquis of Provence from 1222 until his death.He was the son of Raymond VI of Toulouse and Joan of England, Queen of Sicily....
  • 1249–1271 Joan
    • married Alfonso of Poitou
      Alphonse of Toulouse

      Alfonso or Alphonse was the Count of Poitou from 1225 and Counts of Toulouse from 1247.Alphonse was a son of Louis VIII of France, King of France and Blanche of Castile....
At that point Toulouse passed to the Crown of France, by the terms of the Treaty of Meaux, 1229.

House of Bourbon
House of Bourbon

The House of Bourbon is an important European royal house, a branch of the Capetian dynasty. Bourbon kings first ruled Kingdom of Navarre and France in the 16th century....


In 1681, Toulouse was resurrected as a royal appanage
Appanage

An apanage or appanage is the grant of an estate, titles, offices, or other things of value to the younger male children of a sovereign, who under the system of primogeniture would otherwise have no inheritance....
 by Louis XIV.

  • 1681–1737 Louis-Alexandre
    Louis-Alexandre de Bourbon, Comte de Toulouse

    Louis Alexandre de Bourbon, comte de Toulouse , duc de Penthi?vre , d'Arc, de Ch?teauvillain and de Rambouillet , , was the son of Louis XIV and his mistress Fran?oise-Ath?na?s, marquise de Montespan....


He was an illegitimate son Louis XIV and his longest serving mistress Françoise-Athénaïs, marquise de Montespan
Françoise-Athénaïs, marquise de Montespan

Fran?oise-Ath?na?s de Rochechouart de Mortemart, Marquess of Montespan , better known as Madame de Montespan, was one of the most celebrated Mistress of Louis XIV of France...
.

Further reading

  • Genty, Roger. Les Comtes de Toulouse: Histoire et Traditions. Editions de Poliphile, 1987.


External links

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