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- Raymond VII (born July 1197, Beaucaire, Fr.—died Sept. 27, 1249, Millau) was the count of Toulouse from 1222, who succeeded his father, Raymond VI, not only in the countship but also in having to face problems raised by the Albigensian Crusade against the heretical Cathari.
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He fought to reconquer the county of Toulouse from Simon de Montfort, 5th Earl of Leicester and later Simon's son Amaury VI of Montfort. He succeeded his father in 1222. At the moment of his accession, he and the new count of Foix , Roger Bernard II the Great , besieged Carcassonne .
Apr 3, 2024 · Raymond VII was the count of Toulouse from 1222, who succeeded his father, Raymond VI, not only in the countship but also in having to face problems raised by the Albigensian Crusade against the heretical Cathari. Under his rule, the de facto independence of Toulouse from the French kingdom was.
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Jul 24, 2023 · Note: Raymond VII of Saint-Gilles (July 1197 – 27 September 1249) was Count of Toulouse, Duke of Narbonne and Marquis of Provence from 1222 until his death. Raymond was born in Beaucaire, Gard, the son of Raymond VI of Toulouse and Joan of England.
- Beaucaire, Languedoc
- Sanchia of Provence, Queen of The Romans
- Languedoc
She died on 4 September 1199, in childbirth as a veiled nun at Fontevraud Abbey. Joan and Raymond VI had three children: Raymond VII, Count of Toulouse (1197–1249); Joan of Toulouse (1198–1255), second wife of Bernard II de la Tour, Lord of la Tour; Richard of Toulouse (1199), lived just long enough to be baptised.
views 1,856,750 updated. Raymond VII, 1197–1249, count of Toulouse; son of Count Raymond VI. He fought with his father in the Albigensian Crusade (see under Albigenses ), assisting Raymond VI in his attempt to regain Toulouse from Simon de Montfort and Simon's son, Amaury.
It is from Raymond that all the later counts of Toulouse document their descent. His grandchildren divided their parents' estates; of these Raymond II became count of Toulouse, and Ermengol, count of Rouergue; while the hereditary titles of Septimania, Quercy and Albi were shared between them.
Raymond VII, COUNT OF TOULOUSE, son of Raymond VI, b. at Beaucaire, 1197; d. at Milhaud, 1249; had espoused a sister of the King of Aragon, and had assisted his father in the reconquest of his estates.
