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When Louis IX formed the Eighth Crusade, Alphonse again raised a large sum of money and accompanied his brother. This time, however, he did not return to France, dying while on his way back, at Savona in Italy, on 21 August 1271. Death and legacy. Alphonse's death without heirs raised some questions as to the succession to his lands.
Feb 21, 2023 · Alphonse, Count of Poitiers, was the Count of Toulouse and Poitou, and governed the Marquisate of Provence. He was the younger brother of King Louis IX and an older brother of Count Charles I of Anjou. Alphonse took part in two crusades with his brother Louis IX, in 1248 and 1270.
Alphonse de Poitiers. Date of birth. 11 November 1220 (statement with Gregorian date earlier than 1584) Poissy. Date of death. 21 August 1271. Tarquinia. Place of burial. Basilica of Saint-Denis.
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Alphonse (älfôNs´), 1220–71, count of Poitiers and of Toulouse, brother of King Louis IX of France. By his marriage to the daughter of Raymond VII, count of Toulouse, he inherited Raymond's lands in 1249. An able administrator, he did much to heal the wounds of the crusade against the Albigenses.
ALPHONSE, Count of Toulouse and of Poitiers (1220–1271), the son of Louis VIII., king of France, and brother of St Louis, was born on the 11th of November 1220. He joined the county of Toulouse to his appanage of Poitou and Auvergne, on the death, in September 1249, of Raymond VII., whose daughter Jeanne he had married in 1237.
Alphonse älfôNsˈ [ key], 1220–71, count of Poitiers and of Toulouse, brother of King Louis IX of France. By his marriage to the daughter of Raymond VII, count of Toulouse, he inherited Raymond's lands in 1249. An able administrator, he did much to heal the wounds of the crusade against the Albigenses.
Death and Legacy. Alphonse's death without heirs raised some questions as to the succession to his lands. One possibility was that they should revert to the crown, another that they should be redistributed to his family.
