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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.
Alphonse left no heir, and at his death his lands were incorporated into the holdings of Philip III, king of France. 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.
In France: Louis IX. …had passed to Raymond’s son-in-law, Alphonse of Poitiers, who proceeded to govern it as effectively as his appanage lands; and when he and his wife died without issue in 1271, their enormous inheritance reverted to the royal domain. Read More.
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.
Jun 5, 2010 · Alphonse de Poitiers, né le 11 novembre 1220 à Poissy et mort le 21 août 1271, prince de sang royal français, était le frère du roi Saint Louis. Il fut comte de Poitiers, de Saintonge et d'Auvergne de 1241 à 1271, ainsi que comte de Toulouse de 1249 à 1271.
- Poissy, Ile-de-France
- Poissy, Ile-de-France, France
- November 11, 1220
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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.
He joined the county of Toulouse to his appanage of Poitou and Auvergne, on the death, in September 124 9, of Raymond VII., whose daughter Jeanne he had married in 1237. He took the cross with his brother, St Louis, in 1248 and in 1270.
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