Raymond V of Toulouse

Raymond V (VII) (1134 † 1194), count of ''' Toulouse ''' of 1148 at 1194.

According to the traditional genealogy of the counts de Toulouse made by the Benedictines in the General History of Languedoc, it would be Raymond V , but critical studies established that two counts of the first name of Raymond had been omitted. He would be thus Raymond (VII)

He is the son of Alphonse the Jordan. When this last dies in Holy Land in 1148, the Comté of Toulouse falls to his/her Raymond son, then 14 years old.

In 1154, he marries Constance of France, girl of the king de France Louis VI and widow of Eustace of Blois, count de Boulogne. They had as children:

Raymond VI, which succeeds his/her father
Taillefer, married to Béatrice d' Albon, dauphine Viennese
Baudouin of Toulouse
Adélaïde, married to Roger II Trencavel

It must fight the territorial ambitions of the King d' Aragon and Henri II Plantagenêt, king d' Angleterre and duke of Aquitaine and be essential on its vassal, in particular the Trencavel. In fact, its policy is fluctuating and it must call upon his brother-in-law Louis VII, king de France. For the first time, a king capétien intervened in the county of Toulouse.
After the repudiation of Constancy in 1165, it transfers its homage to king d' Angleterre.

The Albigensian Crusade

Raymond, as a faithful catholic, was implied in the crisis cathare.

In 1165, Pons d' Arsac (Pons d' Arce), the archbishop of Narbonne and Guillaume IV of Pierre, the bishop of Albi, organize the Colloque of Lombers. Are present ecclesiastics, princes with Raymond de Trencavel and Raimond V, count de Toulouse accompanied by his wife Constance (girl of Louis VI) and the representatives of the cathares…

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