Counts of Toulouse
After the
Visigothic
Kings of Aquitaine (
409–
508), the
Merovingian were kings and dukes in
Aquitaine and
dukes of Toulouse.
The Carolingians appointed
counts of Toulouse,
778–
848:
*
Torson, designated Count of Toulouse by
Charlemagne,
778, regent for
King Louis I of Aquitaine; deposed
790 * Saint
William of Gellone, second count of Toulouse
790–
811 (d.
812 or
814)
*
Raymond Raphinel, designated by Charlemagne (
811)
*
Berengar the Wise (
Bérenger le Sage), duke of Toulouse,
814-
835; son of
Unroch II,
margrave of Friuli *
Garin, duke of Toulouse, designated by Louis I (
835)
*
Pepin I,
king of Aquitaine, died
849The hereditary
Counts of Toulouse ruled the city of
Toulouse 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,
Rouergue,
Albi, and
Nîmes, and margraves of
Gothia and
Provence. Also, Raymond IV founded the
Crusader state of
Tripoli, and his descendants were counts there.
*
Bernat of Septimania, assassinated in
844*
Freddon (d.
852)
*
Raymond I (
852–
862)
*
Bernard (
862–
872)
*
Eudes (
872–
919)
*
Raymond II (
919–
924)
*
Raymond III Pons (
924–c.
950)
*
Raymond IV (c.
950–
961)
*
Hugh (
961–
972)
*
Raymond (
972–
978) [recent research suggests adding this previously unknown count to solve the problem of the otherwise extraordinary lifespan of William Tallifer; this would of course necessitate renumbering the succeeding Raymond's, though this is not done here.]
*
William III Tallifer (d.
1037)
*
Pons (
1037 – c.
1061)
*
William IV (
1061–
1094)
*
Raymond IV (
1094–
1095)
*
Bertrand (
1095–
1112)
*
Alphonse-Jordan (
1112–
1148)
*
Raymond V (
1148–
1194)
*
Raymond VI (
1194–
1222)
*
Raymond VII (
1222–
1249)
*
Joan of Toulouse and
Alphonse of Poitiers (
1249–
1271)
At that point Toulouse passed to the Crown of France, by the terms of the
Treaty of Languedoc.
*
Louis-Alexandre de Bourbon, Comte de Toulouse (d.
1737)
*Genty, Roger.
Les Comtes de Toulouse: Histoire et Traditions. Editions de Poliphile, 1987.
*
'Les Régnants Toulousains": list (in French)
*
The Counts of Toulouse, the Cathars of the Languedoc, Occitan and Occitania.: (in English)
