Raymond V, Count of Toulouse

Raymond V (Occitan: Ramon; c. 1134-c. 1194) was Count of Toulouse from 1148 until his death in 1194.

He was the son of Alphonse I of Toulouse. When Alphonse died in the Holy Land in 1148, the county of Toulouse passed to his son Raymond, then aged 14. He permitted the first assembly of townsmen in Toulouse, the origin of the later capitouls.

Raymond was implicated in the Cathar crisis. In 1176, Guilhem, the Bishop of Albi organized the council of Lombers, attended by both clerics and princes - including Raymond V, and his wife Constance - and representatives of the Cathars. The crisis later led to the Albigensian Crusade.

Family

In 1153/6, Raymond married Constance of France, daughter of king Louis VI of France by his second wife Adélaide de Maurienne. Constance was the widow of Eustace IV, Count of Boulogne. Because Raymond was related to her within prohibited degrees, they were separated by ecclesiastical authority in 1165. They had five children:

1. Raymond VI, who succeeded his father as Count of Toulouse
2. Aubri, died 1180
3. Adelaide or Azalais of Toulouse, who married Roger II Trencavel in 1171 and died in 1199
4. Baldwin, born 1165, executed on the orders of Raymond VI in 1214

His second wife was Richeza of Poland, widow of Ramon Berenguer II, Count of Provence.

Raymond also had an illegitimate daughter:

1. Indie (July 1192-27 September 1249), who married firstly Guilabert de Lautrec (d.1215), and secondly Bernard de L'Isle-Jourdain (d.1228), and had issue.

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Preceded by Alfonso Jordan	Duke of Narbonne	Succeeded by Raymond VI
	Margrave of Provence
	Count of Toulouse 1148–1194