Raymond IV, Count of Toulouse

Raymond IV
Sketch of Raymond's seal
Count of Tripoli
Reign1102 – 1105
SuccessorAlfonso Jordan
Count of Toulouse
Reign1094 – 1105
PredecessorWilliam IV
SuccessorBertrand
Bornc. 1041
Died28 February 1105 (aged 63–64)
Citadel of Tripoli, County of Tripoli
SpouseDaughter of Godfrey I of Arles
Matilda of Sicily
Elvira of Castile
IssueBertrand
Alfonso Jordan
HouseHouse of Toulouse
FatherPons of Toulouse
MotherAlmodis de la Marche
ReligionRoman Catholic

Raymond of Saint-Gilles (c. 1041 – 28 February 1105), also called Raymond IV of Toulouse or Raymond I of Tripoli, was the count of Toulouse, duke of Narbonne, and margrave of Provence from 1094, and one of the leaders of the First Crusade from 1096 to 1099. He spent the last five years of his life establishing the County of Tripoli in the Near East.[1][2][3]

  1. ^ Barker, Ernest (1911). "Raymund of Toulouse" . In Chisholm, Hugh (ed.). Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 22 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. pp. 934–935.
  2. ^ Bréhier, Louis (1911). "Raymond IV, of Saint-Gilles". In Herbermann, Charles (ed.). Catholic Encyclopedia. 12. New York: Robert Appleton Company.
  3. ^ Duncalf 1969, p. 272.