Joan, Countess of Toulouse

Joan of Toulouse
Countess of Toulouse
Reign1249–1271
PredecessorRaymond VII
Co-RulerAlphonse, Count of Poitiers
Born1220
Toulouse
Died25 August 1271
Castle of Corneto near Siena
SpouseAlphonse, Count of Poitiers
HouseToulouse
FatherRaymond VII, Count of Toulouse
MotherSancha of Aragon

Joan (1220[1] – 25 August 1271) was Countess of Toulouse from 1249 until her death. She was the only child of Raymond VII, Count of Toulouse by his first wife Sancha of Aragon.

  1. ^ A "Chronique en Languedocien, tirée du cartulaire de Raymond le Jeune comte de Toulouse" records the birth in 1220 of "Johanna filia Sancie regine, sororis regine Aragonum. "Histoire Générale de Languedoc 2nd Edn, vol. II, Preuves, CXX, p. 680.