Description:Chapters: Alfonso Jordan, Raymond Iv, Count of Toulouse, Raymond Vi, Count of Toulouse, William Iii of Narbonne, Raymond V, Count of Toulouse, Duke of Narbonne. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 27. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Raymond IV of Toulouse sometimes called Raymond of St Gilles (c. 1041 or 1042 1105) was Count of Toulouse, Duke of Narbonne, and Margrave of Provence and one of the leaders of the First Crusade. He was a son of Pons of Toulouse and Almodis de La Marche. He received Saint-Gilles with the title of "count" from his father and displaced his niece Philippa, Duchess of Aquitaine, his brother William IV's daughter, in 1094 from inheriting Toulouse. According to an Armenian source, he had lost an eye on a pilgrimage to Jerusalem before the First Crusade, but this statement probably refers to the fact that he was one-eyed (monoculus). He also fought against the Moors in Spain before 1096, and he was the first to join the crusade after Pope Urban II's sermon at the Council of Clermont. In 1094, William Bertrand of Provence died and his margravial title to Provence passed to Raymond. A bull of Urban's dated 22 July 1096 names Raymond comes Nimirum Tholosanorum ac Ruthenensium et marchio Provintie Raimundus. Raymond of Toulouse taking the oath to liberate Jerusalem Raymond was deeply religious, and wished to die in the Holy Land, and so when the call was raised for the First Crusade, he was one of the first to take the cross. The oldest and the richest of the crusaders, Raymond left Toulouse at the end of October 1096, with a large company that included his wife Elvira, his infant son (who would die on the journey) and Adhemar, bishop of Le Puy, the papal legate. He ignored requests by his niece, Philippa (the rightful heiress to Toulouse) to grant the rule of Toulou...More: http: //booksllc.net/?id=15766We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Dukes of Narbonne: Alfonso Jordan, Raymond IV, Count of Toulouse, Raymond VI, Count of Toulouse, William III of Narbonne, Raymond V. To get started finding Dukes of Narbonne: Alfonso Jordan, Raymond IV, Count of Toulouse, Raymond VI, Count of Toulouse, William III of Narbonne, Raymond V, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed. Our library is the biggest of these that have literally hundreds of thousands of different products represented.
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2010
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Dukes of Narbonne: Alfonso Jordan, Raymond IV, Count of Toulouse, Raymond VI, Count of Toulouse, William III of Narbonne, Raymond V
Description: Chapters: Alfonso Jordan, Raymond Iv, Count of Toulouse, Raymond Vi, Count of Toulouse, William Iii of Narbonne, Raymond V, Count of Toulouse, Duke of Narbonne. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 27. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Raymond IV of Toulouse sometimes called Raymond of St Gilles (c. 1041 or 1042 1105) was Count of Toulouse, Duke of Narbonne, and Margrave of Provence and one of the leaders of the First Crusade. He was a son of Pons of Toulouse and Almodis de La Marche. He received Saint-Gilles with the title of "count" from his father and displaced his niece Philippa, Duchess of Aquitaine, his brother William IV's daughter, in 1094 from inheriting Toulouse. According to an Armenian source, he had lost an eye on a pilgrimage to Jerusalem before the First Crusade, but this statement probably refers to the fact that he was one-eyed (monoculus). He also fought against the Moors in Spain before 1096, and he was the first to join the crusade after Pope Urban II's sermon at the Council of Clermont. In 1094, William Bertrand of Provence died and his margravial title to Provence passed to Raymond. A bull of Urban's dated 22 July 1096 names Raymond comes Nimirum Tholosanorum ac Ruthenensium et marchio Provintie Raimundus. Raymond of Toulouse taking the oath to liberate Jerusalem Raymond was deeply religious, and wished to die in the Holy Land, and so when the call was raised for the First Crusade, he was one of the first to take the cross. The oldest and the richest of the crusaders, Raymond left Toulouse at the end of October 1096, with a large company that included his wife Elvira, his infant son (who would die on the journey) and Adhemar, bishop of Le Puy, the papal legate. He ignored requests by his niece, Philippa (the rightful heiress to Toulouse) to grant the rule of Toulou...More: http: //booksllc.net/?id=15766We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Dukes of Narbonne: Alfonso Jordan, Raymond IV, Count of Toulouse, Raymond VI, Count of Toulouse, William III of Narbonne, Raymond V. To get started finding Dukes of Narbonne: Alfonso Jordan, Raymond IV, Count of Toulouse, Raymond VI, Count of Toulouse, William III of Narbonne, Raymond V, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed. Our library is the biggest of these that have literally hundreds of thousands of different products represented.