Baldwin of Toulouse

Baldwin of Toulouse ( French Baudouin de Toulouse ; * 1165 ; † March 12, 1214 in Montauban ) was a vice count of Bruniquel and Lautrec . He was a younger son of Count Raimund V of Toulouse and Princess Konstanze, a daughter of King Louis VI. of France .

After the death of his father, Baldwin received from his older brother Raymond VI. the dominion over Bruniquel awarded. During the Albigensian Crusade , he successfully defended Montferrat Castle in Auvergne against the Crusaders in 1211 . He was able to negotiate favorable surrender terms with Simon de Montfort , for which he incurred the anger of his brother. Baldwin then joined the crusade and fought as a crusader in the victorious battle of Muret in 1213, as a result of which his brother had to flee Toulouse . In the following year, Baldwin was captured by two of his brother's followers in Saint-Laurent-Lolmie and extradited to them. He accused him of treason and let him down. His body was buried by the Templars in their coming "Ville-Dieu" (City of God).

During the crusade, Balduin's entourage was the troubador Guilhem de Tudèla , whose Canso de la crozada is one of the most important sources for the Albigensian crusade.

Baldwin was married to Alix de Lautrec, who brought him the vice-county Lautrec into the marriage. Their descendants live on under the name Toulouse-Lautrec to this day, including the famous painter Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec .

Web links

• Foundation for Medieval Genealogy: Toulouse, Kings, Dukes & Counts