Raymond I (Rouergue)

Raimund I (also Ramon or Raimundo and sometimes Raimund II) († February 960/7 September 961) from the House of Toulouse was Count of Rouergue and Lord of Quercy and Albigeois . He was the son of Count Armengol von Rouergue and Adelaida.

Under his rule, Rouergue gained sovereignty over neighboring areas, which is why he enforced the title of marchio ( margrave ) of Septimania for himself . His domain extends from Albi to Nîmes , north to the Auvergne and - at least around 960 - over the Limousin . He was the head of his family, the older branch of which was owned by the county of Toulouse , and the most powerful lord of Aquitaine , as whose Duke he had appeared since 936 - the last Duke of his family before the title finally went to the Ramnulfides .

Despite his abundance of power, his family seems to be in decline even in his day. He gave Sancho V a fiefdom in Gascony and allowed this fiefdom to become allodial after his death .

Raimund's first marriage was a daughter of an otherwise unknown Odoin, with whom he had several children. In his second marriage he married Bertha, a daughter of Boso , first Count of Arles , then Margrave of Tuscien , and widow of Boso I, Count of Provence , with whom he had four sons: Raimund II. , His successor in Rouergue, Hugo, Pons and Armengol.

Raimund von Rouergue was killed between February 960 and September 7, 961 on a pilgrimage to Santiago de Compostela .

literature

• Archibald R. Lewis: The Development of Southern French and Catalan Society, 718-1050 . University Press, Austin 1965, ( chap. 11 ; chap. 12 ).

predecessor	Office	successor
Armengol	Count of Rouergue 935-960 / 61	Raymond II.