Raimund I (Toulouse)

Raimund I († 865 ) from the Raimundiner family was a count of Rouergue and Quercy since 849 and count of Toulouse and Albi since 852. He was the younger son of Fulcoald , the missus in the Rouergue, and the Senegundis.

Like his older brother Fredelo , Raimund supported King Charles the Bald in the fight against King Pippin II of Aquitaine . For this he was entrusted with the Rouergue and the Quercy in 849. He inherited the county of Toulouse around 852 after the death of his brother. He extended his influence into the Limousin by forcing the Count Gotfred of Turenne into submission and taking control of the Abbeys of Solignac and Beaulieu . Around the years 862/863 Raimund founded the Benedictine abbey of Vabres . At the same time he was attacked by the revolting Humfried von Gothien and forced to give up his property. Raimund died in 865 while he was still fighting for his property; but his son was able to regain the inheritance in the same year, supported by King Charles the Bald.

Raimund married Bertha, the daughter of a Remy (Remigius), who is attested in 863, and with whom he had several children:

1. Fulguad, attested in 862
2. Bernhard II († August / December 874), Count of Toulouse
3. Odo († 918/919), Count of Toulouse
4. Aribert (Benedict), 862 monk, abbot of Vabres
5. Daughter ; ∞ Stephen, Count of Auvergne († 864, killed by the Normans )
6. ? Regilindis; ∞ William I , Count of Périgord and Agen († around 918)

literature

• Lewis, Archibald R. The Development of Southern French and Catalan Society, 718-1050 . University of Texas Press: Austin, 1965.

Individual proof

1. ^ Claude Devic and Joseph Vaissète : Histoire générale de Languedoc Vol. 2 (1840), p. 474, without citing the source

predecessor	Office	successor
Fredelo	Count of Toulouse 852–863	Humfried of Gothien
Fredelo	Count of Carcassonne 852–863	Humfried of Gothien
Fredelo	Count of Rouergue 849–863	Bernhard II (Toulouse)