Raimund III. (Toulouse)

Raimund III. Pons († after 961) from the family of the Raimundiner Count of Toulouse from 924 . He was the son of Count Raimund II and Gunhilde. In the chronicles he was called Regimundo Pontio , which is why he is also referred to as Pons I (and his grandson as Pons II ).

Life

Raimund competed with Duke Wilhelm II of Aquitaine for supremacy in Aquitaine and in 924 drove the Hungarians out of Provence . After the death of Duke Acfreds of Aquitaine (927) he claimed his inheritance against Count Ebalus Mancer of Poitou . Raimund managed at times to occupy the Auvergne , the Gévaudan and permanently the Gothic Mark ( Septimania ). He had the support of King Rudolf , whom he paid homage to in 932 and was formally entrusted with the Duchy of Aquitaine (Aquitanorum duce) and the Gothic mark. In the battle for Aquitaine, Raimund was inferior to his rival Wilhelm Werghaupt , who gained control of the Auvergne by 954, but was able to maintain his supremacy over the old Gothien as Gothorum principe . In 944, King Ludwig IV and Hugo Magnus confirmed his holdings to him. He was thereby feudal lord of the counties of Carcassonne and Razès and the vice counties of Albi , Béziers and Agde .

He founded the Chanteuges Monastery as early as 936 .

Marriage and offspring

Raimund married Gersende, a daughter of Garcia II Sanchez, Duke of Gascogne , with whom he had several children:

1. William III. Taillefer
2. Pons Raimund, † probably 989, Count of Albigeois
3. Raimund
4. Ledgarde, † after 977; ⚭ 968 Borrell II. Count of Barcelona , Girona and Osona , † September 30, 992
5. Ramona; ⚭ Atton, Vice Count of Soule

annotation

1. ^ The Foundation of Medieval Genealogy gives another filiation between Raimund III. and Wilhelm III. on, mainly inserts two Raimund generations, with which the problem of the 113 years between the first mention of Raimund III. and the death of Wilhelm III. is addressed; The main source for this is Christian Settipani : La Noblesse du Midi Carolingien , in: Prosopograhica et Genealogica, Volume 5, 2004.

• Raimund III. Pons (* (900), † after 944), ⚭ Gersende von Gascogne, daughter of Garcia Sanchez

1. Raimund (IV.) (* (920/25) † before 972) ⚭ NN (Gundinildis)
   1. Raimund (V.) (* 940/950, † 972/79) ⚭ 975 Adelais von Anjou, daughter of Count Fulko II. Von Anjou
      1. William III. Taillefer (* (975), † 1037) ⚭ I Arsende, ⚭ II Emma von Provence
   2. Hugo († before 992 on the hunt)
   3. Ledgarde (* (before 957), † after 977) ⚭ Borel II. Count of Barcelona, ​​† September 1037

literature

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

predecessor	Office	successor
Raymond II.	Count of Toulouse 923-960	William III.