Raymond I (died 865) was the

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(from 841),

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and

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(from 849), and

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and

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(from 852). He was the younger son of

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and Senegund, niece of

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through his sister Alda. In 852, on the death of his brother Fredelo, Raymond, already count of Limoges, Quercy, and Rouergue, received Toulouse and Albi. In 862, he was attacked by

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, and forced to abdicate Limoges. In 863, he was likewise forced to abdicate Rouergue and Toulouse. He died in 865 while fighting for his possessions against the new count Sunifred I. Raymond married Bertha and had five children: * Bernard II, count of Toulouse,Janet L Nelson, ''Charles The Bald'', (Routledge, 2013), 202. Rouergue, Quercy, Albi, and Nîmes *

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, viscount of Limoges *

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, count of Toulouse, Rouergue, and Quercy and

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