Raymond I (died 865) was the
Count of Limoges (from 841),
Rouergue
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and
Quercy
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(from 849), and
Toulouse
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and
Albi
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(from 852). He was the younger son of
Fulcoald of Rouergue and
Senegund, niece of
William of Gellone
William of Gellone ( 755 – 28 May 812 or 814), the medieval William of Orange, was the second Duke of Toulouse from 790 until 811. In 804, he founded the abbey of Gellone. He was canonized a saint in 1066 by Pope Alexander II. 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
Humfrid
Humfrid was the count of Barcelona, Girona, Empúries, Roussillon, and Narbonne from 858 to 864. He also bore the title margrave of Gothia (''Gothiæ marchio''), as he held several frontier counties.The source for his famous title is the ''Annales ...
,
Count of Barcelona
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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
*
Foucher de Limoges, viscount of Limoges
*
Odo
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, count of Toulouse, Rouergue, and Quercy and
duke of Septimania
The title Prince of Gothia (''princeps Gothiæ'') or Prince of the Goths (''princeps Gothorum'') was a title of nobility, sometimes assumed by its holder as a sign of supremacy in the region of Septimania#Gothia_in_Carolingian_times, Gothia and so ...
*Aribert, abbot of
Vabres
*a daughter who married Lupo I of Bigorre
References
865 deaths
Counts of Toulouse
Counts of Rouergue
Counts of Quercy
Counts of Albi
Frankish warriors
Viscounts of Limoges
Year of birth unknown
House of Rouergue
9th-century people from West Francia
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