Torson (known variously as ''Tercin'', ''Torso'', ''Chorso'', and ''Chorson'') was the first
count (or duke) of Toulouse (778 – 789 or 790).
He is called ''Chorso dux Tholosanus'' by the so-called "Astronomer" in his ''
Vita Hludovici
''Vita Hludovici'' or ''Vita Hludovici Imperatoris'' (The Life of Louis or the Life of the Emperor Louis) is an anonymous biography of Louis the Pious, Holy Roman Emperor and King of the Franks from AD 814 to 840.
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'' ("Life of Louis", year 789). Torson was the
regent of Aquitaine during the first years of the reign of
Louis the Pious
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there (from 781). In 788, he was captured by the
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* Athalaric (516–534), King of the Ostrogoths
* Adalrich, Duke of Alsace (died after 683)
* Adalric of Gascony, late 8th c ...
and made to swear an oath of allegiance to the
Duke of Gascony
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,
Lupus II
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. This was the reason for his dismissal upon his release.
790 deaths
Chorso
Torson (known variously as ''Tercin'', ''Torso'', ''Chorso'', and ''Chorson'') was the first count (or duke) of Toulouse (778 – 789 or 790).
He is called ''Chorso dux Tholosanus'' by the so-called "Astronomer" in his ''Vita Hludovici'' ("L ...
8th-century Frankish people
Year of birth unknown
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