Raymond VI, Count of Toulouse
| Raymond VI | |
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| Count of Toulouse | |
Seal of Raymond VI
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| Born | 27 October 1156 Saint-Gilles, Gard |
| Died | 1 August 1222 |
| Spouse |
Ermessende of Pelet Beatrice of Béziers Bourgogne Joan Plantagenet Eleanor of Aragon |
| Issue |
Constance of Toulouse Raymond VII, Count of Toulouse |
| House | Rouergue |
| Father | Raymond V, Count of Toulouse |
| Mother | Constance of France |
Raymond VI (Occitan: Ramon; October 27, 1156 – August 2, 1222) was Count of Toulouse and Marquis of Provence from 1194 to 1222. He was also (as Raymond IV) Count of Melgueil from 1173 to 1190.
Born at Saint-Gilles, Gard, he was a son of Raymond V and Constance of France. His maternal grandparents were Louis VI of France and his second wife Adélaide de Maurienne. His maternal uncles included Louis VII of France. In 1194 he succeeded his father as count of Toulouse. He immediately re-established peace with both Alfonso II of Aragon and with the Trencavel family.
He was married five times:
1. His first wife, Ermessende, Countess of Melgueil, whom he married in 1172, died in 1176 without issue.
2. His second wife was Beatrice of Béziers, sister of Roger II Trencavel; they divorced in 1189 and she was said to have become a Cathar parfaite after the divorce. Raymond and Beatrice had one daughter, Constance of Toulouse, who was married firstly to King Sancho VII of Navarre, and secondly to Pierre-Bermond II of Sauve, lord of Anduze.
3. In October 1196 at Rouen he married Joan Plantagenet. She died on 4 Sep 1199. They had two surviving children: Raymond VII, Count of Toulouse (1198–1249) and Joan of Toulouse (1198-1255), second wife of Bernard II de la Tour, Lord of la Tour.
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