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Raymond VII of Saint Gilles
BIRTH: Jul 1197 in Saint Gilles, Gard, Southern France DEATH: 1249 FATHER: Raimond VI de Toulouse ap RAIMOND - BIRTH: 27 Oct 1156 in Saint Gilles, Gard, Southern France MOTHER: Joanna of England verch HENRY II PLANTAGENET - BIRTH: Oct 1164 in Angers, Anjou, France FIRST MARRIAGE: 1211 - Sanchia de ARAGON verch Alfonso II Raimond - BIRTH: 1196 DIVORCED: 1241 CHILD: 1. Jeanne "Joan" de TOULOUSE verch RAIMOND VII- Birth: 1220 in Saint Gilles, Gard, Southern France  Death: 1271SECOND MARRIAGE: Between 1241 - 1245 - Margaret de LUSIGNAN verch HUGUES X DIVORCED: 1245Raimond started out from Marseille during the Albigensian Crusade in May of 1216. He besieged Beaucaire and captured it on During the Albigensian Crusade in May of 1216, he set out from Marseille and besieged Beaucaire, and captured it on August 24. Simon de Montfort had contro of Toulouse. He was the 5th Earl of Liecester. Raimond fought to reconquer the county of Toulouse. He first married Sancha of Aragon in March 1211. She was the daughter of King Alfonso II of Aragon. One child, a daughter, Joan, was born to them in 1241. They also divorced in 1241. In 1243 Raimond married Marguerite de Lusignan, the daughter of Hugh X of Lusignan and Isabella of Angouleme. They had no children and were divorced 3 August 1245. Raimond succeeded his father in 1222. Roger Bernard II, Count of Foix, and Raimond beseiged Carcassonne immediately. The Albigensian Crusaders surrendered on 14 September 1224 to end the war. The Council of Bourges excommunicated him and began a crusade against him. King Louis VIII (The Lion) wanted to renew the conflict in order to enforce his royal rights in Languedoc. However, Roger Bernard tried to keep the peace. The King rejected his embassy and the counts of Foix and Toulouse took up their arms again. In January 1229 Raimond, in defeat, was forced to sign the Treaty of Meaux. He ceded the viscounty of Trencavel to the king which forced his daughter Joan to marry Alphonse, the brother of the king. Allied with Henry III of England, he rebelled unsuccessfully against Louis VIII of France (1242) and was forced to accept greater French authority over Toulouse. When Raymond died, Alphonse became count of Toulouse, and after Alphonse's death the county was annexed by France. Raymond VII was buried beside his mother Joan in Fontevrault Abbey.
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