Alfonso II of Toulouse[note 1] (died 1175/1189 or later) was an Occitan nobleman and Count of Toulouse, Duke of Narbonne and Marquis of Provence from 1148 until his death.
Biography
editAlfonso was the son of Count Alfonso I Jordan of Toulouse and Faydiva d'Uzes. After the death of Alfonso I, his eldest son and Alfonso II's brother Raymond V inherited the County of Toulouse and the Marquisate of Provence. Immediately after his accession, Raymond V made his brother Alfonso co-ruler with him.[1]
In 1171, Roger II Trencavel, Viscount of Béziers, Albi and Carcassonne, swore allegiance to Alfonso II.[2] Sometime between 1175/1189, Alfonso confirmed the donation of King Henry II of England to Chartres Cathedral.[3] After this year, there is no mention of Alfonso. He likely predeceased his brother Raymond, who died in 1194 and became sole ruler upon Alfonso's death without heirs.[2]
Notes
edit- ^ (French: Alphonse de Toulouse, pronounced [alfɔ̃s də tuluz])
References
edit- ^ Lewis, Archibald R. The Development of Southern French and Catalan Society, 718-1050. University of Texas Press: Austin, 1965.
- ^ a b Dom Claude Devic, dom Joseph Vaissète, Histoire générale de Languedoc, avec des notes et des pièces justificatives, Paris, 1730.
- ^ Jean-Luc Déjean, Les comtes de Toulouse (1050–1250), 1979