Raymond VII of Saint-Gilles (July, 1197 - September 27, 1249) was count of Toulouse, duke of Narbonne and marquis of Provence. Events Amalric II succeeds Henry II of Champagne as king of Jerusalem. ... September 27 is the 270th day of the year (271st in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 95 days remaining. ... Events University, the first College at Oxford founded Births Emperor Kameyama of Japan Pope John XXII Frederick I, Margrave of Baden Deaths July 6 - Alexander II of Scotland (b. ... After the Visigothic Kings of Aquitaine (409 - 508), the Merovingian kings were kings and dukes in Aquitaine and dukes of Toulouse. ... Narbonne (Narbona in Occitan) is a city and commune of southwestern France, in the Aude département, of which it is a sous-préfecture. ... Provence is a former province and is now a region of southeastern France, located on the Mediterranean Sea adjacent to Frances border with Italy. ...

He was the son of Raymond VI of Toulouse and Joan Plantagenet. During the Albigensian Crusade in May of 1216, he left from Marseilles and besieged Beaucaire, which he captured on August 24. He fought to reconquer Toulouse from Simon de Montfort, 5th Earl of Leicester and later Simon's son Amaury VI of Montfort. Raymond VI of Toulouse (October 27, 1156 - August 2, 1222) was count of Toulouse from 1194 to 1222. ... Joan Plantagenet (October, 1165 - 4 September 1199) was the eighth child of King Henry II of England and his consort, Eleanor of Aquitaine. ... The Albigensian Crusade (1209-1229) was a 20-year military effort initiated by the Roman Catholic Church to crush the heretical sect of the Cathars in southern France. ... Events Prince Louis of France, the future King Louis VIII, invades England in the First Barons War Henry III becomes King of England. ... Marseilles redirects here. ... View down into Beaucaire and the marina from the bridge leading to Tarascon. ... August 24 is the 236th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (237th in leap years), with 129 days remaining. ... Simon de Montfort Simon de Montfort, 5th Earl of Leicester, also Simon IV de Montfort (1160 - June 25, 1218) was a French nobleman who took part in the Fourth Crusade (1202 - 1204) and was a prominent leader of the Albigensian Crusade. ... Amaury VI de Montfort (1195-1241) was the son of the elder Simon de Montfort and Alice of Montmorency, and the brother of the younger Simon de Montfort. ...

He succeeded his father in 1222. In 1225, the council of Bourges excommunicated him and launched a crusade against him. Defeated, he was forced to sign the Treaty of Paris in 1229, by which he ceded the former viscounty of Trencavel to the king of France. Joan, his daughter and heir by his wife Margaret le Brun, was forced to marry Alphonse of Poitiers, brother of Louis IX of France. When Raymond died, Alphonse became count of Toulouse, and after Alphonse's death the county was annexed by France. Centuries: 12th century - 13th century - 14th century Decades: 1170s 1180s 1190s 1200s 1210s - 1220s - 1230s 1240s 1250s 1260s 1270s Years: 1217 1218 1219 1220 1221 1222 1223 1224 1225 1226 1227 See also: 1222 state leaders Events Foundation of the University of Padua Completion of the Cistercian convent in Alcobaca... Events Births Thomas Aquinas, Christian philosopher and theologian. ... Excommunication is religious censure which is used to deprive or suspend membership in a religious community. ... This article is about historical Crusades . ... Events March 18 - Sixth Crusade of Emperor Frederick II ends in truce with Sultan al-Kamil and coronation of Frederick as King of Jerusalem. ... The Trencavel were an important noble family in Languedoc (in the southwest of modern-day France) during the 10th through 13th centuries. ... Alphonse, Count of Toulouse and of Poitiers (November 11, 1220 - August 21, 1271). ... Only representation of Saint Louis known to be true to life - Early 14th century statue from the church of Mainneville, Eure, France King Louis IX of France or Saint Louis (April 25, 1214/1215–August 25, 1270) was King of France from 1226 until his death. ... The French Republic or France (French: République française or France) is a country whose metropolitan territory is located in western Europe, and which is further made up of a collection of overseas islands and territories located in other continents. ...