Raymond IV, count of Toulouse
Raymond IV, c.1038–1105, count of Toulouse (1093–1105), leader in the First Crusade (see Crusades Crusades (kr..... Click the link for more information. ). He was also count of Saint Gilles and marquis of Provence. The first great prince to take the Cross, he was the chief planner and organizer of the expedition. He refused to follow Bohemond I Bohemond I (bō`həmŏnd), c.
..... Click the link for more information. and Godfrey of Bouillon Godfrey of Bouillon (b
yôN`), c...... Click the link for more information. in swearing fealty to the Byzantine emperor Alexius I Alexius I (Alexius Comnenus) (əlĕk`sēəs, kəmnē`nəs), 1048–1118, Byzantine emperor (1081–1118).
..... Click the link for more information. , confining himself to a promise (1097) to do no injury to the emperor's life or honor. Raymond distinguished himself at the sieges of Nicaea, Antioch, and Jerusalem, but quarreled (in vain) with Bohemond over the possession of Antioch. Having refused the title king of Jerusalem, he fought at Ashkelon (1099). Unable to protect his city of Laodicea against Bohemond, he went to Constantinople to seek the aid of Alexius. Subsequently he was held prisoner by Tancred Tancred, 1076–1112, Crusader. He became a Crusader in 1096 with his uncle Bohemond I . After distinguishing himself at Nicaea, he struck out into Cilicia and besieged Tarsus, but was deprived of the city, after its fall, by Baldwin ( Baldwin I of Jerusalem) and
..... Click the link for more information. , who was acting as regent for Bohemond. At the end of his life, with Byzantine support, he laid siege to Tripoli, which was finally formed into a county by his descendants.
Bibliography
See biography by J. H. Hill and L. L. Hill (1962).
Raymond IV
French Raimond known as Raymond of Saint-Gilles(born 1041 or 1042, Toulouse, county of Toulouse—died Feb. 28, 1105, near Tripoli) Count of Toulouse (1093–1105) and marquis of Provence (1066–1105). The first western European ruler to join the First Crusade, he helped capture Antioch (1098) and Jerusalem (1099) but refused the Crusaders' crown of Jerusalem. He also conquered and ruled Tripoli (1102–05).
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