Raymond IV | |
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Count of Tripoli | |
Reign | 1102 – 1105 |
Successor | Alfonso Jordan |
Count of Toulouse | |
Reign | 1094 – 1105 |
Predecessor | William IV |
Successor | Bertrand |
Born | c. 1041 |
Died | 28 February 1105 (aged 63–64) Citadel of Tripoli, County of Tripoli |
Spouse | Daughter of Godfrey I of Arles Matilda of Sicily Elvira of Castile |
Issue | Bertrand Alfonso Jordan |
House | House of Toulouse |
Father | Pons of Toulouse |
Mother | Almodis de la Marche |
Religion | Roman Catholic |
Raymond of Saint-Gilles (c. 1041 – 28 February 1105), also called Raymond IV of Toulouse or Raymond I of Tripoli, was the count of Toulouse, duke of Narbonne, and margrave of Provence from 1094, and one of the leaders of the First Crusade from 1096 to 1099. He spent the last five years of his life establishing the County of Tripoli in the Near East.[1][2][3]