Constance of Toulouse
Modern Standardized Name
Constance of Toulouse
Aliases (epithets)
countess of St. Gilles
Titles
countess of Toulouse
Origin
Toulouse (43.6045, 1.444)
Expedition Date/s
1176
Biography
A daughter of Louis VI of France, Constance represented the great hope for the Capetian dynasty of an alliance with the house of Toulouse against the rising power of the Angevin dynasty. But Constance's marriage to Raymond V of Toulouse was a disaster and after ten years she fled from his court to Capetian lands. She still described herself as "countess of Toulouse" in her charters, including the two witnessing her presence as "countess of St. Gilles" in Jerusalem in 1176.
Source
Mayer, UKJ 2:667-8, no. 389=RRR 964; Delaville Le Roulx, Cart Hosp 1:337, no. 491=RRR 971
Bibliography
Myra Bom, Constance of France: Womanhood and Agency in Twelfth-Century Europe (2022)
Citation
“Constance of Toulouse,” Independent Crusaders Project, accessed September 17, 2024, https://independentcrusadersproject.ace.fordham.edu/items/show/2389.