Alfonso II of Toulouse

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Alfonso II (French : Alphonse; died 1175/1189 or later) was an Occitan nobleman and the co-count of Toulouse, duke of Narbonne and marquis of Provence from 1148 until his death. [1]

Alfonso was the son of Count Alfonso 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. [2]

In 1171, Viscount Roger II Trencavel of Béziers, Albi and Carcassonne swore allegiance to Alfonso II. [3] Sometime between 1175/1189, Alfonso confirmed the donation of King Henry II of England to Chartres Cathedral. [4] 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. [3]

References

  1. ↑ Hazlitt, William Carew (1893). The Coinage of the European Continent: With an Introduction and Catalogues of Mints, Denominations and Rulers. Swan Sonnenschein. p. 290. Retrieved 2025-12-17.
  2. ↑ Lewis, Archibald R. The Development of Southern French and Catalan Society, 718-1050. University of Texas Press: Austin, 1965.
  3. 1 2 Dom Claude Devic, dom Joseph Vaissète, Histoire générale de Languedoc, avec des notes et des pièces justificatives, Paris, 1730.
  4. ↑ Jean-Luc Déjean, Les comtes de Toulouse (1050–1250), 1979
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