List of Toulousain consorts

Last updated January 19, 2024

Visigothic queens in Toulouse

Countess consort of Toulouse

Early Frankish countesses

Name	Father	Birth	Marriage	Became Countess	Ceased to be Countess	Death	Spouse
Auda	Charles Martel (Carolingian)	732	742 or 750	-	after 755		Thierry
Cunigunde	-	-	-	790 husband's accession	-		William I
Guitburgis or Wibourg	-	-	-		806 husband replaced	-	William I
Dhuoda	probably Sancho I of Gascony	-	24 June 824		842 husband's desposition	after 2 February 843	Bernard I

Senior House of Rouergue, 844–1105

Name	Father	Birth	Marriage	Became Countess	Ceased to be Countess	Death	Spouse
Oda	-	-	-	844 husband's accession	852 husband's death	-	Fredelon
Bertheis	Remigius	-	-	852 husband's accession	863 husband's desposition	after 6 April 883	Raymond I
Ermengarda	-	-	-	863–865 husband's appointment in opposition to Humfrid	863–865 ?	after 21 July 883	Sunyer
Ermengarde of Auvergne	Bernard I of Auvergne or Guerin I of Auvergne	-	-	877 husband's accession	20 June 885 or 16 August 886 husband's death	after 21 July 883	Bernard III Plantapilosa
Garsenda, Countess of Albi	Ermengol, Count of Albi	-	860	872 husband's accession	after 16 June 918 husband's death	-	Odo
Guinidilda of Barcelona	Wifred II, Count of Barcelona (Barcelona)	-	-	after 16 June 918 husband's accession	924 husband's death	after 28 September 926	Raymond II
Garsenda of Gascony	García II, Duke of Gascony	-	-	924 husband's accession	950 husband's death	after 972	Raymond Pons
Gundinildis	-	-	-		972 husband's death?	-	Raymond (III) or Raymond (IV) ^[1]
Adelaide of Anjou	Fulk II, Count of Anjou (Angevins)	947	975		978 husband's death	29 May 1026	Raymond (III) or Raymond (IV) ^[1]
Arsende	-	-	-	972/8 husband's accession	-		William III Taillefer
Emma of Provence	Rotbold II, Count of Provence	975/80	992 or before		September 1037 husband's death	1062, or after	William III Taillefer
Majore ^[2]	-	-	1022	September 1037 husband's accession	1044 or before		Pons
Almodis de la Marche	Bernard I, Count of La Marche	-	1045		1053, after 29 June repudiated	5 April/16 August 1097
Sancha of Aragon ^[3]	Ramiro I of Aragon (Jiménez)	-	-		September 1037 husband's death	5 April/16 August 1097
Matilda	-	-	before 1067	1060 husband's usurpation	-		William IV
Emma de Mortain	Robert, Count of Mortain	1058	before 1080		after 1080		William IV

Junior House of Rouergue, 1105–1271

Name	Father	Birth	Marriage	Became Countess	Ceased to be Countess	Death	Spouse
Elvira de Castile	Alfonso VI of León and Castile	before 1082	1094	1094 husband's usurpation	28 February 1105 husband's death	after 1151	Raymond IV
Helie of Burgundy	Odo I, Duke of Burgundy (Burgundy)	1080	June 1095	28 February 1105 husband's accession	21 Aprll 1112 husband's death	28 February 1141	Bertrand
Faydive d'Uzès	Raymond, Lord of Uzès	-	before 16 September 1125		16 Aprll 1148 husband's death	-	Alfonso Jordan
Constance of France	Louis VI of France (Capet)	1128	10 August 1154		1165 divorce	16 August, after 1177	Raymond V
Bourgogne de Lusignan	Amalric II of Jerusalem (Capet)	1176	1193	December 1194 husband's accession	1194/1196 repudiated	after 1205	Raymond VI
Joan of England	Henry II of England (Plantagenet)	October 1165	October 1196		4 September 1199
Damsel of Cyprus	Isaac Komnenos (Komnenoi)	1177/78	1200		October 1202 divorce	after 1204
Eleanor of Aragon	Alfonso II of Aragon (Barcelona)	1182	January 1203		2 August 1222 husband's death	February 1226
Sancha of Aragon	Alfonso II of Aragon (Barcelona)	1196	January 1211	2 August 1222 husband's accession	1241 divorce	after 1241	Raymond VII
Margaret of Lusignan	Hugh X, Lord of Lusignan (Lusignan)	1226/8	1243		25 September 1245 divorce	1288	Raymond VII

House of Montfort, 1215–1224

in opposition with the House of Rouergue.

Picture	Name	Father	Birth	Marriage	Became Countess	Ceased to be Countess	Death	Spouse
	Alix de Montmorency	Bouchard III, Lord of Montmorency (Noailles)	-	1190	1215 husband's conquest	25 June 1218 husband's death	25 February 1221	Simon de Montfort
	Beatrice of Viennois	Guigues VI, Dauphin of Viennois (Burgundy)	1205	1214–1222		14 January 1224 forced to return the County	17 September, after 1248	Amaury de Montfort

House of Bourbon, 1681–1821

Picture	Name	Father	Birth	Marriage	Became Countess	Ceased to be Countess	Death	Spouse
	Marie Victoire de Noailles	Anne Jules de Noailles, duc de Noailles (Noailles)	6 May 1688	2 February 1723		1 December 1737 husband's death	30 September 1766	Louis-Alexandre
	Maria Teresa Felicitas d'Este	Francesco III d'Este, Duke of Modena (Este)	6 October 1726	29 December 1744		30 April 1754		Louis Jean Marie

Passed to the House of Orléans on the death of Louise Marie Adélaïde de Bourbon and remain unused amongst the Orleanist pretenders.

MacCarthy Reagh, 1776–1906

referred to as Countess MacCarthy of the City of Toulouse rather than Countess of Toulouse

Name	Father	Birth	Marriage	Became Countess	Ceased to be Countess	Death	Spouse
Maria Winifred Tuite	Nicholas Tuite	1745	16 September 1765	25 February 1777 husband created Count by Louis XVI	1811 husband's death	22 April 1823	Justin, 1st Count MacCarthy Reagh of Toulouse
Emilia-Maria de Bressac	Count Edmond de Bressac, Member of the Parliament of Grenoble	1780	9 May 1809	1811 husband's accession	11 July 1827 husband's death	-	Robert-Joseph, 2nd Count MacCarthy Reagh of Toulouse
-	-	-	-	11 July 1827 husband's accession	1861 husband's death	-	Justin-Marie-Laurent-Robert, 3rd Count MacCarthy Reagh of Toulouse
Maria de Bazon	Baron Bazon de Levignac	-	1863	1863 on marriage	1906 husband's death	-	Nicholas Francis Joseph, 4th Count MacCarthy Reagh of Toulouse

Notes

↑ It is unclear how many counts named Raymond ruled between Raymond Pons and William III, making the spouses of these women difficult to assign. Adelaide was mother of William III.
↑ Some guess to be Mayor Sánchez of Navarre, the daughter of Sancho III of Navarre, but it seems unlikely that such a prominent origin of the wife of Count Pons should not have been recorded in contemporary sources.
↑ Probably never occurred.

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[1] It is unclear how many counts named Raymond ruled between Raymond Pons and William III, making the spouses of these women difficult to assign. Adelaide was mother of William III.

[2] Some guess to be Mayor Sánchez of Navarre, the daughter of Sancho III of Navarre, but it seems unlikely that such a prominent origin of the wife of Count Pons should not have been recorded in contemporary sources.

[3] Probably never occurred.

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