Joan, Countess of Toulouse

Joan of Toulouse ( * 1220, † August 20 1271 in Corneto at Siena) was the only daughter of Count Raymond VII of Toulouse and his wife Sancha of Aragon, the last Countess of Toulouse, Margrave of Provence.

According to the clauses of the Treaty of Paris from the 1229 Joan was awarded the French prince Alfonso of Poitiers, brother of King Louis IX. , Engaged. From then on, she lived at the royal court in Paris, where she received her education. In 1241 occurred the marriage with Alfonso, after the death of her father in 1249 could both take its heritage.

The couple remained childless. Both died on the way back from the seventh crusade in Italy on two consecutive days. Johanna was in the abbey founded by her Gercy ( Jarcy ) (now Varennes- Jarcy ) buried her husband, however, in the Basilica of Saint- Denis. The possession of the two was drafted as a completed fief of the Crown and incorporated into the royal domain. Only the Comtat venaissin went to the Pope, under whose rule it remained until 1791.

• Graf ( Toulouse)
• Markgraf (Provence )
• Crusaders ( Seventh Crusade )
• Raimundiner
• Frenchman
• Born in 1220
• Died in 1271
• Woman