{"slug": "raymond-iv-of-toulouse", "label": "Raymond IV of Toulouse", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raymond_IV_of_Toulouse", "wikidata": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q299612", "qid": "Q299612", "description": "Count of Toulouse (1094-1105) and Count of Tripoli (1102-1105)", "entries": 14, "years": 13, "span": [1041, 1126], "span_label": ["1041 CE", "1126 CE"], "topics": [{"title": "Conflict & Security", "count": 5}, {"title": "Deaths", "count": 4}, {"title": "Religion & Belief", "count": 3}, {"title": "Births", "count": 1}, {"title": "Exploration & Expansion", "count": 1}], "related": [{"slug": "tripoli-lebanon", "label": "Tripoli, Lebanon", "shared": 5}, {"slug": "county-of-toulouse", "label": "County of Toulouse", "shared": 4}, {"slug": "orontes-river", "label": "Orontes River", "shared": 3}, {"slug": "county-of-tripoli", "label": "County of Tripoli", "shared": 3}, {"slug": "alexios-i-komnenos", "label": "Alexios I Komnenos", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "provence", "label": "Provence", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "constantinople", "label": "Constantinople", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "may", "label": "May", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "june", "label": "June", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "syria", "label": "Syria", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "jerusalem", "label": "Jerusalem", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "antioch", "label": "Antioch", "shared": 1}], "items": [{"year": 1041, "year_label": "1041 CE", "section": "Births", "date": null, "text": "Raymond IV of Toulouse (Raymond of Saint-Gilles), French nobleman (d. 1105) (approximate date)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1365267586#Births", "title": "1041", "revid": 1365267586, "section": "Births"}}, {"year": 1094, "year_label": "1094 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": "July 28", "text": "July 28 – William Bertrand dies, and his margravial title of Provence is inherited by Raymond IV (\"Saint-Gilles\"), who becomes count of Toulouse (until 1105).", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1365267917#Europe", "title": "1094", "revid": 1365267917, "section": "Events › By place › Europe"}}, {"year": 1095, "year_label": "1095 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": "November 28", "text": "November 28 – Urban II appoints Bishop Adhemar of Le Puy and Count Raymond IV of Toulouse (\"Saint-Gilles\"), to lead the First Crusade.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1365264485#Religion", "title": "1095", "revid": 1365264485, "section": "Events › By topic › Religion"}}, {"year": 1096, "year_label": "1096 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": "October", "text": "October – Raymond IV (\"Saint-Gilles\"), count of Toulouse, sets off to join the First Crusade. He travels with his army, accompanied by his wife Elvira and Bishop Adhemar of Le Puy, via Provence through the Balkan route (along the coast of Croatia). He arrives at Dyrrachium to march to Thessaloniki.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1365266324#First_Crusade", "title": "1096", "revid": 1365266324, "section": "Events › By place › First Crusade"}}, {"year": 1097, "year_label": "1097 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "May 14", "text": "May 14 – Siege of Nicaea: The Crusaders begin their campaign with the siege of Nicaea (the capital of the Sultanate of Rum), assigning their forces to different sections of the walls, which are well-defended with 200 towers. Towards the end, an advance party of the Seljuk Turks is defeated by troops of Raymond IV of Toulouse (\"Saint-Gilles\") and Robert II.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1365268080#First_Crusade", "title": "1097", "revid": 1365268080, "section": "Events › By place › First Crusade"}}, {"year": 1099, "year_label": "1099 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": "January 16", "text": "January 16 – The Crusaders, under Raymond IV, count of Toulouse (Raymond of Saint-Gilles), leave Antioch, and head south towards Jerusalem. They are joined by forces of Tancred (a nephew of Bohemond I) and Robert II, duke of Normandy. Raymond is given free passage and supplies, and accepts guides from the Emir of Shaizar (modern Syria), who conducts the army (6,000 men) across the Orontes River (between Shaizar and Hama).", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1365265715#First_Crusade", "title": "1099", "revid": 1365265715, "section": "Events › By place › First Crusade"}}, {"year": 1100, "year_label": "1100 CE", "section": "Exploration & Expansion", "date": "May", "text": "May or June – Count Raymond IV of Toulouse (Saint-Gilles) sails to Constantinople to obtain the support of Byzantine Emperor Alexios I Komnenos in his attempt to seize Tripoli.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1365265768#Levant", "title": "1100", "revid": 1365265768, "section": "Events › By place › Levant"}}, {"year": 1101, "year_label": "1101 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "Crusade of 1101 – A second wave of European crusaders attempts to cross Anatolia, to reach the Kingdom of Jerusalem. They are defeated by the Seljuk troops under Sultan Kilij Arslan I, at Heraclea. A handful of crusaders under Raymond IV of Toulouse manage to reach the Byzantine port of Bafra, at the mouth of the River Halys.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1365268186#Byzantine_Empire", "title": "1101", "revid": 1365268186, "section": "Events › By place › Byzantine Empire"}}, {"year": 1102, "year_label": "1102 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "Siege of Tripoli: The Crusaders under Raymond IV begin the siege of Tripoli (modern Lebanon). The garrison calls for assistance, but a Seljuk relief army from Damascus and Homs is defeated by Raymond.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1365265899#Levant", "title": "1102", "revid": 1365265899, "section": "Events › By place › Levant"}}, {"year": 1103, "year_label": "1103 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "The Crusaders under Raymond IV invade the Beqaa Valley and capture Tortosa to isolate Tripoli. Raymond expands towards the Orontes River, and begins to build a castle on the Mons Peregrinus which helps in the Siege of Tripoli (see 1102). Emperor Alexios I supports the Crusaders by sending a Byzantine fleet (ten ships) to blockade the port of Tripoli.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1365265973#Levant", "title": "1103", "revid": 1365265973, "section": "Events › By place › Levant"}}, {"year": 1105, "year_label": "1105 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": "February 28", "text": "February 28 – Raymond IV, French nobleman", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1365268232#Deaths", "title": "1105", "revid": 1365268232, "section": "Deaths"}}, {"year": 1105, "year_label": "1105 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": "February 28", "text": "February 28 – Raymond IV dies at his castle of Mons Peregrinus (\"Pilgrim's Mountain\") near Tripoli. Raymond leaves his 2-year-old son Alfonso I by his third wife, Elvira of Castile, to rule the County of Tripoli. Raymond's nephew William-Jordan, count of Cerdagne, becomes regent over Alfonso. Bertrand, the eldest son of Raymond, inherits the title 'Count of Toulouse'.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1365268232#Levant", "title": "1105", "revid": 1365268232, "section": "Events › By place › Levant"}}, {"year": 1109, "year_label": "1109 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": "July 12", "text": "July 12 – Siege of Tripoli: After a 7-year siege (supported by the Genoese fleet), Tripoli falls to the Crusaders. Fakhr al-Mulk ibn Ammar, qadi of Tripoli, submits to Bertrand of Toulouse (the eldest son of Raymond IV). He establishes the County of Tripoli, the fourth Crusader state in the Middle East. Raymond's nephew William II Jordan dies of an arrow wound sustained during the siege, leaving Bertrand as its sole ruler.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1367315946#Levant", "title": "1109", "revid": 1367315946, "section": "Events › By place › Levant"}}, {"year": 1126, "year_label": "1126 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "Spring – The Crusaders under Pons, count of Tripoli, attack the fortress of Rafaniya (once held by Pons' grandfather Raymond IV), which dominates the entry of the Buqaia from the Orontes Valley. They besiege the fortress for 18 days and capture it on March 31.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1368526441#Levant", "title": "1126", "revid": 1368526441, "section": "Events › By place › Levant"}}]}