Alphonse Capet Count of Poitiers and Count of Toulouse
- Born: 11 Nov 1220
- Marriage (1): Joan Countess of Toulouse in 1237
- Died: 21 Aug 1271 at age 50
General Notes:
Alphonse or Alfonso (11 November 1220 \endash 21 August 1271[1]) was the Count of Poitou from 1225 and Count of Toulouse (as Alphonse II) from 1249. As count of Toulouse, he also governed the Marquisate of Provence.
Life
Birth and early life
Born at Poissy, Alphonse was a son of Louis VIII, King of France and Blanche of Castile. He was a younger brother of Louis IX of France and an older brother of Charles I of Sicily. In 1229, his mother, who was regent of France, forced the Treaty of Paris on Raymond VII of Toulouse after his rebellion.[2] It stipulated that a brother of King Louis was to marry Joan of Toulouse, daughter of Raymond VII of Toulouse, and so in 1237 Alphonse married her.[3] Since she was Raymond's only child, they became rulers of Toulouse at Raymond's death in 1249.
By the terms of his father's will he received an appanage of Poitou and Auvergne. To enforce this Louis IX won the battle of Taillebourg in the Saintonge War together with Alphonse against a revolt allied with king Henry III of England, who also participated in the battle.
Alphonse married Joan Countess of Toulouse, daughter of Raymond VII, Count of Toulouse and Sancha of Aragon, Countess of Toulouse, in 1237. (Joan Countess of Toulouse was born in 1220 in Castle of Corneto near Siena, and died on 25 Aug 1271.)
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