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Count ofToulouse and of Tripoli, b. about 1043; d. at Tripoli in 1105. He was the son of Raymond III, Pons, and in 1088 succeeded his brother, William IV, who had died without male issue. From 1066 he had been count of Rouergue, ofNîmes, and of Narbonne, thus becoming one of the most powerful lords of southernFrance. In 1095 he received thepope,Urban II, on his own estates and took the Cross with enthusiasm, vowing never to return to his own dominions. After apilgrimage to Chaise Dieu, he set out in October, 1096, entrusting the care of his dominions to his son Bertrand. His army was composed of Aquitanians and Provençals, thepope'slegate, Adhémar of Monteil,Bishop ofLe Puy, accompanying him. He traversedLombardy and proceeded to Constantinople through the valleys of the Eastern Alps. After many a successful combat with the half-barbarousSlavs who inhabited this region, he arrived atDurazzo, where he found letters from the Emperor Alexius inviting him to Constantinople. Raymond accepted, leaving his army, which in his absence pillaged the country, and was attacked by the imperial troops. At Constantinople Raymond refused to swear allegiance to Alexius, as most of thecrusading chiefs had done. He afterwards took an active part in the expedition againstJerusalem, and, notwithstanding his rivalry with Bohemond, exercised a very great influence on the course of events. He could not prevent Bohemond from taking Antioch in 1098, and out of spite against the Norman chief he became reconciled with the Emperor Alexius, to whom he restored the city ofLaodicea (February, 1099). After his rupture with Bohemond, Raymond directed the great bulk of thecrusaders againstJerusalem, and was actively engaged in the capture of the Holy City (8 July, 1099). He refused the title of king, and leftJerusalem to return to Constantinople in 1100. He was chosen chief of a new army ofcrusaders, which was destroyed by theTurks inAsia Minor. Returning toSyria in 1102, he wasimprisoned atTarsus byTancred, and, on being released, seized Tripoli (1103), where he died two years later.
RAYMOND D'AGUILERS, Historia Francorum qui ceperunt Jerusalem in Historiens Occidentaux des Croisades, III, 235-309; VAISSETTE, Histoire du Languedoc, II, III; CHALANDON, Essai sar le regne d'Alexis Comnene (Paris, 1900), 186-88, 205-12, 222-28; BREHIER, L'Église et l'Orient, Les Croisades (Paris, 1911).
APA citation.Bréhier, L.(1911).Raymond IV, of Saint-Gilles. InThe Catholic Encyclopedia.New York: Robert Appleton Company.http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/12669c.htm
MLA citation.Bréhier, Louis."Raymond IV, of Saint-Gilles."The Catholic Encyclopedia.Vol. 12.New York: Robert Appleton Company,1911.<http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/12669c.htm>.
Transcription.This article was transcribed for New Advent by Michael T. Barrett.Dedicated to all who suffer for their religious beliefs.
Ecclesiastical approbation.Nihil Obstat. June 1, 1911. Remy Lafort, S.T.D., Censor.Imprimatur. +John Cardinal Farley, Archbishop of New York.
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