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| Eleanor of Aragon | |
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| Countess consort of Toulouse | |
| Tenure | 1204–1226 |
| Born | 1182 (1182) |
| Died | 1226 (aged 43–44) |
| Spouse | Raymond VI, Count of Toulouse |
| House | Barcelona |
| Father | Alfonso II of Aragon |
| Mother | Sancha of Castile |
Eleanor of Aragon, Countess of Toulouse (1182–1226) was a daughter of KingAlfonso II of Aragon andSancha of Castile.She marriedRaymond VI, Count of Toulouse.[1]
According to theEx Gestis Comitum Barcinonensium, she was the second daughter and fourth of nine children of the troubadour king,Alfonso II of Aragon and his wifeSancha of Castile. She had for older brothers Pierre II the Catholic and Alphonse II, Count of Provence and Forcalquier, and for sisters Constance, first queen of Hungary, then empress by her marriage with Frederick II, and Sancie, countess of Toulouse.
According to theCrónica of San Juan de la Peña, her brother Peter II sealed the union of Eleanor, with Raymond VI of Toulouse, Duke of Narbonne and Marquis of Provence, in order to put an end to the dissensions with the counts of Toulouse.
Raymond VI was the eldest son ofRaymond V andConstance of France, daughter ofKing Louis VI andAdelaide de Maurienne. Eleanor was Raymond VI's 6th wife, having divorced anunknown daughter and sole heiress ofEmperor Isaac Komnenos of Cyprus just two years earlier. Raymond and Eleanor did not have children.
By this marriage she became countess of Toulouse which would suffer the pangs of the war and theAlbigensian Crusade, in the following years. The crusade was initiated byPope Innocent III and headed by the French Crown against Toulouse andCatharism.
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