Azalais of Toulouse

Azalaís of Toulouse(orAlaís,orAdelaide of Béziers) was the daughter of countRaymond V of ToulouseandConstance of France.^[1]

She was born at the castle ofBurlats(canton ofRoquecourbe,Tarn) and is therefore calledcontessa de Burlatz(Countess of Burlats) in thevidaofArnaut de Mareuil.

She was married toRoger II Trencavel,count ofBéziersandCarcassonne,in 1171;^[2]she was the mother ofRaymond Roger Trencavel,who died in captivity after the siege of Carcassonne in 1209. Azalais herself died in 1199.

Azalais of Toulouse is named in the poems of several troubadours, includingPons de la Gardia,Giraut de Salignac.It is said that the poems of Arnaut de Mareuil form a sequence telling of his love for her.^[3]Alfonso II of Aragonwas his rival, and according to therazóto one of Arnaut's poems, the king jealously persuaded her to break off her friendship with Arnaut. Alfonso's own dealings with Azalais were fiercely criticized in asirventèsbyGuillem de Berguedà:"she gave you her love, and you took two cities and a hundred castles from her".

References

^Wilhelm, James J.; Jr, Lowry Nelson (2019-06-11).Razos and Troubadour Songs.Routledge. p. 3.ISBN 978-0-429-60309-9.
^Economou, George(2017-01-10).Proensa: An Anthology of Troubadour Poetry.New York Review of Books. p. 285.ISBN 978-1-68137-030-9.
^Bruckner, Matilda Tomaryn; Shepard, Laurie; White, Sarah (2004-11-23).Songs of the Women Troubadours.Routledge. p. 151.ISBN 978-1-135-57780-3.

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[1] Wilhelm, James J.; Jr, Lowry Nelson (2019-06-11).Razos and Troubadour Songs.Routledge. p. 3.ISBN 978-0-429-60309-9.

[2] Economou, George(2017-01-10).Proensa: An Anthology of Troubadour Poetry.New York Review of Books. p. 285.ISBN 978-1-68137-030-9.

[3] Bruckner, Matilda Tomaryn; Shepard, Laurie; White, Sarah (2004-11-23).Songs of the Women Troubadours.Routledge. p. 151.ISBN 978-1-135-57780-3.

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