PARIS, TREATY OF


Meaning of PARIS, TREATY OF in English

(1229) Treaty by which Raymond VII of Toulouse conceded defeat to Louis IX of France after the Albigensian Crusade .

It arranged the marriage of Raymond's daughter and Louis's brother and provided for the eventual return of Languedoc to the crown, thus destroying the independence of the princes of the south.

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