RAYMOND

n.

French Raimond known as Raymond of Saint-Gilles

born 1041 or 1042, Toulouse, county of Toulouse

died Feb. 28, 1105, near Tripoli

Count of Toulouse (1093–1105) and marquis of Provence (1066–1105).

The first western European ruler to join the First Crusade , he helped capture Antioch (1098) and Jerusalem (1099) but refused the Crusaders' crown of Jerusalem. He also conquered and ruled Tripoli (1102–05).