during the Saintonge War. Louis sent against him an army under the Constable Imbert de Beaujeu and Bishop Hugh of Clermont. He was forced to surrender the castle of Saverdun and Bram. When Raymond died, Alphonse became count of Toulouse, and after Alphonse's death the county was annexed by France. Raymond VII was buried beside his mother Joan in Fontevrault Abbey. References Sources Macé, Laurent. "Raymond VII of Toulouse: The Son of Queen Joanne, 'Young Count' and Light of the World." The World of Eleanor of Aquitaine: Literature and Society in Southern France between the Eleventh and Twelfth Centuries, edd. Marcus Bull and Catherine Léglu. Woodbridge: Boydell Press, 2005. . 1197 births 1249 deaths People from Gard Counts of Toulouse Margraves of Provence People excommunicated by the Catholic Church People of the Albigensian Crusade Christians of the Sixth Crusade Occitan nobility French Christians Burials at Fontevraud Abbey 13th-century peers of France