Biography

Almodis of Toulouse (d. after 1132), married Pierre I, Comte de Melgueil (d. after 27 Apr 1085), in 1065 (Cawley, 2006).

She was the daughter of Pons Guillaume de Toulouse (d 1060) & his wife Almodis de la Marche (d 1071), whom he repudiated before 1053. The elder Almodis married a 3rd time to Raimund Berenguer, conde de Barcelona (d 1076).

https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pierre_Ier_de_Melgueil

Almodis de Toulouse (av. 1053-ap. 1132), fille de Pons, comte de Toulouse et d'Almodis de la Marche de qui il aura mariée en 1066 à Pierre Ier (♰ v. 1086), comte de Melgueil[37]. Il est le fils de Raymond Ier de Melgueil et de Béatrice du Poitou.

Mariage et succession

Pierre de Melgueil épousa Almodis de Toulouse, fille de Pons, comte de Toulouse et d'Almodis de la Marche de qui il aura[HL Tome III 2],[1] :

1. Raymond II, qui lui succéda dans le comté de Melgueil ;
2. Pons, qui devint abbé de Cluny (1109-1122) ;
3. Ermessende, mariée à Guilhem V de Montpellier ;
4. Adèle, mariée à Pierre Raymond du Puy (1070-1110), frère d'Amiel Raymond du Puy, évêque de Toulouse (1105-1139) et parent de Raymond du Puy, second supérieur de l'ordre de l'Hôpital (1123-1158/60)[2].

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Origins

https://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/TOULOUSE.htm#AlmodisMPierreMelgueil

PONS GUILLAUME de Toulouse, son of GUILLAUME III "Taillefer" Comte de Toulouse & his second wife Emma de Provence ([995/97]-1060, bur Toulouse, Saint-Sernin) ... m secondly ([1045] repudiated 1053 after 29 Jun) as her second husband, ALMODIS de la Marche, repudiated wife of HUGUES V "le Pieux" Seigneur de Lusignan, daughter of BERNARD I Comte de la Marche & his wife Amelia - (-murdered 1071).

Comte Pons & his second wife had four children:

5 ALMODIS de Toulouse (-[after 1132]). The primary source which confirms her parentage has not yet been identified. "Petrus comes…filius Raymundo comite, genetrice…mea Beatrice" donated property to the church of Maguelonne by charter dated 23 Jul 1079, signed by "uxore sua Adalmudis"[432]. "Petrus Substantionis comes filius Beatricis et uxor mea Almodis" donated property to the church of Maguelonne by charter dated Jan 1083[433]. "Petrus…comes Melguoriensis…cum uxore mea Almodis et filiis meis" donated property to the monastery of Saint-Pons de Thomières by charter dated 26 Feb 1083[434]. "Petrus comes Melgoriensis" donated "comitatum Substantionem Quam episcopatum Magalonensem" to Pope Gregory VII, who regranted him the counties for life, by charter dated 27 Apr 1085, subscribed by "Adalmodis comitissa, Raymundus comes filius eius"[435]. The testament of “Bernardus comes Melgorii” dated 1132 was made in the presence of “…comitissa avia mea…”[436], although this could possibly refer to the testator´s maternal grandmother who has not otherwise been identified. m ([1065]%29 PIERRE Comte de Melgueil, son of RAYMOND [I] Comte de Melgueil & his wife Beatrix [de Poitou] (-after 1085).

Family

https://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/TOULOUSE%20NOBILITY.htm#_Toc255726469

Comte Raymond [I] & his wife had [three] children:

1. PIERRE de Melgueil (-after 27 Apr 1085). Comte de Melgueil. .... m ([1065]) ALMODIS de Toulouse, daughter of PONS Comte de Toulouse & his second wife Almodis de la Marche (-after 1132). ..

Pierre & his wife had four children:

• a) RAYMOND de Melgueil (-[1120]). m MARIE, daughter of -
• b) PONS de Melgueil (-Sept-Salles 28 Dec 1125, bur Saint-André). The Chronicle of Saint-Maxence records the succession in 1109 of "Pontius filius comitis Mirguliæ" as abbot of Cluny[509].
• c) -- de Melgueil (-after 5 Jun 1156). [m] (Betrothed [1080]%29 GUILLAUME [V] Seigneur de Montpellier, son of GUILLAUME [IV] Seigneur de Montpellier & his wife Ermengarde - (-before 21 Feb 1122).
• d) ADELA de Melgueil . "Raimundus comes Melgoriensis" made his testament "ire volens in Jerusalem" dated to [1110], naming "soror mea Adala", and referring to but not naming his wife and his son[516].

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References

1. WikiTree contributors, "Almodis (Toulouse) de Mortain (1045-1132)," WikiTree: The Free Family Tree, (https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Toulouse-121 : accessed 18 April 2025).
   1. ONDB claims that she had a second husband, Robert de Mortain.
2. https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pierre_Ier_de_Melgueil cites
   1. Dom Claude Devic et Dom Joseph Vaissète (dir.), Histoire générale de Languedoc : Volume III, Toulouse, édition Privat, 1872 (1re éd. 1745) Livre XV - XXVII. — Pierre, comte de Suhstantion ou de Melgueil, soumet son comté à Grégoire VII & à L'Èglise romaine. — Raimond, son fils lui succède. p.445.
   2. Généalogie des Comtes de Melgueil [archive] (en). https://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/TOULOUSE%20NOBILITY.htm#_Toc255726469
3. https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Almodis_de_la_Marche
   1. Claude Devic et Joseph Vaissète, Histoire générale de Languedoc, t. 3, Toulouse, Privat, 1872 (lire en ligne archive), LVIII : Pierre, comte de Substantion, épouse Almodis de Toulouse, p. 351.
4. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Almodis_of_La_Marche "Almodis of Toulouse was the daughter of Count Pons of Toulouse & his wife Almodis of La Marche. She married Count Pierre of Melgueil" cites
   1. 2 Aurell, Martin (1995). Les noces du comte: mariage et pouvoir en Catalogne (785-1213). Publications de la Sorbonne. p 258.