Ramon Pons: Count of Toulouse (Warriors and Monks Book 1)

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Who was Ramon Pons? He was the Count of Toulouse, who sustained his family’s ancient loyalty to the King of France following the breakup of Charlemagne’s Empire. He was a military leader, governing from horseback to preserve the loyalty of southern France to the king. He was relentlessly vigilant, and defended his domains from Arabs, Hungarians, and rebellions against the French crown.

He was a husband and father, married to Garsinda, the daughter of the Viscount of Narbonne. He was pious and loyal to his family and ancestors. In 936, Raimundus Pontius and his wife Garsinda founded the Abbey of St. Pons de Thomieres. The affinity he felt with the Christian martyr, St. Pontius of Cimiez, compelled him to undertake a dangerous journey to recover the saint’s relics to honor him and sanctify the new monastery.