Coat of Arms of the vicountcy of Béziers.

Azalais of Toulouse (or Alais, or Adelaide of Béziers) was the daughter of count Raymond V of Toulouse and Constance of France. Raymond V (1134&ndash1194 was count of Toulouse from 1148 until his death in 1194 Her maternal grandparents were Louis VI of France and his second wife Adélaide de Maurienne. Louis VI ( 1 December 1081 – 1 August 1137) called the Fat (le Gros was King of France from 1108 until his death (1137 Adelaide of Savoy or Adelaide of Maurienne ( Italian: Adelaide di Savoia or Adelasia di Moriana, French: Adélaïde or

She was born at the castle of Burlats (canton of Roquecourbe, Tarn) and is therefore called contessa de Burlatz (Countess of Burlats) in the vida of Arnaut de Mareuil. Burlats is a Village and commune of the Tarn department of southern France. Roquecourbe is a village and commune in the Tarn département of France. Vida is the usual term for a brief prose biography written in Occitan, of a Troubadour or Trobairitz. Arnaut de Mareuil ( fl late 12th century) was a Troubadour, composing Lyric poetry in the Occitan language.

She was married to Roger II Trencavel, count of Béziers and Carcassonne, in 1171; she was the mother of Raimond Roger Trencavel, who died in captivity after the siege of Carcassonne in 1209. Roger II Trencavel (died March 1194 was the Viscount of Carcassonne, Béziers, Razès, and Albi from 1167 or 1171 until his death Béziers ( Besièrs in Occitan, and Besiers in Catalan) is a town in Languedoc, in the southwest of France. Carcassonne (Carcassona is a fortified French town in the Aude département, of which it is the Prefecture, Raymond Roger Trencavel (also Raimond, Raimon Rogièr 1185 &ndash November 10, 1209 AD) was a member of the noble Trencavel family Azalais herself died in 1199.

Azalais of Toulouse is named in the poems of several troubadours, including Pons de la Gardia, Giraut de Salignac. Ponç de la Guàrdia or Pons de la Guardia (fl 1154 &ndash 1188 was a Knight of the family of Saguàrdia, lords of the Castle of Ripoll Giraut (or Guiraut) de Salignac (or Salinhac) was a Jongleur and Troubadour from the Quercy. It is said that the poems of Arnaut de Mareuil form a sequence telling of his love for her. Alfonso II of Aragon was his rival, and according to the razó to one of Arnaut's poems, the king jealously persuaded her to break off her friendship with Arnaut. Alfonso II (Aragon or Alfons I (Provence and Barcelona ( Huesca, 1157 &ndash Perpignan, 1196 called the Chaste or the Troubadour A razó or razo was a short piece of Occitan Prose detailing the circumstances of a Troubadour composition Alfonso's own dealings with Azalais were fiercely criticized in a sirventès by Guillem de Berguedà: "she gave you her love, and you took two cities and a hundred castles from her". The sirventes or serventes ( Mistralian norm sirventès) is a Genre of Occitan Lyric poetry used by

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