Background
He was the son of Alphonse I of Toulouse.
He was the son of Alphonse I of Toulouse.
In 1165, in the town of Lombers, the Bishop of Albi attended by both clerics and members of the nobility, including Constance the wife of Raymond V, interrogated and debated with members of an alleged heretical section
He permitted the first assembly of townsmen in Toulouse, the origin of the later capitouls. While the Good Men declined to respond to a number of questions about their beliefs, they told the bishop that they did not accept the Old Testament, and that their reading of the New Testament persuaded them that they should not take oaths. They further challenged the jurisdiction of the bishop.
Wakefield suggests that being under pressure on his western border from Alfonso II of Aragon, Raymond wished to present himself as a defender of the faith.
A joint legatine and royal commission arrived in Toulouse charged with authority to preach, investigate, and condemn. lieutenant operated for three months.
Constance was the widow of Eustace IV, Count of Boulogne. Because Raymond was related to her within prohibited degrees, they were separated by ecclesiastical authority in 1165.
They had five children:
Raymond VI, who succeeded his father as Count of Toulouse
Aubri, died 1180
Adelaide or Azalais of Toulouse, who married Roger II Trencavel in 1171 and died in 1199
Baldwin, born 1165, executed on the orders of Raymond VI in 1214
He was engaged with Richeza of Poland, widow of Ramon Berenguer II, Count of Provence.
Raymond also had an illegitimate daughter:
Indie (July 1192-1127 September 1249), who married firstly Guilabert de Lautrec (d1215), and secondly Bernard de L"Isle-Jourdain (d1228), and had issue.