Philippa (French: Philippe; c. 1073 – 28 November 1118) was suo jure countess of Toulouse, as well as the duchess of Aquitaine by marriage to Duke William IX of Aquitaine.
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Life
Early life and marriage
Philippa was born in approximately 1073 to William IV, Count of Toulouse and his wife Emma, daughter of Robert, Count of Mortain. She was his only surviving child, and thus, by the laws of Toulouse, his heir. In 1088, William went on a pilgrimage to Palestine, leaving his brother Raymond of Saint-Gilles as regent.
Philippa's early life—if she was not married to Sancho Ramirez of Aragon—is something of a mystery. It is known that she did not marry William IX of Aquitaine until 1094, after the death of her father and the succession of her uncle; the circumstances in which she lived prior to her father's death, the manner of her disinheritance, and the arrangement of her marriage, are thus unknown. Those historians that argue her to have been married to Sancho Ramírez argue that her removal from Toulouse prevented her from effectively claiming her inheritance, and that with the death of Sancho, she was free to remarry based on her own choice. What is certain is that, upon the death of Count William, Philippa's claims were ignored, and Raymond became count.