Alphonse or Alfonso (11 November 1220-21 August 1271) was the count of Poitou from 1225 and count of Toulouse (as such called Alphonse II) from 1249. As count of Toulouse, he also governed the Marquisate of Provence.
Alphonse took part in two crusades with his brother, St Louis, in 1248 (the Seventh Crusade) and in 1270 (the Eighth Crusade). For the first of these, he raised a large sum and a substantial force, arriving in Damietta on 24 October 1249, after the town had already been captured. He sailed for home on 10 August 1250. His father-in-law had died while he was away, and he went directly to Toulouse to take possession. There was some resistance to his accession as count, which was suppressed with the help of his mother Blanche of Castile who was acting as regent in the absence of Louis IX.
Group
Sculptural Figure(s)
Condition
unpainted, kit
Scale
Scale 1:32
Material
Metal-Alloy
Epoch
Medieval
Time
11. Jh. - 15. Jh.
Nationality/Location
France
State
New
Not a toy! Not suitable for children under the age of 14!
OlimpYa Models Via Don Minzoni 5/A 40121 Bologna Italien
