Deaths on August 21

Alphonse, Count of Poitiers

Died on August 21, 1271

Alphonse, Count of Poitiers (b. 1220)

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.

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