Torson (known variously as ''Tercin'', ''Torso'', ''Chorso'', and ''Chorson'') was the first
count (or duke) of Toulouse (778 – 789 or 790).
He is called ''Chorso dux Tholosanus'' by the so-called "Astronomer" in his ''
Vita Hludovici'' ("Life of Louis", year 789). Torson was the
regent of Aquitaine during the first years of the reign of
Louis the Pious there (from 781). In 788, he was captured by the
Gascon Adalric and made to swear an oath of allegiance to the
Duke of Gascony,
Lupus II. This was the reason for his dismissal upon his release.
790 deaths
Chorso
8th-century Frankish people
Year of birth unknown
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