He finally succeeded Aicard around 1098, when Urban II overturned the renouncement he had made under duress from the citizens of Arles in 1080. In 1105, the will of Raymond IV of Toulouse ordered his heirs to restore everything he had usurped from Ghibbelin in Arles, Argence, Fourques, Albaron, and Fos.
He ultimately prevailed over Aicard around 1098, when Urban II nullified the oath of surrender he had been coerced into making in 1080 by the people of Arles. In 1105, Raymond IV's will directed his heirs to rectify the wrongs he had committed against Ghibbelin in various towns.