Ralph III of Valois
Ralph III (French: Raoul; died 1038) was the count of Valois from his father's death until his own. He was the second son of , count of Valois, Vexin and Amiens, and his wife Adela. His father died between 1017 and 1024, leaving Vexin and Amiens to Ralph's older brother Drogo of Mantes.[1]
Ralph married Alix of Breteuil, heiress of the lordship of Nanteuil-le-Haudouin.[2][3][4] They had two sons, Ralph (Raoul) IV and Theobald (Thibaud). Ralph IV succeeded to the county of Valois, while Theobald received Nanteuil, founding the house of Crépy-Nanteuil. Ralph III also divided the castle of Crépy itself between his sons. The house and the outbuildings went to Ralph, while the keep went to Theobald.[4]
Notes[]
- ^ Tanner 1993, p. 315, has a family tree.
- ^ Bautier 1985, pp. 553–54.
- ^ Bates 1987, p. 39.
- ^ a b Mesqui 1994, pp. 258–59.
References[]
- Bates, David (1987). "Lord Sudeley's Ancestors: The Family of the Counts of Amiens, Valois and the Vexin in France and England during the Eleventh Century". The Sudeleys: Lords of Toddington. London: The Manorial Record Society of Great Britain. pp. 34–48.
- Bautier, Robert-Henri (1985). "Anne de Kiev, reine de France, et la politque royale au XIe siècle: Étude critique de la documentation". Revue des études slaves. 57 (4): 539–64. doi:10.3406/slave.1985.5520.
- Feuchère, Pierre (1956). "Une tentative manquée de concentration territoriale entre Somme et Seine: La principauté d'Amiens-Valois au Xle siècle: Étude de géographie historique". Le Moyen Âge. 4e série. 9: 1–37.
- Mesqui, Jean (1994). "Le château de Crépy-en-Valois, palais comtal, palais royal, palais féodal". Bulletin Monumental. 152 (3): 257–312. doi:10.3406/bulmo.1994.3475.
- Tanner, Heather J. (1993). Between Scylla and Charybdis: The Political Role of the Comital Family of Boulogne in Northern France and England (879–1159) (PhD diss.). University of California, Santa Barbara.
Further reading[]
- Grierson, Philip (1939). "L'origine des comtes d'Amiens, Valois et Vexin". Le Moyen Âge. 3e série. 10: 81–125.
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