Raoul II of Brienne, Count of Eu

Raoul II of Brienne (1315 – 19 November 1350) was the son of Raoul I of Brienne, Count of Eu and Guînes and Jeanne de Mello.^[1] He succeeded his father in 1344 as Count of Eu and Guînes, as well as in his post as Constable of France.^[2]

In 1340, he married Catherine (d. 1388), the daughter of Louis II, Baron de Vaud. They had no children; one illegitimate son, Jean du Bois, Lord of la Maison Forte, was legitimized as Raoul's in 1395, although his actual genealogy is disputed.^[a]

In 1346, he was captured in the taking of Caen by Thomas Holland, 1st Earl of Kent.^[4] In 1350, he was allowed to return to France to attempt to raise money for his ransom. Upon his arrival, he was seized and summarily executed by John II of France,^[5] for reasons that remain unclear, although it was rumoured that he had pledged the English the County of Guînes for his release.

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• Jones, Michael (2000). "The last Capetians and early Valois Kings, 1314-1364". In Jones, Michael (ed.). The New Cambridge Medieval History:c.1300-c.1415. Vol. Volume 6. Cambridge University Press. {{cite book}}: |volume= has extra text (help)
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