Renaud of Roucy
| Renaud of Roucy | |
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| Count of Roucy | |
| Reign | c. 950-967 |
| Successor | Gilbert |
| Born | c. 920 |
| Died | 967 |
| Burial | Abbey of Saint-Remi |
| Spouse | Alberade of Lorraine |
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Renaud or Ragenold, Count of Roucy (c. 920 – 10 May 967) was a Viking who swore allegiance to the Frankish Kings, and became the military chief of Reims after the restoration of the Archbishop Artald of Reims, upon taking the area back from Hugh of Vermandois.
He built a fort at Roucy between the late 940s and early 950s and supported young King Lothair of France in the expedition at Aquitaine and the of Poitiers, during the dynastic struggles of the Kingdom of West Francia. Renaud was made the Count of Roucy around or before 955 by King Lothair.
He married Alberade of Lorraine, daughter of Gilbert, Duke of Lorraine around 945 and had four children:
- Ermentrude (married firstly to , secondly to Otto-William, Count of Burgundy)[1]
- Giselbert (Gilbert of Roucy) who succeeded his father as Count of Roucy in May 967.
- Unknown daughter who may have married to .
- Brunon de Roucy, the Bishop of Langres.[1]
Renaud could have had a brother named Dodo according to Flodoard. Their parents are not known or recorded.
Renaud died on 10 May 967 and was buried at the Abbey of Saint-Remi.
References[]
- ^ Jump up to: a b Sainte Marie, Anselme de (1773). Histoire Généalogique et Chronologique de la Maison Royale de France. p. 861.
External links[]
- "Stewart Baldwin's thorough analysis on Ragenold of Roucy". Archived from the original on 2009-11-25. Retrieved 2008-12-03.
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- 920 births
- 967 deaths
- Counts of Roucy
- Viking rulers
- Burials at the Royal Abbey of Saint-Remi