Raimbaut II, Count of Orange (Circa. 1066 - 1121) (in

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''Raimboldus comes de Oringis'') was the elder son of and of his first wife Gilberte.

Biography

Raimbaut's date of birth is not known (possibly around 1066 in

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). At this time this was part of the

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in the

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. According to two sources,

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and

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(neither of them eyewitnesses), he joined the

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in the

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, presumably setting out in 1096; his name is linked with those of

Adhemar of Le Puy Adhemar (also known as Adémar, Aimar, or Aelarz) de Monteil (died 1 August 1098) was one of the principal figures of the First Crusade and was bishop of Puy-en-Velay from before 1087. He was the chosen representative of Pope Urban II for th ...

and

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, and he is said to have been present at the

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in 1098. He remained in

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and died there, probably in 1121. He married a certain Rixende of Apt. No sons survived him. But his daughter,

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, in her father's prolonged absence, was being named "countess of

" as early as 1115. She married

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, second son of William VI of Montpellier; she was still alive in 1136. Their son (Raimbaut's only grandson) was the

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Raimbaut of Orange Raimbaut of Orange (Old Provençal: Raimbaut d'Aurenga; 1147 – 1173) was the lord of Orange and Aumelas and an influential troubadour in the Kingdom of Arles in the Holy Roman Empire. His properties included the towns of Frontignan and ...

, and he inherited the territories of

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and Orange. A statue of Raimbaut, count of Orange, was erected in the main square at Orange in 1846. {{DEFAULTSORT:Raimbaut, count of Orange People from the Holy Roman Empire 11th-century births 1121 deaths People from Orange, Vaucluse Counts of Orange Christians of the First Crusade