Raymond II ( – 1190 at

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) was the 9th Viscount of

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from the House of Comborn. He was a son of Viscount Boson II and Eustorgie d'Anduze, and grandson of

Raymond I of Turenne Raymond I of Turenne ( – ) was the 7th Viscount of Turenne. He participated along with his vassals in the First Crusade as part of the Army of Raymond of Saint-Gilles. Family Raymond was born around 1074, in the viscounty of Turenne, in Limousin ...

. Raymond was

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four months after his father's death. Together with his cousin

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, he took part in several revolts against Duke

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. He joined the

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, in which he died during the

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in 1190. Raymond was married to Helie, a daughter of Bernard of Castelnau. She later became a nun at

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. Their children were: * Raymond III (died 1219), Viscount of Turenne *Boso *Contors, married Elijah of Comborn *

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, married Viscount

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(died around 1236) *Helie, married Bernard of Casnac The

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Bertran de Born Bertran de Born (; 1140s – by 1215) was a baron from the Limousin in France, and one of the major Occitan troubadours of the 12th-13th century. He composed love songs (cansos) but was better known for his political songs (sirventes). He wa ...

sang about his three daughters.LE Kastner: ''Notes on the Poems of Bertran de Born'', in: ''The Modern Language Review'' Vol. 27 (1932), p. 410.

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