Renaud or Ragenold, Count of Roucy ( 920 – 10 May 967) was a 10th-century Viking who swore allegiance to the

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kings, and became the military chief of

Reims Reims ( , , ; also spelled Rheims in English) is the most populous city in the French department of Marne, and the 12th most populous city in France. The city lies northeast of Paris on the Vesle river, a tributary of the Aisne. Founded by ...

after the restoration of the

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, upon taking the area back from Hugh of Vermandois. He built a fort at

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between the late 940s and early 950s and supported young King

Lothair of France Lothair (french: Lothaire; la, Lothārius; 941 – 2 March 986), sometimes called Lothair II,After the emperor Lothair I. IIICounting Lothair II of Lotharingia, who ruled over modern Lorraine and Belgium. or IV,Counting Lothair II of Italy. ...

in the expedition at

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and the of

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, during the dynastic struggles of the Kingdom of

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. Renaud was made the

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around or before 955 by King Lothair. He married Alberade of Lorraine, daughter of

Gilbert, Duke of Lorraine Gilbert (or Giselbert) (c. 890 – 2 October 939) was son of Reginar and the brother-in-law of the Ottonian emperor, Otto I. He was duke of Lotharingia (or Lorraine) until 939. Gilbert was also lay abbot of Echternach, Stablo-Malmedy, St Servatius ...

around 945 and had four children: * Ermentrude (married, firstly, to

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; secondly, to

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) * Giselbert (

Gilbert of Roucy Gilbert (also Giselbert or Gislebert), Count of Reims & Roucy, was the son of Renaud, Count of Reims and Alberade of Lorraine, daughter of Gilbert, Duke of Lorraine. Although his wife's name is unknown, she was likely from the family of the Poit ...

) who succeeded his father as Count of Roucy in May 967. * Unknown daughter who may have married to

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. * Brunon de Roucy, the Bishop of Langres. Renaud could have had a brother named Dodo according to

Flodoard Flodoard of Reims (; 893/4 – 28 March 966) was a Frankish chronicler and priest of the cathedral church of Reims in the West Frankish kingdom during the decades following the dissolution of the Carolingian Empire. His historical writings are m ...

. Their parents are not known or recorded. Renaud died on 10 May 967 and was buried at the

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Renaud of Roucy 920 births 967 deaths Year of birth uncertain Counts of Roucy Viking rulers Burials at the Royal Abbey of Saint-Remi 10th-century Vikings