Renaud or Ragenold, Count of Roucy ( 920 – 10 May 967) was a 10th-century Viking who swore allegiance to the
Frankish
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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
Archbishop
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Artald of Reims Artald of Reims (died October 1, 961) was twice Archbishop of Reims. He held the post first 931 to 940, when he was displaced by Hugh of Vermandois. He was restored, with the help of Louis IV of France, in 946.
Biography
In 931 he was imposed as b ...
, upon taking the area back from
Hugh of Vermandois.
He built a fort at
Roucy
Roucy () is a small commune in the Aisne department in Hauts-de-France in northern France. Notable features of this town include the wide central plaza on which village fetes occur every summer.
Population
See also
* Communes of the Aisne de ...
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
Aquitaine
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and the of
Poitiers
Poitiers (, , , ; Poitevin: ''Poetàe'') is a city on the River Clain in west-central France. It is a commune and the capital of the Vienne department and the historical centre of Poitou. In 2017 it had a population of 88,291. Its agglomerat ...
, during the dynastic struggles of the Kingdom of
West Francia
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. Renaud was made the
Count of Roucy
This article is a list of the counts of Roucy. In medieval France, Roucy was a county held by a succession of noble families. By the Late Middle Ages, it was one of seven titles that was made a peer within the provincial peerage of the greater Co ...
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
Aubry II of Mâcon
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* Aubry or Alberic of Trois-Fontaines (died c. 1252), medieval Cistercian chronicler who wrote in Latin
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* Augusto Aubry (1 ...
; secondly, to
Otto-William, Count of Burgundy
Otto-William (french: Otte-Guillaume; german: Otto Wilhelm; 955/62 – 21 September 1026 AD) was count of Mâcon, Nevers, and Burgundy.
Life
Otto was born in 958 during the joint reign of his grandfather, King Berengar II of Italy, and his fat ...
)
* 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
Fromond II of Sens
Gregory Fromond ( fl. 1380–1397) of Shoreham, Sussex was an English politician.
He was a Member (MP) of the Parliament of England
The Parliament of England was the legislature of the Kingdom of England from the 13th century until 170 ...
.
*
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
Abbey of Saint-Remi
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An abbess (Latin: ''abbatissa''), also known as a mother superior, is the female superior of a community of Catholic nuns in ...
.
References
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920 births
967 deaths
Year of birth uncertain
Counts of Roucy
Viking rulers
Burials at the Royal Abbey of Saint-Remi
10th-century Vikings