Raoul I the Red of Clermont (before 1140 — killed 15 October 1191) was a French nobleman, and
Count of Clermont-en-Beauvaisis from 1161 until his death. He was the eldest son of
Renaud II, Count of Clermont-en-Beauvaisis Renaud II of Clermont (''Renaud/Rainald II de Clermont''; 1075–1152) was son of Hugh I, Count of Clermont-en-Beauvaisis and Marguerite de Roucy (daughter of Hilduin IV, Count of Montdidier). Renaud became Count of Clermont-en-Beauvaisis upon his f ...
, and his second wife (Clemencia de Bar?) and thus a younger half-brother of
Margaret of Clermont.
He was
Constable of France
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from 1174 under
Phillip II, King of France. During the Jacquerie of 1181, he followed the orders of the regent and led the soldiers to secure the
abbey of Saint-Leu. He accompanied Phillip in the
Third Crusade
The Third Crusade (1189–1192) was an attempt led by King Philip II of France, King Richard I of England and Emperor Frederick Barbarossa to reconquer the Holy Land following the capture of Jerusalem by the Ayyubid sultan Saladin in 1187. F ...
and died during the
Siege of Acre (1189–91).
Raoul married Alix de Breteuil (d. 1196), daughter of Valerian III, Seigneur de Breteuil, and his wife Haldeburge, lady of Tartigny. Raoul and Alix had:
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Catherine of Clermont (d. 1223), married in 1184 to
Louis de Blois, Count of Blois and Chartres.
* Aelis (d. before 1182)
* Mathilde, married to William I, Seigneur of Vierzon
* Philippe de Clermont (d. between 1182 and 1192).
Upon his death, his son-in-law Louis became Count of Clermont-en-Beauvaisis.
References
Sources
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*{{cite book , title=Knights and Peasants: The Hundred Years War in the French Countryside , first=Nicholas , last=Wright , publisher=The Boydell Press , year=1998
External links
*Prime, Temple, ''Note on the County of Clermont'', Notes Relative to Certain Matters Connected with French History, De Vinne Press, New York, 1903 (available o
Google Books
*Clermont-en-Beauvaisis, Encyclopædia Britannica, 11th Edition (
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1191 deaths
Christians of the Third Crusade
Counts of Clermont-en-Beauvaisis
Constables of France
Year of birth uncertain