Rudolfe II (Rudolf, Raoul) (died 963),
Count of Ivois and
Count of Verdun (as Raoul), was son of
Rudolfe I, Count of Ivois, and Eva.
Rudolfe succeeded his father as Count of Ivois and was installed as Count of Verdun after the death of
Otto, Duke of Lorraine
Otto (died 944), son of Count Ricwin and a Liudolfing, was the Count of Verdun by inheritance and the Duke of Lorraine by appointment. Otto I, Holy Roman Emperor
Otto I (23 November 912 – 7 May 973), known as Otto the Great ( ) or Otto ...
, in 944. After his death in 963,
Godfrey the Prisoner was installed as count.
An estimate that his rule as Count of Verdun ended in 960 is based on a reference to Godfrey as a count in 960. However, Godfrey was also count of Bidgau and Methingau from 959, so there is no reason to believe that Rudolfe was not count until his death in 963.
Rudolfe was overthrown as Count of Ivois by
Étienne
Étienne, a French analog of Stephen or Steven, is a masculine given name. An archaic variant of the name, prevalent up to the mid-17th century, is Estienne.
Étienne, Etienne, Ettiene or Ettienne may refer to:
People Artists and entertainers
* ...
, Count of Porcien (year unknown), and replaced as Count of Verdun in 963 by Godfrey.
References
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* Vanderkindere, Léon, ''La Formation territoriale des principautés belges au Moyen Âg''e, Bruxelles, H. Lamertin, 1902
963 deaths
Counts of Verdun
Counts of Ivois
Lotharingian people