Raoul I the Red of Clermont (before 1140 — killed 15 October 1191) was a French nobleman, and
Count of Clermont-en-Beauvaisis The counts of Clermont-en-Beauvaisis first appeared in the early 11th century. Their principal town was Clermont, Oise, Clermont, now in the Oise department but then within the ancient county of Beauvaisis in the province of Île-de-France. Followin ...
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
Marguerite of Clermont
Margaret of Clermont (french: Marguerite; 1104/05 – 1132) was a countess consort of Flanders twice by marriage to Charles I, Count of Flanders and Thierry, Count of Flanders. She was ruling suo jure countess regnant of Amiens 1118-1132.
Life
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He was
Constable of France
The Constable of France (french: Connétable de France, from Latin for 'count of the stables') was lieutenant to the King of France, the first of the original five Great Officers of the Crown (along with seneschal, chamberlain, butler, and ...
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 by three European monarchs of Western Christianity (Philip II of France, Richard I of England and Frederick I, Holy Roman Emperor) to reconquer the Holy Land following the capture of Jerusalem by ...
and died during the
Siege of Acre (1189–91) Siege of Acre may refer to:
*Siege of Acre (1104), following the First Crusade
*Siege of Acre (1189–1191), during the Third Crusade
*Siege of Acre (1263), Baibars laid siege to the Crusader city, but abandoned it to attack Nazareth.
*Siege of Acr ...
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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 Catherine of Clermont (French: ''Catherine de Clermont''; ? – 19/20 September 1212/1213) was the ruling Countess of Clermont-en-Beauvaisis in her own right in 1191-1213. She was also the Countess of Blois by marriage.
Biography
Catherine was ...
(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
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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 (
archive
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Archives contain primary source documents that have accumulated over the course of an individual or ...
)
1191 deaths
Christians of the Third Crusade
Counts of Clermont-en-Beauvaisis
Constables of France
Year of birth uncertain