Rainald I (Nevers)

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Rainald I ( Renaud I ) (* around 1000; † May 29, 1040 near Seignelay ) from the House of Monceaux was Count of Nevers from 1028 .

Life

Rainald was the son of Count Landry von Nevers and Mathilde von Burgund, a daughter of Count Palatine Otto Wilhelm of Burgundy . Shortly after January 25, 1016 ( Gregorian calendar ) he married Adele of France (* probably 1003; † June 5 after 1063), the eldest daughter of the French King Robert II , to whom the county of Auxerre was given as a dowry .

Rainald was killed in a fight against Duke Robert I of Burgundy and buried in the Abbey of Saint-Germain in Auxerre .

Rainald and Adele's children were:

  • Wilhelm I († June 20, 1098), 1040 Count of Nevers and Auxerre, 1065 Count of Tonnerre , ∞ I around 1039 Countess Ermengarde von Tonnerre, † before 1090, daughter of Count Rainard I .; ∞ II before 1085 Mathilde
  • Heinrich, 1056-1060 / 96 attested
  • Guido, 1056-1060 attested, 1067/81 attested, 1081 spiritual
  • Robert , called burgundius ( le Bourguignon ) († after 1098 on a crusade ), after 1053-1067 Lord of Craon , 1068 Lord of Sablé ,
  • ? Aelis; ∞ Geoffroy II., Lord of Semur-en-Brionnais , † in Cluny probably 1070/80

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Remarks

  1. ↑ [1] Medlands 2: Renaud de Nevers
  2. ↑ The Origine et Historia Brevi Nivernensium Comitum ( RHGF , Volume XI, p. 281) reports that he was killed "apud Saigniacum" (near Seignelay); Schwennicke and others mention Sainte-Vertu . The two places are about 40 km apart.
  3. ↑ [2] Mathilde de Mâcon (c. 983-1005) = "Mathilde of Burgundy"
  4. ↑ on the year of death cf. the lemma to Wilhelm I.
predecessor Office successor
French crown domain Count of Auxerre
1016-1040 		Wilhelm I.
Landry Count of Nevers
1028-1040 		Wilhelm I.
personal data
SURNAME Rainald I.
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Renaud I.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Count of Nevers and Count of Auxerre
DATE OF BIRTH 10th century
DATE OF DEATH May 29, 1040
Place of death at Sainte-Vertu