Rudolf II (Vermandois)
Rudolf II. ( French Raoul II. "Le Jeune" or "le Lépreux"), called the younger or the leper (* probably 1145 or 1147; † 1167 or in January 1164) from the house of France-Vermandois was Count of Vermandois and Valois from 1160. He was the younger son of Count Rudolf I the Brave and Petronilla of Aquitaine, who was a sister of Eleanor of Aquitaine .
Life
When his half-brother Hugo II resigned from all offices and titles in 1160 and went to the monastery (he was canonized as Felix von Valois in the 17th century ), Rudolf II was his successor. At this time he married Margaret of Flanders (* probably 1145; † November 15, 1194), a daughter of Dietrich of Alsace , who had been Count of Flanders since 1128 .
In 1163 he was attacked by leprosy . At that time he was still childless, the marriage was also dissolved, so that with him, when he died four years later, the male line of the family was effectively extinguished (apart from his brother Hugo / Felix, who stayed in the monastery and continued until 1212 lived).
His successor was his sister Elisabeth, called "Mabile", who was married to Margarete's brother Philip of Flanders , and who took office in Vermandois (in the name of his wife) and the following year in Flanders (in his own name).
Raoul II was buried in Longpont .
literature
- Louis Duval-Arnould: Les dernières années du comte lépreux Raoul de Vermandois (v. 1147–1167…) et la dévolution de ses provinces à Philippe d'Alsace. In: Bibliothèque de l'école des chartes. Volume 142, No. 1, pp. 81-92. doi: 10.3406 / bec.1984.450329 , ISSN 0373-6237 .
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c d Louis Duval-Arnould: Les dernières années du comte lépreux Raoul de Vermandois (v. 1147–1167…) et la dévolution de ses provinces à Philippe d'Alsace. P. 82.
- ^ Louis Duval-Arnould: Les dernières années du comte lépreux Raoul de Vermandois (v. 1147–1167…) et la dévolution de ses provinces à Philippe d'Alsace. P. 83.
- ^ Louis Duval-Arnould: Les dernières années du comte lépreux Raoul de Vermandois (v. 1147–1167…) et la dévolution de ses provinces à Philippe d'Alsace. P. 89.
predecessor | Office | successor |
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Hugo II |
Count of Valois and Vermandois 1160–1167 |
Philip of Flanders (de iure uxoris) |
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Rudolf II. |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Rudolf the Younger; Rudolf the Leper |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Count of Vermandois and Valois |
DATE OF BIRTH | around 1145 |
DATE OF DEATH | on June 17, 1167 |