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Raoul (Cambrai) de Cambrai II (abt. 915 - 944)

Raoul "comte d'Amiens, Vexin d'Amiens, Valois et Vexin" de Cambrai II formerly Cambrai aka de Gouy
Born about in Vexin, Seine Inferieure, Normandy, Francemap
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Brother of , [half], [half] and [half]
Husband of — married [date unknown] [location unknown]
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Died at about age 29 in Valois, Oise, Picardie, Francemap
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Contents

Biography

Raoul I Comte de Vexin d'Amiens et de Valois[1]

Titles

Count of Cambrai; Count of Valois and Vexin

Spouses

He is said to ahve married:

  • Eldegarde Amens Gouy
  • Liegardis Unknown de Meulan

943 Death

Flodoard of Reims wrote, "When they heard that Raoul, the son of Raoul of Gouy,had come into the lands of their father as if he were invading, they attacked and killed him. The news of this greatly saddened King Louis. [2]

Research Notes

Literature

Raoul lives on in the chanson de geste, an epic poem of the concerning the hero's battles to take possession of his family's lands. [3]

Sources

  1. ↑ #S5: Ancestry Family Trees: http://trees.ancestry.com/pt/AMTCitationRedir.aspx?tid=6835128&pid=-960099764
  2. ↑ Flodoard of Reims. The Annals of Flodoard of Reims 919-966 Edited and translated inro English by Steven Fanning and Bernard S. Bachrach. University of Toronto Press, 2011. 25A, p. 37.
  3. ↑ Wikipedia:Raoul_de_Cambrai




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