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Renauld I, Count of Nevers
Count of Nevers
Reign1028 - 1040
PredecessorLandry, Count of Nevers
SuccessorWilliam I
Died(1040-05-29)29 May 1040
Seignelay (Yonne), France
Spouse(s) Hedwig of France ​(m. 1016)
FatherLanderich of Monceau
MotherMatilda of Mâcon

Renauld I (died 29 May 1040) was a French nobleman. He was the Count of Nevers and Count of Auxerre from 1028 until his death at the battle of Seignelay against Robert I, Duke of Burgundy.

Family

Renauld was the son of Landerich of Monceau and Matilda of Mâcon.

Marriage

He married Hedwig (or Advisa) of France on 25 January 1016, daughter of Robert II, King of France and Constance of Arles.

Children

  • William I of Nevers (c. 1030–1083/1097)
  • Henry of Nevers (died 1067)
  • Guy of Nevers (died 1067)
  • Robert of Nevers Baron of Craon (c. 1035–1098)
  • Adelaide of Nevers

References

  1. ^ Bouchard 1987, p. 344.
  2. Jessee 2000, p. figure 2.
  3. Bouchard 1987, p. 343.
  4. ^ Bouchard 1987, p. 342.

Sources

  • Bouchard, Constance Brittain (1987). Sword, Miter, and Cloister: Nobility and the Church in Burgundy, 980-1188. Cornell University Press.
  • Jessee, W. Scott (2000). Robert the Burgundian and the Counts of Anjou, Ca. 1025-1098. The Catholic University of America.

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