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Name
  
Renaud Courtenay

Died
  
September 27, 1194

Parents
  
Ermengarde of Nevers


Renaud de Courtenay (Anglicised to Reginald; died 4 September 1164), of Sutton, Berkshire, was a French nobleman of the House of Courtenay who took up residence in England and founded the English Courtenay family, who became Earls of Devon in 1335. The title is still held today, by his direct male descendant.

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Origins

He was the son of Miles (Milo) de Courtenay, Seigneur (lord of the manor) of Courtenay, in the Kingdom of France, today in the Loiret department in north-central France, by his wife Ermengard de Nevers.

Career

He succeeded his father as Seigneur of Courtenay. He fought in the Second Crusade, with King Louis VII of France. He quarrelled with King Louis VII, who seized Renaud's French possessions and gave them along with Renaud's daughter Elizabeth to his youngest brother, Pierre (Peter) of France, who thenceforth became known as Peter I of Courtenay (died 1183)). He was created Lord of Sutton in 1161.

Marriages

  • (1) Helene du Donjon, daughter of Frederick du Donjon and Corbeil, sister of Guy du Donjon
  • (2) Maud FitzEdith, daughter of Robert FitzEdith, Lord Okehampton (d.1172) (illegitimate son of Henry I, King of England by Edith FitzForne).

    • Progeny

    By first marriage:

  • (1) Renaud (b. 1125 - d. 27 September 1194) who in 1172 accompanied King Henry II in the Irish Expedition to County Wexford. He married Hawise de Courcy (d.1219) heiress of the feudal barony of Okehampton in Devon and half sister to his father's second wife Maud FitzEdith.. They had a son, Robert de Courtenay (d. 1242), who was the great-grandfather of Hugh de Courtenay, 1st Earl of Devon (d.1340).
  • (2) Elizabeth (b. 1127 - d. September 1205) who was given in marriage by the French King Louis VII (d.1180) to his youngest brother Peter of France, who thenceforth became known as Peter I of Courtenay (d.1183).

    • References

    Renaud de Courtenay Wikipedia
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