VEXIN Raoul

Abt 1025 - 1074  (49 years)

• Name	VEXIN Raoul
  Birth	Abt 1025	Normandie, France
  Gender	Male
  Death	23 Feb 1074	Peronne, Somme, Picardy, France
  Notes	The following is from NORTHERN FRANCE, nobility Project MedLands: RAOUL [III] “le Grand” (-Péronne 23 Feb or 8 Sep 1074, bur Montdidier, later transferred to Crépy-en-Valois, église collégiale Saint-Arnoul). The Chronicle of Alberic de Trois-Fontaines names "Rodulfum" as son of "Rodulfum [filii Gauteri Albus de Albamarla]". succeeded [1030/35] as Comte de Valois. headed resistance to Henri I of France from the death of Eudes II Comte de Blois in 1038, and as such led the campaigns of Beauvaisis in 104. succeeded cousin Gautier [III] as Comte d'Amiens et du Vexin. "Comes Rodulfus et filius meus Walterus et Simon…" donated property to Montiérender by undated charter. First conseiller in the royal council, he was one of the most powerful and influential nobles in the kingdom. excommunicated because of scandal of his third marriage, he reappeared at court only in 1070. "Rodulphus…Ambianensis comes" donated property “ad Conteiense castellum” to Sainte-Marie d'Amiens, with the consent of "Simon filius meus et Gualterus, Gualteri Tyrelli natus", by charter dated 1069, subscribed by "Radulphus comes, Anna uxor eius, Gualterus Tirelli filius, Symon comitis filius.". The consent given by Gauthier Tirell suggests that he and Comte Raoul [III] held an interest in the property at Conty jointly, but if this is correct the family relationship between them has not been traced. "Symon comes Barrensium" donated property to the abbey of Molesme for the souls of "parentum suorum Radulfi … comitis et Walterii fratris suis et matris sue Adele" by undated charter, the entry stating that "Radulfus comes" died "VIII Kal Mar". m. firstly ([1041/45]) as her fourth husband, AELIS de Bar-sur-Aube, widow firstly of RENAUD de Semur-en-Brionnais, secondly of RENARD Comte de Joigny and thirdly of ROGER [I] avoué de Vignory, daughter and heiress of NOCHER [II] Comte de Bar-sur-Aube et de Vitry-en-Perthois & his wife --- (([1020/25]-11 Sep 1053). The Chronicle of Alberic de Trois-Fontaines names "Adala" wife of "comitis Veromandie [error for Valois] Rodolfi" and mother of "Symonem et filiam…Adala", but does not give her origin[1858]. The Acta Sanctorum commentary on the life of St Simon de Valois, based on an undated manuscript of the abbey of Saint-Claude, records that "Rodulpho (Simonis genitori)" married three wives, firstly: "Adela, Nocheri Barrensis ad Albam comitis filia, Notheri comitis Suessionum neptis, Archardi proneptis" who had previously married "Rainaldum de Sinemuro, Rainardum comitem de Jooniaco, Rotgerium de Wangionis ripa"[1859]. Her marital history is recorded in the Acta Sanctorum commentary on the life of St Simon de Valois: after the death of her first husband, "Rodulfus comes Calvimontis Vallis Cassini" [identified as her future fourth husband] visited "castellum Barri" who proposed marriage, the ceremony to take place after his return from a pilgrimage to Rome, but as the proposal displeased "primoribus terræ illius" they married her during Raoul´s absence to "Rainardo comiti de Jooniaco". After Raoul returned, he besieged "Jooniacum castellum" and abducted Aelis to "castello Firmitatis", wanting to assure himself that she was not pregnant before marrying her. While there, the inhabitants of Bar-sur-Aube married her again to "Rotgerio de Wangionis ripa", after which Raoul ravaged the countryside until they returned Aelis to him[1860]. Her son "Symon comes Barrensium" donated property to the abbey of Molesme for the souls of "parentum suorum Radulfi … comitis et Walterii fratris suis et matris sue Adele" by undated charter. "Symon comes Barrensium" donated property to the abbey of Molesme for the souls of "parentum suorum Radulfi … comitis et Walterii fratris suis et matris sue Adele" by undated charter, the entry stating that "Adelina comitissa" died "III Id Sep"[1862]. m secondly (repudiated 1060) ALIENOR "Haquenez", dau. of ---. The primary source which confirms her marriage not identified. Heiress of Montdidier et Péronne. Pope Alexander II wrote to Gervais Archbishop of Reims in 1062 recording that "comes Radulfus" had repudiated his (unnamed) wife on false charges of adultery and requiring him to take her back. m thirdly ([1061]) as her second husband, ANNA Iaroslavna, widow of HENRI I King of France, daughter of IAROSLAV I Vladimirovich "Mudriy/the Wise" Grand Prince of Kiev & his second wife Ingigerd Olafsdottir of Sweden (1036-5 Sep ([1075/78], bur Abbaye Villiers near La-Ferté-Alais). The Liber Modernorum Regum Francorum records the marriage of "filiam regis Russorum Annam" with King Henri. The Chronicle of Alberic de Trois-Fontaines names "Anna filia Georgii regis Sclavonum" as wife of King Henri. Consecrated Queen Consort at Reims on her wedding day. Queen Anna caused a scandal in France by her second marriage and was forced to leave the court, although she returned after her second husband's death in 1074. The Liber Modernorum Regum Francorum records the marriage of "Anna, Henrici relicta" and "Rodulfo comitis". "Rodulphus…Ambianensis comes" donated property to Sainte-Marie d'Amiens, with the consent of "Simon filius meus et Gualterus, Gualteri Tyrelli natus", by charter dated 1069, subscribed by "Anna uxor eius". Comte Raoul III & his first wife had five children: GAUTHIER (-in battle 6 Sep [1065/1067]). SIMON (-Rome [30 Sep/1 Oct] 1080, bur 1082 Rome St Peter). ADELAIS de Valois (-after 1077). ADELA [Alix] de Valois (-12 May [1093/1100], bur Saint-Faron) ELISABETH de Valois (-[12 May 1093/1101]).[1] Nickname Title: "The Great" Sources ↑ Foundation for Medieval Genealogy© , 2000-2013 http://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/NORTHERN%20FRANCE.htm#RaoulIIValois entered 2013 Nov 15 by Michelle Foundation for Medieval Genealogy
  Person ID	I59068	Freeman-Smith
  Last Modified	27 Jan 2026

  
  

  Father	VEXIN Raoul,   b. Aft 0989, Seine Inferieure, Normandy, France d. Abt 1060, Oise, Picardy, France (Age < 69 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	BRETEUIL Adelaid,   b. 10 Jan 1000, Breteuil, Eure, Haute-Normandie, France d. 11 Sep 1051, Breteuil, Eure, Haute-Normandie, France (Age 51 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Marriage	1010	France
  Family ID	F26279	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Bar-Sur-Aube Adele,   b. Abt 1015, Bar-Sur Seine Aube, Champagne, France d. 24 May 1053, Valois, Bretagne, France (Age 38 years)
  Children	1. VEXIN Adela,   b. Abt 1036, Valois, France d. 1080, Vermandois, France (Age 44 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
  Family ID	F26274	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	27 Jan 2026