Renaud III, Count of Soissons

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Renaud III (d. 1141), son of

Count of Soissons
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Little is known about Renaud other than he inherited the Count of Soissons from his father in 1115. Upon Renaud's death in 1141,[1] Ivo II de Nesle was chosen as his successor by the Bishop of Soisson, Joscelin de Vierzi.[2]

Renaud married Bathilde, of an unknown family, in 1137. No children are recorded. Renaud was the last of the Norman counts of Soissons.[citation needed]

Notes

  1. ^ Becket 2000, p. 52.
  2. ^ Slack 2001, p. 75.

Sources

  • Becket, Thomas (2000). Duggan, Anne (ed.). The Correspondence of Thomas Becket, Archbishop of Canterbury, 1162-1170. Vol. I. Oxford University Press.
  • Slack, Corliss Konwiser (2001). Crusade Charters, 1138-1270. Arizona Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies.