
Renaud of Roucy

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Name Renaud of Roucy Birth 920 Gender Male Death 10 May 967 Burial Reims, Marne, France Person ID I9680 footsteps Last Modified 1 Jul 2025
Family Alberade of Lorraine, b. Abt 920 d. Yes, date unknown Marriage 945 Children + 1. Giselbert Roucy, b. Abt 948, Reims, Marne, France d. Abt 19 Apr 991, Champagne, France
(Age 43 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]
+ 2. Ermentrude de Roucy, Duchess of Burgundy , b. 951 d. 5 May 1005 (Age 54 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural] Family ID F5254 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 1 Jul 2025
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Renaud or Ragenold, Count of Roucy (c. 920 - 10 May 967) was a 10th-cen t u r y V i king who swore allegiance to the Frankish kings, and became the m i l i t a ry chief of Reims after the restoration of the Archbishop Artald o f R e i m s , upon taking the area back from Hugh of Vermandois.
He built a fort at Roucy between the late 940s and early 950s and suppo r t e d y o ung King Lothair of France in the expedition at Aquitaine and th e S i e g e [ fr] of Poitiers, during the dynastic struggles of the Kingdom o f W e s t F r ancia. Renaud was made the Count of Roucy around or before 955 b y K i n g L o thair.