Renaud de Courtenay

Renaud de Courtenay ( – September 27, 1194) (Anglicised to "Reginald") was a French nobleman of the House of Courtenay who came over to England, of Sutton, Berkshire. He can be said to be the founder of the English Courtenay family which became Earls of Devon in 1335. He was the son of Miles (Milo) de Courtenay and Ermengard de Nevers.

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Career

He gained the title of Seigneur de 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 of Courtenay(d.1183)). He was created Lord of Sutton in 1161. In 1172 he accompanied King Henry II in the Irish Expedition to County Wexford.[1]

Marriages

Renaud married twice:

Progeny

By his first marriage he had a daughter Elizabeth who was given in marriage by the French King Louis VII(d.118) to his youngest brother Peter of France, who thenceforth became known as Peter I of Courtenay(d.1183).[3]

He also had a son, Robert de Courtenay, who was the great-grandfather of Hugh de Courtenay, 1st Earl of Devon(d.1340).

References

  1. ^ Charles Mosley, editor, Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage, 107th edition, 3 volumes (Wilmington, Delaware, U.S.A.: Burke's Peerage (Genealogical Books) Ltd, 2003), volume 1, page 1122.
  2. ^ Sanders, I.J., English Baronies, Oxford, 1960, pp.69-70, Okehampton
  3. ^ Jirí Louda and Michael MacLagan, Lines of Succession: Heraldry of the Royal Families of Europe, 2nd edition (London, U.K.: Little, Brown and Company, 1999), table 64.