Renaud III, Count of Soissons

Renaud III (d. after 1141), son of John I, Count of Soissons, and Aveline de Pierrefonds. Count of Soissons.

Little is known about Renaud other than he inherited the Count of Soissons from his father in 1115. He transferred the county to his distant relative Ivo II de Nesle in 1141 and became a monk.[1]

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

Sources

Dormay, C., Histoire de la ville de Soissons et de ses rois, ducs, comtes et gouverneurs, Soissons, 1664 (available on Google Books)

References

  1. ↑ "Comtes de Soissons (Normandy)".
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