Ralph IV, count of Valois

Events

Date of Birth: unknown.

Place of Birth: unknown.

Date of Death: 22 February 1074.

The date is given by Bauduin.

Relationships

Father: Ralph III, count of Valois.

This relationship is given by père Anselme (2:266), by Saint-Phalle, and by Tanner.

Mother: Alix.

This relationship is given by Tanner. Saint-Phalle gives Adele de Breteuil.

Spouse: Aelis de Bar-sur-Aube.

This relationship is given by père Anselme (2:266), by Saint-Phalle, and by Tanner.

Spouse: Alienor “Haquenez”.

This relationship is given by Tanner and by Saint-Phalle.

Spouse: Anna Iaroslavna of Kiev. Married 1061.

This relationship is given by père Anselme (2:268), by Saint-Phalle, by Bauduin, and by Tanner.

Children (by Aelis):

(Complete source citations for facts about the children on this page are currently outside of the scope of this project. Most information below comes from Bauduin and from Tanner.)

Walter.

Simon (died 1080), count of Valois.

Adélaïde, countess of Valois, married Heribert (VI), count of Vermandois.

Eleanor married Hugh I de Broyes.

Adela married Thibaut III de Champagne.

References

Anselme de Sainte-Marie. Histoire Généalogique et Chronologique de la Maison Royale de France, des Pairs, Grands Officiers de la Couronne, de la Maison du Roy et des Anciens Barons du Royaume. 9 Volumes (Paris: 1726-1733).

Bauduin, Pierrre. La première Normandie (X^e - XI^e siècles) (2004).

Saint-Phalle, Edouard de. “Les comtes de Gâtinais aux X^e et XI^esiècles” in Onomastique et Parenté dans l’Occident médiéval (2000) pp. 231-246.

Tanner, Heather J. Families, Friends, and Allies: Boulogne and Politics in Northern France and England c. 879 - 1160. (Brill: 2004).