Renaud II, lord of Château-Gontier

Events

Date of Birth: unknown.

Place of Birth: unknown.

Date of Death: 5 April 1067.

Place of Death: Angers.

The date and place is given by Angot (p. 7).

Relationships

Father: Renaud I, lord of Château-Gontier.

This relationship is given by Angot (p. 5). Père Anselme (3:318) gives Geoffroy, lord of Château-Gontier.

Mother: unknown.

Spouse: Aremburgis.

This relationship is given by Cawley.

Spouse: Élisabeth (Isabeau).

This relationship is given by Angot (p. 7), by Père Anselme (3:318), and by Cawley.

Children (mother uncertain):

(Complete source citations for facts about the children on this page are currently outside of the scope of this project. Cawley gives two Guichers and doesn’t mention Melissende. Angot gives just Renaud, Guicher, and Melissende, all children of Élisabeth. Sometimes Petronilla is also given as a daughter of Renaud II and Élisabeth.)

Guicher married Béatrix.

Children (by Élisabeth):

Renaud III married Burgonde, daughter of Robert le Bourguignon.

Guicher.

Mélissende.

Children (illegitimate):

Letbert.

References

Angot, A. “Baronnie de Château-Gontier” in the Bulletin de la Commission historique et archéologique de la Mayenne, t. 31, pp. 15-46 (1915).

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).

Cawley, Charles. “RENAUD II” in Medieval Lands: A prosopography of medieval European noble and royal families.