Ralph II, Count of Vermandois

Ralph II
Count of Vermandois and Valois
Reign	1152 - 1167
Predecessor	Ralph I
Successor	Elisabeth
Born	1145 (1145)
Died	3 June 1167(1167-06-03) (aged 21–22)
Spouse	Margaret of Alsace
House	Capet
Father	Ralph I, Count of Vermandois
Mother	Petronilla of Aquitaine

Document, by Baldwin II of Boulogne, Bishop of Noyon, confirming a donation by Ralph to the Knights Hospitallers in Éterpigny.

Ralph II (French : Raoul 1145-3 June 1167), known as the Younger and the Leper, was the count of Vermandois and Valois from 1152 to 1167. ^[1] Ralph was the son of Ralph I, whom he succeeded, and Petronilla of Aquitaine. Around 1160 he married Margaret of Alsace (c. 1145-1194). He began suffering from leprosy around 1163, ^{[ citation needed ]} his marriage could not be consummated and was broken up. Having no descendants, he abdicated in favor of his sister Elisabeth and her husband Philip in 1167.

Coat of arms of the capetian counts of Vermandois

Notes and references

1. Louis Duval-Arnould, The last years of the leper count Raoul de Vermandois and the devolution of his provinces to Philippe d'Alsace [archive], 1984.,

Bibliography

Louis Duval-Arnould, “The last years of the leper count Raoul de Vermandois (c. 1147-1167…) and the devolution of his provinces to Philippe d’Alsace”, in Bibliothèque de l’école des chartes, no 142-1, 1984, p. 81-92, [read online [archive]].

Preceded by Ralph I	Count of Vermandois 1152–1167	Succeeded by Elisabeth
Preceded by Ralph I	Count of Valois 1152-1167	Succeeded by Elisabeth