Renaud III (d. 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. Upon Renaud's death in 1141, [1] Ivo II de Nesle was chosen as his successor by the Bishop of Soisson, Joscelin de Vierzi. [2]
Renaud married Bathilde, of an unknown family, in 1137. No children are recorded. Renaud was the last of the Norman counts of Soissons.[ citation needed ]
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This is a list of those who bore the title Count of Soissons and ruled Soissons and its civitas or diocese as a county in the Middle Ages. The title continued in use into modern times, but without ties to the actual Soissonnais.
Marie de Bourbon was the wife of Thomas Francis, Prince of Carignano, and thus a princess of Savoy by marriage. At the death of her brother in 1641, she became Countess of Soissons in her own right, passing the title down three generations of the House of Savoy.
William Busac (1020–1076), son of William I, Count of Eu, and his wife Lesceline, was Count of Eu and Count of Soissons, de jure uxoris. William was given the nickname Busac by the medieval chronicler Robert of Torigni.
Adelisa was Countess of Soissons in 988–1047.
Nocher II, Count of Bar-sur-Aube, Count of Soissons. He was the son of Nocher I, Count of Bar-sur-Aube. Nocher’s brother Beraud was Bishop of Soissons.
Renaud I, Count of Soissons (985–1057) was Grand Master of the Hotel de France. He died at a siege of the tower of Soissons. His title passed to his daughter Adelaide.
Guy II, son of Renaud I, Count of Soissons, and his wife, widow of Hilduin III, Count of Montdidier. Guy was identified as Count of Soissons in 1042 in a charter in which Gaunilo of Marmoutiers, the treasurer of St. Martin, denoted property. Guy died with his father in 1057 at the siege of Soissons.
Adelaide, was sovereign Countess of Soissons from 1057 until 1105.
Renaud II, son of William Busac, Count of Eu and Soissons, and Adelaide, Countess of Soissons. Count of Soissons.
John I, son of William Busac, Count of Eu and Soissons, and Adelaide, Countess of Soissons. Count of Soissons.
Yves II le Vieux of Nesle , son of Raoul I, Seigneur of Nesle, and his wife Rainurde (Ermentrude) of Eu-Soissons. Seigneur of Nesle, Count of Soissons. Upon the death of Renaud III, Count of Soissons, Yves was chosen as the next count by the Bishop of Soissons, Joscelin de Vierzi.
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Sir Baldwin II, Count of Guînes, was a French nobleman.
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