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Birth:          ABT 1105 of Courtenay, Loret, France and Sutton, Berkshire, England
Death:          27 Sep 1194 France

Notes
exiled 1150
d 1189/1190
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Renaud_de_Courtenay
Renaud de Courtenay (Anglicised to Reginald; died 27 September 1194), of Sutton, 
Berkshire, was a French nobleman of the House of Courtenay who came over to 
England and founded of the English Courtenay family which became Earls of Devon in 
1335, which title is still held today by his direct male descendant.
Origins[edit]

He was the son of Miles (Milo) de Courtenay, Seigneur (lord of the manor) of 
Courtenay, in the Kingdom of France, today in the Loiret department in north-central 
France, by his wife Ermengard de Nevers.

Career[edit]

He succeeded his father as Seigneur of Courtenay. He fought in the Second Crusade, 
with King Louis VII of France. He quarrelled with King Louis VII, who seized Renaud's 
French possessions and gave them along with Renaud's daughter Elizabeth to his 
youngest brother, Pierre (Peter) of France, who thenceforth became known as Peter I 
of Courtenay (died 1183)). He was created Lord[clarification needed] of Sutton in 
1161. In 1172 he accompanied King Henry II in the Irish Expedition to County 
Wexford.[1]

Marriages[edit]

Renaud married twice:
(1) Helene du Donjon, daughter of Frederick du Donjon and Corbeil, sister of Guy du 
Donjon
(2) alternatively given as Hawise de Courcy (d.1219) heiress of the feudal barony of 
Okehampton in Devon [2] ).  

(2) Maud FitzEdith, daughter of Robert FitzEdith, Lord Okehampton (d.1172) 
(illegitimate son of Henry I, King of England by Edith FitzForne).

Progeny[edit]

By his first marriage he had a daughter Elizabeth who was given in marriage by the 
French King Louis VII (d.1180) to his youngest brother Peter of France, who 
thenceforth became known as Peter I of Courtenay (d.1183).[3]

He also had a son, Robert de Courtenay, who was the great-grandfather of Hugh de 
Courtenay, 1st Earl of Devon (d.1340).
[wiki conflates his son Renaud with his grandson Robert. Renaud b 1094, his 
grandson born 100 years later. Plus, son Renaud died in 1194; otherwise this Renaud 
would have lived to 100, rather unlikely]

Parents
DE COURTENAY Miles (Milo) (ABT 1069 - 1127)
DE NEVERS Ermengarde (ABT 1073 - 1110)

Siblings
DE COURTENAY Renaud (Reginald) (ABT 1105 - 27 Sep 1194)

Marriage To DE DONJON Helene (ABT 1107 - AFT 1155)
    m. ABT 1125 his 1st

Notes

Parents
DE DONJON Frederick (ABT 1085 - )
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Children by DE DONJON Helene ABT 1107 - AFT 1155
DE COURTENAY (Elizabeth) Isabelle (1127 - AFT 14 Sep 1205)
DE COURTENAY Renaud (ABT 1130 - 27 Sep 1194)

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