Raoul II of Tosny

Illustration of Raoul de Tosny at the Battle of Mortemer: he climbed a tree near the king's camp and called out, "My name is Raoul de Teruois, and I bring you bad news. Drive your wagons and chariots to Mortemer to take away your friends who are dead, for the French have come to us to test the chivalry of the Normans, and they found it much stronger than they had hoped. Eudes, their standard-bearer, was put to shameful flight, and Cui, Count of Ponthieu, was captured. All the others were taken prisoner or died; or, fleeing quickly, had great difficulty escaping. Announce this news as soon as possible to the King of the French from the Duke of Normandy." Raoul II de Tosny ( – 9 April 1102), lord of Conches-en-Ouche, was a Norman nobleman of the House of Tosny, son of Roger I of Tosny and older brother of Robert de Stafford / Tosny. He was active in Normandy, England and Wales.

Before Hastings

Raoul was probably a minor when his father Roger I of Tosny was killed in battle, and spent his minority under Richard of Evreux, who married his mother, Godehildis. At some point after 1054, Roger de Cleres, Ralph's vassal, killed Robert de Beaumont, son of Humphrey de Vieilles, finally avenging the death of Raoul's father, Roger I of Tosny.

In 1054 Raoul participated in the Battle of Mortemer, probably as a standard-bearer of Duke William. Around 1061 Raoul was exiled and deprived of his lands, together with Arnold d'Échaffour and Arnold's cousin Hugh de Grandmesnil. They returned c. 1063 thanks to the intercession of Simon de Montfort-l'Amaury and Waleran de Breteuil-en-Beauvaisis. Raoul married Isabel de Conches, daughter of Simon, but is unclear if this was done before, during or after his exile.

Other sources also say she married Robert de Neubourg, son of Henry de Beaumont, 1st Earl of Warwick – William of Jumièges mentions this marriage and states that she was the daughter of 'Raoul II' de Tosny. Perhaps she married both men, unless William of Jumièges and others have made a mistake