Renaud I de Craon
Lord of Craon
About Renaud I de Craon
Lived 1060 – 1101 (aged 40–41).
Renaud de Craon, (–1101) was Lord of Craon and the son of Robert de Nevers and Blanche de Sablé.
He became Lord of Craon, title first granted by Geoffrey II, Count of Anjou to his father, then definitively by his marriage with the granddaughter of Guérin, heir to the land of Craon, according to what he himself claimed in a charter of Trinity Abbey, Vendôme.
In 1098, he founded .
He married Ennoguen de Vitré with whom he had four children; Maurice (future Lord of Craon), Henri de Craon-Nevers, knight, married a daughter of the Lord de Candie-Chaffaron, in Chambéry, Kingdom of Burgundy Robert (2nd Master of the Knights Templar), Mahaut/Mahault.
Quintin, regular Abbot of La Roë, served the last rites to Renaud le Bourguignon, on 2 December 1101.
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Who was Renaud I de Craon?
Lord of Craon
When was Renaud I de Craon born?
Renaud I de Craon was born in 1060.
When did Renaud I de Craon die?
Renaud I de Craon died in 1101.
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