Raoul II of Brienne, Count of Eu

Raoul II of Brienne (1315 – 19 November 1350, Paris) was the son of Raoul I of Brienne, Count of Eu and Guînes and Jeanne de Mello.[1] He succeeded his father in 1344 as Count of Eu and Guînes, as well as in his post as Constable of France.[2]

In 1340, he married Catherine (d. 1388), the daughter of Louis II, Baron de Vaud. They had no children; one illegitimate son, Jean du Bois, Lord of la Maison Forte, was legitimized in 1395. Guy Perry refutes this theory.[lower-alpha 1]

In 1346, he was captured in the taking of Caen by Thomas Holland, 1st Earl of Kent.[4] In 1350, he was allowed to return to France to attempt to raise money for his ransom. Upon his arrival, he was seized and summarily executed by John II of France,[5] for reasons that remain unclear, although it was rumoured that he had pledged the English the County of Guînes for his release.

Notes
  1. "If he had been Raoul's son, he would surely have been the bastard of Eu, rather than "of Brienne".[3]
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References
  1. Perry 2018, p. xxiii.
  2. Sumption 1999, p. 666.
  3. Perry 2018, p. 177.
  4. St.John 2010, p. 89.
  5. Jones 2000, p. 391.

Sources
  • Jones, Michael (2000). "The last Capetians and early Valois Kings, 1314-1364". In Jones, Michael (ed.). The New Cambridge Medieval History:c.1300-c.1415. Volume 6. Cambridge University Press.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
  • Perry, Guy (2018). The Briennes: The Rise and Fall of a Champenois Dynasty in the Age of the Crusades, c. 950-1356. Cambridge University Press.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
  • St.John, Graham E. (2010). "War, the church and English Men-at-Arms". In Given-Wilson, Chris (ed.). Fourteenth Century England VI. Boydell Press.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
  • Sumption, Jonathan (1999). The Hundred Years War: Trial by Fire. University of Pennsylvania Press.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)


Preceded by
Raoul I		 Count of Eu
1344–1350		 to royal domain
Count of Guînes
1344–1350


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