- Raoul II of Tosny
Raoul II de Tosny [Ralph Tosny, Ralph de Toeni, Ralph de Tonei, Ralph de Tony, Ralph de Toni, Ralph de Todeni, Ralph de Tosney, Raoul de Conches, Raoul de Toeny, Raf Thoney, Rafe de Tosny.] seigneur de
Conches-en-Ouche [ [http://www.mondes-normands.fr/angleterre/Patrimoine_architectural/Normandie/Pays_Ouche/conches-en-Ouche/0907Conches/index.htm Conches-en-Ouche ] ] (d.1102) was a Norman nobleman of thehouse of Tosny , active inNormandy ,England andWales .Victor at Hastings in 1066
He fought at the
Battle of Hastings [ [http://patp.us/genealogy/conq/toeni.aspx] , [http://patp.us/genealogy/conq/giffard.aspx] ] . Tradition says he gave up the role ofstandard bearer , his hereditary office, toWalter Giffard , in order to be able to fight closer toWilliam, duke of Normandy . [ [http://www.gutenberg.org/files/10151/10151-h/10151-h.htm] , [http://www.normannia.info/pdf/larue1842a.pdf PDF] , in French, p.80.]Marriage
He married
Isabel de Montfort , daughter ofSimon I de Montfort . There was a feud withGuillaume d'Evreux and his wife Helvise de Nevers, recorded byOrdericus Vitalis . [ [http://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/NORMAN%20NOBILITY.htm Jerusalem ] ] This came to open war in 1091-2, when Guillaume attacked Conches. A settlement was reached. [Frank Barlow, "William Rufus" (1983) p.286.] They later co-operated in attackingRobert de Beaumont, 1st Earl of Leicester 'scounty of Meulan .In England
He had widely spread holdings, as recorded in the
Domesday Survey . His seat was atFlamstead inHertfordshire . [ [http://www.domesdaybook.co.uk/landownerss-t.html The Domesday Book Online - Landowners S-T ] ] He heldClifford Castle .Family
Robert de Stafford was his brother.His second son,
Raoul IV de Conches , was his surviving heir. He marriedAlice of Huntingdon , daughter ofWaltheof, Earl of Northumbria andJudith of Lens . [ [http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~cousin/html/p107.htm My Lines - Person Page 107 ] ]His daughter Godehilde married
Baldwin I of Jerusalem .Notes
References
*Remfry, P.M., "Clifford Castle, 1066 to 1299" (ISBN 1-899376-04-6)
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