Raoul I of Brienne, Count of Eu

Raoul I of Brienne (d. 1344, Paris) was the son of John II of Brienne, Count of Eu and Jeanne, Countess of Guînes.[1]

He succeeded his father as Count of Eu in 1302, and his mother as Count of Guînes in 1332. In 1329, he was named Constable of France,[2] and he also held the office of Governor of Languedoc.

In 1315, he married Jeanne de Mello (d. 1351), Lady of Lormes and Château-Chinon.[1] They had three children:

1. Raoul II of Brienne, Count of Eu and Guînes (d. 1350)[1]
2. Jeanne (d. 1389, Sens), Lady of Château-Chinon, married first in 1342/3 Walter VI of Brienne,[1] married second in 1357 Louis I d'Évreux, Count of Étampes (1336–1400)
3. Marie, d. young[1]

He was killed in a tournament and was succeeded by his son Raoul.[3]

References

1. Perry 2018, p. xxiii.
2. Wagner 2006, p. 332.
3. Dubois 1956, p. 200.

Sources

• Dubois, Pierre (1956). The Recovery of the Holy Land. Translated by Brandt, Walther Immanuel. Columbia 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)
• Wagner, John A., ed. (2006). "Appendix 6:Constables and Marshals of France and England during the Hundred Years War". Encyclopedia of the Hundred Years War. Greenwood Press.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)