Raymond II of Turenne
Raymond II (c. 1143 – 1190 at Acre) was the 9th Viscount of Turenne from the House of Comborn. He was a son of Viscount Boson II and Eustorgie d'Anduze, and grandson of Raymond I of Turenne.
Raymond was born posthumously four months after his father's death.[1] Together with his cousin Aimar V of Limoges, he took part in several revolts against Duke Richard I. He joined the Third Crusade, in which he died during the Siege of Acre in 1190.[2][3]
Raymond was married to Helie, a daughter of Bernard of Castelnau. She later became a nun at Obazine Abbey. Their children were:
- Raymond III (died 1219), Viscount of Turenne
- Boso
- Contors, married Elijah of Comborn
- Marie, married Viscount Eble V of Ventadorn (died around 1236)
- Helie, married Bernard of Casnac
The troubadour Bertran de Born sang about his three daughters.[4]
References
[edit]- ^ Ex Chronico Gaufredi Vosiensis §51, in: Recueil des Historien des Gaules et de la France 12 (1867), p. 436.
- ^ Itinerarium peregrinorum et gesta regis Ricardi Liber I, Cap. XXXI, ed. by William Stubbs: Chronicles and Memorials of the Reign of Richard I , in: Rolls Series 38 (1864), Vol. 1, p. 74.
- ^ Gesta Regis Henrici Secundis et Gesta Regis Ricardi Benedicti abbatis, ed. by William Stubbs in: Rolls Series 49 (1867), Vol. 2, p. 148.
- ^ LE Kastner: Notes on the Poems of Bertran de Born, in: The Modern Language Review Vol. 27 (1932), p. 410.