• Born: Abt 1118, Faye-la-Vineuse, Vienne, Poitou, France

  Research Notes:

The primary source which confirms her parentage and marriage has not yet been identified. However, they are indicated by the source which identifies Raoul de Châtellerault as Raoul Seigneur de Faye, the Chronicon Gaufredi Vosiensis which names [his daughter] "Sibylla filia Radulfi de Faya, qui fuit frater Guillelmi Vicecomitis de Castelleyrac" when recording her marriage. In addition, Ralph de Diceto named Raoul Seigneur de Faye as "avunculus" of Eléonore d'Aquitaine, wife of Henry II King of England and presumed daughter of Raoul de Châtellerault's sister. This means that Raoul Seigneur de Faye, named in the following charter, was not the son of Aimery [II] Seigneur de Faye. The most likely explanation for Raoul's inheritance of the seigneurie de Faye is therefore that his wife was the heiress. "Radulfus dominus Fagiæ" granted freedoms to "homines Sanctæ Radegundis...in alodio Gatnaici", with the consent of "uxor eius Helisabeth et filius eius --- et filiæ --- et Eustachia", by charter dated to [1140], witnessed by "...Amalvinus frater eius...". ¹