Renaud I, comte de Nevers et d' Auxerre 1
- Married: Abt Feb 1016
- Died: 29 May 1040, Battle of Seignelay, Yonne, Bourgogne, France
 Research Notes:
"Landricus…comes" donated property to Cluny by charter dated to [1010] subscribed by "…Rainaldi eius filii…". "Rainaldus comes Nivernensis" donated property "Belmontis" to Cluny, for the souls of "Landrici patris mei…[et] Matildis matris mee et uxoris mee Advise et filiorum meorum qui presentes sunt…fratris mei Widonis et Rotberti et Walterii, Gilberti, Abonis, Hiterii, Hugonis, Richardi, Girosi" by charter dated to [1028/40], subscribed by "filii eorum Willelmi". "Landrici comitis, Rainaldi filii eius et uxoris eius, Widoni et uxoris eius Acherada…Rodberti filii Gibaldi" subscribed the charter dated Jun 1023 under which "Gibaldus" donated property to Cluny.
He succeeded his father in 1028 as Comte de Nevers.
The Origine et Historia Brevi Nivernensium Comitum records that "[comes] Nivernis" was killed by the duke of Burgundy "apud Saigniacum". Rodolfus Glaber records that he was "daringly assassinated…by a knight of lowly birth". The Annales Nivernenses record the death in 1040 of "Ragenaldus comes, Landrici comitis proles". The necrology of Mâcon Cathedral records that "Raynaldus Nivernensis comes" was killed "IV Kal Jun". The necrology of Auxerre cathedral records that "comes Rainaldus" was killed 29 May. 2
Marriage Information:
Renaud married Hedwige (Avoie) Capet, Comtesse d' Auxerre & Coutance, daughter of Robert II "Le Pieux" Capet, King of the Franks, and Constance d' Arles, Queen of France, about Feb 1016. (Hedwige/Avoie Capet was born about 1003 in Nevers, Nièvre, Bourgogne, France, died on 5 June, after 1063, in Monastere De L'Ordre De St. Benoist, Messines, France.)
Marriage Notes:
Married soon after 25 Jan 1016.
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