Renaud, Count of Mons

Renaud (Reginald) (died 973), Count of Mons, brother of Werner, Count of Valenciennes. Parentage unknown.

Upon the death of Richer, Count of Mons, Emperor Otto I designated Renaud as Count of Mons

Returning from exile in 973, the sons of Reginar III, Reginar IV, Count of Mons, and Lambert I, Count of Louvain, killed both Renaud and his brother Werner at the battle of Peronne.^[1] Renaud was succeeded as Count of Mons by Reginar IV.

References

↑ Warner, David A. (Translator) (2001). Ottonian Germany: The Chronicon of Thiermar of Merseburg. Manchester: Manchester University Press. p. 339.

Sources

Vanderkindere, L,. Régnier IV, Académie royale de Belgique, Biographie nationale, vol. 19, Bruxelles, 1907
Warner, David A. (Translator), Ottonian Germany: The Chronicon of Thiermar of Merseburg, Manchester University Press, Manchester, 2001
Medieval Lands Project, Comtes de la Marche de Valenciennes

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