Renard II of Dampierre-en-Astenois

The County of Champagne in the 12th century. Dampierre-le-Château was located midway between Châlons and Verdun on the border between France and the Holy Roman Empire.

Renard II, also spelled Reynald, Raynald, Rainard or Renaud[a] (1170s – 1234), was the count or lord of Dampierre-le-Château in the Astenois. His lordship lay partly within the Holy Roman Empire, but he was also a direct vassal of the Count of Champagne in the Kingdom of France.[2]

Renard took part in the Fourth Crusade, but did not join the siege of Constantinople. He was captured in the Holy Land by the emir of Aleppo and remained in prison for twenty-eight years until he was ransomed.

  1. ^ Longnon 1978, pp. 60–63.
  2. ^ Evergates 2007, p. 228.


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