Ebles II of Roucy

Ebles II
Count of Roucy
Reign1063–1103
PredecessorHilduin IV
Died1103
DynastyHouse of Montdidier
FatherHilduin IV
MotherAdelaide de Roucy

Ebles II (died May 1103), also called Eble or Ebale,[a] was the second Count of Roucy (1063–1103) of the House of Montdidier. He was the son and successor of Hilduin IV of Montdidier and Alice (Alix), daughter of Ebles I of Roucy. He is famous for his participation in the Reconquista (the war against Muslim Spain), as well as for being one of the unruly barons of the Île-de-France subjugated by King Louis VI while he was still a prince. His life and character are summed up by Suger in his history of the reign of Louis VI: "Ebles was a man of great military prowess—indeed he became so bold that one day he set out for Spain with an army of a size fit only for a king—his feats of arms only made him more outrageous and rapacious in pillage, rape and all over evils."[1]


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  1. ^ Jean Dunbabin, trans., Abbot Suger: Life of King Louis the Fat, Internet Medieval Sourcebook (October 1999). In this translation of the Vita Ludovici the fifth chapter is titled "Concerning Ebles, Count of Roucy".