Raoul 'le Grand' de Valois

✓ Raoul [III] 'le Grand', Comte de Valois [1030/35], later also Amiens and the Vexin after his cousin Gauthier III; leader of the resistance to Henri I; excommunicated over his third marriage (to Anne of Kiev, the king's widow); d. Peronne 23 Feb or 8 Sep 1074. Son of Raoul de Mantes (Alberic de Trois-Fontaines). m. Adela, mother of Gauthier, Simon (St Simon of Crepy) and Adelais (wife of Heribert of Vermandois). Source: Medieval Lands (fmg.ac, Cawley), 'Northern France - Valois, Vermandois' (nfravalver.htm) and 'Amiens' (nfraamp.htm). [DIRECT ANCESTOR OF THE COMPILER: flag added 15 Oct 2026 by walking the tree from Aynsley, so that this marker is reliable and can be searched.]