Rainald III unknown of Château-Gontier
Country and Region of Origin
France
Pays de la Loire (RE) Mayenne (D)
Pays de la Loire (RE) Mayenne (D)
Specific Title
Lord of Château-Gontier and Segre
Role
Lord (lay)
Gender and Marital Statusa
Male
Crusades
Expedition
1st Crusade (1096-1099)
Probability of Participation
Certain
Regent
His eldest son
Consequences of Expedition
Died
Actions
Rainald asked Fulk V of Anjou for permission to travel on crusade before his departure and this was granted.
Sources
Cartulaire d'Azé et du Geneteil, prieurés de l'abbaye Saint-Nicolas d'Angers, ed. E. du Brossay, Archives historiques de Maine, III (Le Mans, 1903), p. 55. 'Gesta consulum Andegavorum', Chroniques des comtes d'Anjou et des seigneurs d'Amboise, ed. L. Halphen and R. Poupardin (Paris, 1913), additamenta p. 149. Cartulaire de l'abbaye de Saint-Aubin d'Angers, ed. A. Bertrand de Broussillon, vol. 2 (Paris, 1903) p. 175.) RFC, pp. 88, 109, 138.
