Raoul IV of Valois
Count of Valois, Vexin, Amiens and Mantes (1040 - 1074)
Nicknamed ' the Great '
Born (1010) - Died (Sept 8, 1074) at Peronne in Vermandois, Picardy
Buried within the Collegiate Church of Saint-Arnoul at Crepy-en-Valois

Father - Raoul III of Valois
Mother - Adela of Breteuil

Raoul IV married firstly (c1040) (as her fourth husband) Adela of Bar
Children :

  • Ada of Valois (c1044 - 1066) m Guy I of Ponthieu
  • Walter of Valois (c1046 - 1067) Count of Bar-sur-Aube and of Crepy. k in battle unm (Gautier)
  • Simon of Valois (c1048 - Rome Sept30/Oct 1, 1080) Bur in St Peter's Rome
  • Elisabeth of Valois (c1041 - before 1100) m Barthelemy, Sire de Broyes and de Beaufort (d after 1072)
  • Adela of Valois (c1042 - 1085/1090) m Herbert IV of Vermandois
  • Alix of Valois

Raoul IV married secondly (c1054) Alienor of Montdidier (nicknamed 'Haquenez') heiress of Peronne (c1035 - after 1062)
They were divorced (1060)
No children

Raoul IV married thirdly Azeka of Bar-sur-Seine (c1022 - after 1074)
They were divorced

Raoul IV married fourthly (1061) Anna Jaroslavna