Ranulph De Warrenne

• General Notes
  • Rodulf II de Warenne
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    Rudolf II de Warenne, son of Rudolf I of Warenne, was a Norman aristocrat and progenitor of the Earl of Surrey family line.
    
    He is known only from his subscriptions to two charters of his father for the Holy Trinity of Rouen. As his fathers lands near Rouen and in the Pays de Caux did not pass to his son William or William's descendants, it is likely that Rodulf succeeded to them on his father's death.
    
    The Family of Warenne originated from near Normandy, France. The de Warenne surname derives from the castle of that name on the Varenne River, which flows through the territory William acquired in Upper Normandy.
    Family
    
    He married Emma in or before 1059 - both were still living in 1074, and had several children.
    
    * Rudolf III de Warenne - who inherited most of the family lands in Normandy.
    * William de Warenne, 1st Earl of Surrey - who fought with William the Conqueror at the Battle of Hastings and was reward with vast land holdings as the Earl of Surrey.
    * Frederick de Warenne - who was killed by Hereward the Wake.