Raoul III d'Acquigny Toeni Seigneur of Conches 
Raoul III d'Acquigny was born in 1024 in Gaillon,Eure,Louviers,Normandy and his baptism took place in of Toeni,Eure,Normandy,France. Raoul III d'Acquigny's father was Roger I d'Espagne ('The Spaniard') Toeni Lord of Guerny and his mother was Godhilda Goodchild Adelaide of Barcelona. He had three brothers and a sister, named Roger II de, Nigel de Toeni Neel, Robert de and Adelina Adeliza Alice. He had a half-brother and a half-sister, named William and Agnes. He died at the age of 77 on April 24th, 1101 in of Clifford Castle,Herefordshire,England. He was buried in Abbey of Conches,Normandy.General Notes
!Standard bearer to William of Normandy. [Magna Charta Barons, pp. 261-2]
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The Toenis were the hereditary standard-bearers of Normandy, but Raoul II refused to carry it at Senlac, protesting to Duke William that he could perform greater service to him by participating in the actual fighting. Raoul was seigneur de Conches, d'Acquigny and de Portes. He is sometimes referred to as "Raol de Conches". Son of Roger de Toeni d'Espagne. He espoused Isabel, dau. of Simon de Montfort l'Amauri, which marriage he consummated by kidnapping Agnes, his half-sister, dau. of Richard, Count of Evreux, and Adele, his widowed mother, marrying Agnes to the aforesaid Simon. Isabel bore him noble children: Roger and Raoul III and a dau. named Godehilde, who m.1. Robert, Count of Meulent, and 2. bef 1090 Baldwin (later king of Jerusalem). Made a donation to the abbey of St-Evroult c. 1080 after his safe return from Spain, to which country he made a journey as his father before him had done. [Falaise Roll, pp. 78-79]
At Domesday Ralf held Flamstead which prior to the Conquest had been held by Achi, a thegn of King Edward's. Roger held Westmill of Ralf; this had formerly been held by a sokeman, a man of Anschil of Ware. [Victoria History of Hertfordshire, p. 325]
Son of Roger I de Toni and Godeheut. [GRS 3.03, Automated Archives, CD#100]
Granted Clifford Castle by William FitzOsberne; dau. Margaret brought Clifford Castle to her marriage with Walter de Clifford, Fair Rosamond's father. [The Victoria History of the Counties of England: Herefordshire, p. 356]
They had a daughter named Godehilde Godvere.
Sources/Citations
Magna Charta Barons and Their American Descendants, 1898 @ p. 261-2, Falaise Roll: Recording Prominent Companions of William Duke of Normandy at the Conquest of England @ p. 78-79, The Victoria History of the Counties of England: Hertfordshire @ p. 325, The Victoria History of the Counties of England: Herefordshire @ p. 345, Automated Archives, Automated Family Pedigrees #1, CD#100
Magna Charta Barons and Their American Descendants, 1898 @ p. 261-2, Falaise Roll: Recording Prominent Companions of William Duke of Normandy at the Conquest of England @ p. 78-79, The Victoria History of the Counties of England: Hertfordshire @ p. 325, The Victoria History of the Counties of England: Herefordshire @ p. 345, Automated Archives, Automated Family Pedigrees #1, CD#100
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