Ralph (Raoul) 'Senex' De Toeni 
Ralph (Raoul) 'Senex' was born in 1027. Ralph (Raoul) 'Senex''s father was Roger 'The Spaniard' Hispanicus De Toeni and his mother was Godeheut (Godhilde) Of Barcelona Borell. His paternal grandfather was Ralph De Toeni and his paternal grandmother is Dau Of Balso De Bayeux; his maternal grandparents were Raymond Borell Berenger and Ermasinde De Carcasonne. He had a half-brother and two half-sisters, named Robert Of Stafford Castle, Berthe and Alice. He died at the age of 75 in 1102 in Conches, Normandy, France. He was buried in Conches, Normandy, France.General Notes
Participated in the Battle of Mortimer in 1054 and was selected by DukeWil
liam (later the Conqueror) to report the Duke's victory to the King who su
pported the losers. In 1063, however, Ralph was one of the Dukes for the
ir traditional quarrellings were deprives of all their possessions. B
ut he later recovered his domains and was Chosen as William's standard be
arer at the Battle of Hasting, 1066. He declined, however, in order ro par
ticipate in the actueal fighting. For his services he received lands Herts
fordshire, Worchestershire, and Norfolk. The Domesday Survey (1086) show
ed him owning 37 Manors. The way in which Ralph's wife was obtained illust
rates the rough manners of the time. Ralph carried off Alice, sister of Ri
chard, 3rd Count of Evereux, and gave her to Simon as his 3rd wife in exch
ange for Simon's own daughter in marriage.
Accompanied William the Conqueror.
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Ancestor Pedigree Chart
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- b.0930
- b.~ 0982 in Guerny, Eure, Normandy d.1026
- b.0990 in Guerny, Eure, Normandy d.1038 in Normandy
- b.0885
- b.0930
- b.0980
- b.1027 d.1102 in Conches, Normandy, France
- b.0942 d.30 Sep 992
- b.0972 d.25 Feb 1018
- b.0945 d.1001
- b.0995 in Tosni, Normandy, France d.1077
- b.0935 in Carcosonne, Aude, France d.1019
- b.0975 in Carcassonne, Aude, France d.01 Mar 1058
- b.0949 d.Apr 1011
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Ralph (Raoul) 'Senex' were married in a religious ceremony in 1077.1
Family Notes
From: RAOUL DE TOENI
The Conqueror and His Companions
by J.R. Planché, Somerset Herald. London: Tinsley Brothers, 1874 (made ava
ilable by Pat Patterson)
"In 1077, he married Elizabeth, or Isabel, daughter of Simon de Montfort l
'Amauri, whose hand he obtained by the audacious act of carrying off by ni
ght Agnes, daughter of Richard, Comte d'Evreux, who was his half-sister, a
nd marrying her to the said Simon. Orderic gives an amusing account of th
is Isabel and her sister-in-law Havise, daughter of William, Comte de Neve
rs, the wife of her brother Willliam, Comte d'Evreux. The Countess Havi
se took offence, it appears, at some taunts of the Lady of Conches, and us
ed all her influence with her husband and his barons to have recourse to a
rms, in which mischievous attempt she unfortunately succeeded. "Both the
se ladies," the chronicler tells us, "were great talkers, and spirit
ed as well as handsome; they ruled their husbands, oppressed their vassal
s, and inspired terror in various ways: but still their characters were ve
ry different. Havise had wit and eloquence, but she was cruel and avaricio
us; Isabel, on the contrary, was generous, enterprising, and lively, so th
at she was beloved and esteemed by those immediately about her. She ro
de in knightly armour when the vassals took the field, and exhibited as mu
ch daring amongst belted knights and men-at-arms as Camilla, the renown
ed Virgin of Italy, among the squadrons of Tevenus."
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