Renaud Seigneur de Gournay

  Information about this person:

• Background Information. ¹⁰⁷⁴
The first knowledge of the lords of Gournay is from the foundation deed of the priory of La Ferté-en-Brai which was drawn up by Gautier de la Ferté who described himself as son of Renaud and Alberada, and added that he made this settlement, imperante fratre meo Hugone-"at the command of my brother Hugh." Gautier, then was a younger son of Renaud de Gournay and Alberarda, his wife, and founded this house with his elder brother's leave.

The date of this charter can be fixed within certain limits because tof he names of witnesses who were Richard I., Duke of Normany; Richard, his son; Robert, Archbishop of Rouen; and Count Robert. The charter must have been made between 989-996.

Reginald and Alberarda flousihed during the years of Richard I, Duke of Normandy. Their rank is shown by the fact that two successive dukes witnessed the deed by which their younger son founded a priory, and that they had large possession with which to endow it.

~ Three Hundred Years of a Norman House: The Barons of Gournay, pp. 59-60

• Background Information. ⁹³³
According to tradition, Renaud, Lord of Gournay was the son of Hugh, Lord of Gournay, (who it is said to have fortified Gournay [Histoire de la Haute Normandie, vol. i p.18]), and was the son of Eudes. Eudes was the Norman Chieftain to whom Rollo is said to have assigned Gournay and the territory of la Brai to in the year 912. Renaud is the first Gournay mentioned in any Charter, along with his two sons, Gautier de la Ferté and Hugh, Lord of Gounay.

~ The Record of the House of Gournay, pp. 15, 22

Renaud married Alberada.⁹³³