Raymond II ( – 1190 at Acre) was the 9th Viscount of Turenne from the House of Comborn. He was a son of Viscount Boson II and Eustorgie d'Anduze, and grandson of Raymond I of Turenne.
Raymond was born posthumously four months after his father's death.Ex Chronico Gaufredi Vosiensis §51, in: Recueil des Historien des Gaules et de la France 12 (1867), p. 436. Together with his cousin Aimar V of Limoges, he took part in several revolts against Duke Richard I. He joined the Third Crusade, in which he died during the Siege of Acre in 1190.Itinerarium peregrinorum et gesta regis Ricardi Liber I, Cap. XXXI, ed. by William Stubbs: Chronicles and Memorials of the Reign of Richard I, in: Rolls Series 38 (1864), Vol. 1, p. 74.Gesta Regis Henrici Secundis et Gesta Regis Ricardi Benedicti abbatis, ed. by William Stubbs in: Rolls Series 49 (1867), Vol. 2, p. 148.
Raymond was married to Helie, a daughter of Bernard of Castelnau. She later became a nun at Obazine Abbey. Their children were:
Raymond III (died 1219), Viscount of Turenne Boso Contors, married Elijah of Comborn Marie, married Viscount Eble V of Ventadorn (died around 1236) Helie, married Bernard of Casnac
The troubadour Bertran de Born sang about his three daughters.LE Kastner: Notes on the Poems of Bertran de Born, in: The Modern Language Review Vol. 27 (1932), p. 410.
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