Ralph the Red (Ralph le Roux, Raoul II Rufus) of Pont-Echnfrey (c. 1070 – 25 November 1120), son of either Guillaume de Pont-Echanfrey or his brother Raoul I. Ralph was a knight who first served Robert Guiscard and then participated both in the First Crusade and in the Crusade of Robert’s son Bohemond of Antioch-Taranto as part of his first army.
A semi-professional soldier loyal to the family of Guiscard, he accompanying Bohemond to Apulia in 1107 and then Antioch in 1108.
[1] Ralph married a daughter, name unknown, of Odeline of Le Puiset and Joscelin of Lèves.
They may have had a son (unverified): As a widower, it is believed that he remarried, but no specific information is available on his possible second wife.
Ralph drowned in the White Ship disaster[2] on 25 November 1120, which may indicate some relationship with the aristocracy of England, particularly given his comradery with the king's son.