Ralph I, Count of Vermandois
Ralph served as the seneschal of France during the reign of Louis VI.
[3] This led to a war with Theobald II of Champagne, who was the brother of Ralph's first wife Eleanor.
The war lasted two years (1142–44) and ended with the occupation of Champagne by the royal army.
[3] With Eleanor's death in 1147, the following year Pope Eugene III, legitimized the marriage at the Council of Reims.
[4] Ralph was married three times: 1. in 1125 to Eleanor, daughter of Stephen, Count of Blois.
Image of Ralph taken from his seal