Raron family

Von Raron (French Rarogne) was an influential noble family in the Valais (the bishopric of Sion) in the late medieval period.

Henry, lord of Mannenberg and vice-lord (vicedominus) in Leuk and Rarogne as a vassal of the bishop of Sion, is considered the family's founder.

[1] The rebels besieged Witschard and his entourage at Seta Castle near Savièse and forced his resignation as episcopal bailiff and gained the right to elect their own representatives in the government.

[4] After Valais troops attacked and besieged Raron castles, Bern invaded over the Sanetsch Pass and plundered Sion in 1418.

With his authority damaged, his castles burned and a sullen population, the Baron abandoned Valais and died in Rome in 1431.