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3 unusual facts about Le Vaudreuil


Le Vaudreuil Golf Challenge

It was played for the first time in July 2013 at the Golf PGA France du Vaudreuil in Le Vaudreuil, France.

Rodulf of Ivry

Rodolf was the son of Eperleng, a rich owner of several mills at Vaudreuil, and of his wife Sprota, who by William I, Duke of Normandy had been mother of Richard I of Normandy, making Rodolf the Duke's half-brother.

Saer de Quincy, 1st Earl of Winchester

They are first found together in 1203, as co-commanders of the garrison at the major fortress of Vaudreuil in Normandy; they were responsible for surrendering the castle without a fight to Philip II of France, fatally weakening the English position in northern France.



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