Ranulf I of Aquitaine

Called Ramnulf I of Poitou, Ranulf or even Rainulf, (c. 820; † September 15 866) was 839-866 a count of Poitou and 841-866 abbot of Saint -Hilaire -de- Poitiers from the family of Ramnulfiden.

Life

Ramnulf was the son of Count Gerard of Auvergne and a daughter of the Emperor Louis the Pious. From his imperial grandfather, he received 839 transfer the county Poitou after the deposition of King Pippin II of Aquitaine. 864 he captured Pepin II and delivered it to King Charles the Bald of. Always located in the fight against the invading Normans, Ramnulf coincided with Margrave Robert the Brave at the Battle of Brissarthe ( 866) by an arrow hits.

Ramnulf founded the prominent position of power his family in western Aquitaine, and led even if temporarily the title of Dux.

He married Bilchilde, a daughter of Count I. Roricos of Maine from the family of Rorgoniden. They had three children:

  • Ramnulf II (* 855, † August 5 890 ), Count of Poitou
  • Gauzbert († 892 ), killed in battle against King Odo
  • Ebalus († October 2 892 ), Abbot of St. Germain ( 881 ), St. Denis ( 886 ) and St. Hilaire ( 889 ). Since 888 Chancellor of King Odo, but then killed in battle against this.
  • Duke (Aquitaine )
  • Graf ( Poitou )
  • Abbot
  • House Auvergne Poitou
  • Born in the 9th century
  • Died 866
  • Man
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