AQUITAINE Ramnulf

Abt 0820 - 0866  (46 years)

• Name	AQUITAINE Ramnulf
  Birth	Abt 05 Jul 0820	Poitiers, Vienne, Poitou-Charentes, France
  Gender	Male
  Death	05 Jul 0866	Brissarthe, Maine-et-Loire, France
  Notes	Ramnulf "Rainulf" (815 - Oct 866 near Brissarthe)[1] Titles 839: Rainulf I, Comte de Poitou 852: Duke of Aquitaine Parents Father: Gerard, Comte d'Auvergne. (d. 25 Jun 841 Fontenoy)[2] Mother: UNKNOWN.[3][1] Marriage m. (845) _____ (disputed) du Maine (p. Rorico I and Bilichildis).[4][2] Issue: 3[5] Rainulf (845/50 - after Jul 892). Gauzbert "Josbert" (d. late 892). Ebalus "Eble" (85 7- 02 Oct 892). Sources ↑ The identity of Ranulf's mother is contested, and possible contenders are two daughters of Louis I 'the Pious' (and this granddaughters of Charlemagne): d'Aquitaine and Rotrude d'Aquitaine.[citation needed] ↑ Ranulf was the cousin of the Counts of Maine and not his wife. He proposes that the mother of Ranulf was a woman of the Counts of Maine (Settipani, n.d.)[citation needed] Wikipedia: Ranulf I of Aquitaine (stub); *FR; *DE http://fjaunais.free.fr/h0maine.htm Cawley, Charles. "Medieval Lands": A prosopography of medieval European noble and royal families © by Charles Cawley, hosted by Foundation for Medieval Genealogy (FMG). See also WikiTree's source page for MedLands. Research Notes Long & often contradictory ... He married ?? (possibly Adaltrude, daughter of Rorgon I of Maine and Rothrude. See below.) He may have been married more than once. classic hypothesis[citation needed] Otto-Gerhart Oexle slightly corrected this genealogy by recalling that no text named the mother of Ramnulf II, nor is there any indication that Bilichilde remarried Bernard Poitevin after Ranulf's death. The wife of Ramnulf I might instead have been a sister Bilichilde [16], perhaps by the name of Adaltrude [17]. hypothesis of Settipani [citation needed] -- structure poses several problems: 1. date of birth of Ramnulf I: If by his mother he is grandson of Pepin I of Aquitaine and Raingarde, he can hardly have been born before 838, when his mother would have been at least fifteen years old. This birthday makes improbable the nomination of Ramnulf as Count of Poitiers in 839 (according to Ademar of Chabannes) or even 854: it does not name a nobleman of sixteen years of age at the head of a county particularly vulnerable to incursions from Vikings. Some historians have considered 'gener' to be translated in the sense of "brother", but more context militates in favor of the meaning of "son". The conclusion of Settipani is to say that Ramnulf I comes from a first marriage of Gerard d'Auvergne [18]. 2. The marriage between Ramnulf I and a daughter of Count Rorgon I of Maine creates between Ramnulf and Raino / Ragenold a link of kinship by marriage which does not correspond to the different meanings of 'consanguineus'. Settipani (n.d.), concludes that Ramnulf is the cousin of the counts of Maine, and not his wife or by marriage. ... proposes the mother of Ramnulf as a woman from the counts of Maine. Latin "nepos" means "nephew", but can also mean "grand-son" or "nephew". According to the latter, the mother of Ramnulf would be daughter of Rorgon I and Rothrude rather than Bilichilde, for chronological reasons [19]. He proposed the name Adaltrude [17]. Finally, the reconstruction does not include the link of kinship between Ramnulf II and William the Pious. The proposed Christien Settipani is to see the mother of Ramnulf II as an aunt of William the Pious. He assumes a paternal aunt to explain the transmission of the first name of William, although that name already exists in the family in the brother of Gerard of Auvergne [20].
  Person ID	I58879	Freeman-Smith
  Last Modified	27 Jan 2026

  
  

  Father	AUVERGNE Gérard,   b. Abt 0795, Poitiers, Aquitaine, France d. 25 Jun 0841, Fontenoy, Yonne, France (Age 46 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Family ID	F347295	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	MAINE Blichildis,   b. Abt 0820, Maine, Sarthe, Pays de la Loire, France
  Marriage	Abt 0845	France
  Children	1. AQUITAINE Ranulf,   b. Abt 16 Jul 0850, Poitiers, Poutou, Aquitaine, France d. 05 Aug 0890, Paris, Ile de France, France (Age 40 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
  Family ID	F26193	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	27 Jan 2026