Count of Poitou
Duke of Aquitaine
Events
Date of Birth: about 815.
Place of Birth: unknown.
The estimated date is given by Cawley.
Date of Death: October 866.
Place of Death: killed in battle near Brissarthe.
The date and place are given by Cawley. Richard (p. 26) gives a date of 5 July 866.
Relationships
Father: Gerard (killed in battle 25 June 841), count of Auvergne.
This relationship is given by Richard (pp. 14-15) and by Dillange.
Mother: unknown.
Rainulf, according to Richard and Cawley, was a son of Gerard’s first wife, whose name is unknown. Dillange (p. 45) gives Gérard's first wife as Hildegarde, a daughter of Louis the Pious. The argument that she was a daughter of Louis the Pious is given by Auzias.
Spouse: Bilchilde, a daughter of Rorico, count of Maine.
This relationship is given by Richard (p. 27) and by Dillange (p. 46), who gives the name Bilchilde and states that she was the widow of Bernard. Le Jan (p. 445) names her Adaltrude.
Children:
(Complete source citations for facts about the children on this page are currently outside of the scope of this project.)
Gauzbert (died 892).
Eble (857 - 2 October 892).
References
Anselme de Sainte-Marie. Histoire Généalogique et Chronologique de la Maison Royale de France, des Pairs, Grands Officiers de la Couronne, de la Maison du Roy et des Anciens Barons du Royaume. 9 Volumes (Paris: 1726-1733).
Auzias, Léonce. “L’origine carolingienne des ducs féodaux d’Aquitaine et des rois capétiens” in Revue Historique T. 173, Fasc. 1 (1934) pp. 91-102.
Cawley, Charles. “Ramnulf” in Medieval Lands: A prosopography of medieval European noble and royal families.
Dillange, Michel. Les comtes de Poitou: ducs d’Aquitaine (778-1204) (Mougon: Geste éditions, 1995).
Le Jan, Régine. Famille et pouvoir dans le monde franc (VIIe - Xe siècle): essai d’anthropologie sociale (Publications de la Sorbonne, 1995).
Richard, Alfred. Histoire des Comtes de Poitou 778-1204. Tome Premier 778-1126 (Paris:1903).