Rainulf II, duke of Aquitaine

Count of Poitou

Duke of Aquitaine

Events

Date of Birth: about 845 - 850.

Place of Birth: unknown.

The estimated date is given by Cawley.

Date of Death: after July 892.

Place of Death: unknown.

The date is given by Cawley. Père Anselme (2:513) notes that the Chronicle of Metz puts his death under the year 890.

Relationships

Father: Rainulf I (died 866).

This relationship is given by père Anselme (2:512), by Richard (p. 28), by Barthélemy (p. 611), and by Dillange (p. 72). Primary sources appear to be lacking.

Mother: a daughter of Rorico, count of Maine.

This relationship is given by Richard (p. 28) and by Le Jan (p. 445).

Spouse: unknown.

Children (illegitimate):

Ebles Manzer, count of Poitou, duke of Aquitaine, married (1) Aremburge; married (2) Emillane.

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).

Barthélemy, Dominique. L’an mil et la paix de dieu: la France chrétienne et féodale 980-1060, (Fayard, 1999).

Cawley, Charles. “Rainulf” 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 (VII^e - X^e 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).