Ranulf I (820–866) was a Count of Poitiers

Count of Poitiers

Among the people who have borne the title of Count of Poitiers are:*Guerin **Hatton **Renaud...

 (from 835) and Duke of Aquitaine

Duke of Aquitaine

The Duke of Aquitaine ruled the historical region of Aquitaine under the supremacy of Frankish, English and later French kings....

 (from 852). He is considered a possible son of Gerard, Count of Auvergne

Gerard, Count of Auvergne

Gerard, Count of AuvergneGerard was Count of Auvergne from 839 until his death on 25 June 841.-Marriage and issue:He married first Rotrude, daughter of Louis the Pious...

, and Hildegard (or Matilda), daughter of Louis the Pious

Louis the Pious

Louis the Pious , also called the Fair, and the Debonaire, was the King of Aquitaine from 781. He was also King of the Franks and co-Emperor with his father, Charlemagne, from 813...

 and Ermengard

Ermengarde of Hesbaye

Ermengarde of Hesbaye was Queen of the Franks and Holy Roman Empress as the wife of Emperor Louis I. She was Frankish, the daughter of Ingeram, count of Hesbaye, and Hedwig of Bavaria...

. Few details are known about Ranulf I, except that he died in 866 in Aquitaine

Aquitaine

Aquitaine , archaic Guyenne/Guienne , is one of the 27 regions of France, in the south-western part of metropolitan France, along the Atlantic Ocean and the Pyrenees mountain range on the border with Spain. It comprises the 5 departments of Dordogne, :Lot et Garonne, :Pyrénées-Atlantiques, Landes...

 from wounds received in the Battle of Brissarthe

Battle of Brissarthe

The Battle of Brissarthe was fought on 2 July 866), between the Franks and a joint Breton-Viking army near Brissarthe, Neustria. It was marked by the death of Robert the Strong, the Neustrian margrave, and Ranulf I, the duke of Aquitaine....

 against the Vikings (in which Robert the Strong

Robert the Strong

Robert IV the Strong , also known as Rutpert, was Margrave in Neustria. His family is named after him and called Robertians. He was first nominated by Charles the Bald missus dominicus in 853. Robert was the father of the kings Odo and Robert I of France. Robert was the great-grandfather of Hugh...

 also died). Ranulf I is a 32x great-grandfather of Elizabeth II.

Marriage and issue

He married Bilichild of Maine and they had the following:

• Ranulf II, who inherited Poitou
  Poitou
  Poitou was a province of west-central France whose capital city was Poitiers.The region of Poitou was called Thifalia in the sixth century....
  
   and later acquired Aquitaine.

See also

• Ramnulfids
  Ramnulfids
  The Ramnulfids, or the House of Poitiers, were a French dynasty ruling the County of Poitou and Duchy of Aquitaine in the ninth through twelfth centuries. Their power base was Poitou. In the early tenth century, they contested the dominance of northern Aquitaine and the ducal title to the whole...
  
  
• Dukes of Aquitaine family tree
  Dukes of Aquitaine family tree
  This is a family tree of the Dukes of Aquitaine, between 898 and 1204.See also: Aquitaine - Duke of Aquitaine - List of family trees-External links:*...