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Ranulf I of Aquitaine
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866
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About
Ranulf the First, count of Poitou, fell fighting the Vikings at Brissarthe in 866 beside Robert the Strong. He founded the Ramnulfid house; above him the pedigree runs to the counts of Auvergne and gives out.
Research notes
RANULF I, Count of Poitou, Duke of AQUITAINE (820-866), founder of the RAMNULFIDS; son of Gerard, Count of Auvergne (frontier). Father of Ranulf II (our line). *** DOCUMENTED HEAD of the Aquitanian ducal house; origins above note-only. Direct ancestor.