Ranulf, II of Aquitaine

Male 850 - 890  (40 years)


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  • Name Ranulf , II of Aquitaine  [1
    Suffix II of Aquitaine 
    Born 850  [1
    Gender Male 
    Died 05 Aug 890  [1
    Notes 
    • Ranulf II (also spelled Rannoux, Rannulf, Ramnulf, and Ranulph) (850 - 5 August 890) was Count of Poitou from 866 and Duke of Aquitaine from 887. On the death of Charles the Fat in 888, he styled himself King of Aquitaine and did so until 889 or his death, after which the title fell into abeyance.

      He may have been selected as a temporary king by the Aquitainian nobles, for they accepted Odo of France after his death. Only the Annales Fuldenses definitively give him this title. He is recorded to have taken custody of Charles, the young son of Louis the Stammerer and he certainly did not recognise Odo as king. He appeared in the Annales Vedastes in 889 with the title dux maximae partis Aquitaniae: "duke of the major part of Aquitaine." He founded the viscountcy of Thouars at about that time, part of larger movement to create viscounts with powers over regional fortresses to man them against the Vikings.

      Ranulf was a son of Ranulf I and Bilichild of Maine. He married an Ermengard (died 935) and by her had a son, Ranulf III, who succeeded him in Poitiers. His illegitimate son Ebalus succeeded him in Aquitaine and, upon the death of Ranulf III, in Poitiers too.
    Person ID I5275  Bosdet Genealogy
    Last Modified 16 May 2013 

    Father Ranulf, I of Aquitaine,   b. 820,   d. 866, Aquitaine, France Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 46 years) 
    Relationship Natural 
    Mother Bilichild of Maine 
    Relationship Natural 
    Family ID F2080  Group Sheet

    Family Unknown 
    Children 
     1. Ebalus, Duke of Aquitaine,   b. Abt 870,   d. 935  (Age ~ 65 years)
    Family ID F2079  Group Sheet

  • Sources 
    1. [S174] Wikipedia, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ranulf_II_of_Aquitaine.