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- Ranulf I =Rorgo, Comte De Poitou; Rorgo, Count De Poitou (Rosamond,
Frankish kingdom under Carolingians; Rannoux, Count D'Auvergne;
Rainulf I, Duke D'Aquitaine.
Rainulf I was Duke D'Aquitaine in the year 852. Born: before 810, son
of Gerard I, Count D'Auvergne and Hildegarde=Mathilde De France.
Married before 824: Rotrude, daughter of Charlemagne, Rex Francorum et
Langobardorum and Hildegard, Countess De Linzgau. Rotrude was Ranulf
I's first wife. Married in 845: N? Du Maine, daughter of Rorgo, Count
Du Maine and Bilihildis. She was Ranulf I's second wife. Died: in Oct
866 in Brissarthe, Maine-et-Loire, Anjou, France. Ranulf I was killed
in action by the Normans. Despite intervening difficulties, his son,
Ranulf II, would propel himself and his family into a leading position
in Aquitaine.
(Source: Stuart, Royalty for Commoners, ISBN: 0-8063-1344-7, Page
118, Line 163-38) and (Pierre Riche's 'The Carolingians', P. 193).
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