POITOU

Charlemagne at court.
From Jacob van Maerlant's "Spieghel Historiael"
Original at the Koninklijke Bibliotheek (Royal Library), the Netherlands. Signature KB, KA 20, p. 208
Date        c. 1325-1335

Austria

Photo Brom   (1907)  Vienna, Austria

 

William III of AQUITAINE
Adaele (Gerloc) of NORMANDY
"Gerloc (or Geirlaug), baptised in Rouen as Adela (or Adèle) in 912, was the daughter of
Rollo, first duke of Normandy, and his wife, Poppa of Bayeux. She was the sister of Duke
William Longsword. In 935, she married William Towhead, the future count of Poitou
and duke of Aquitaine, then only ten years old. She gave him two children before dying
on 14 October 962. (Wikipedia)"

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William III of AQUITAINE
Adaele (Gerloc) of NORMANDY
"William III (915 – 3 April 963), called Towhead (French: Tête d'étoupe, Latin: Caput
Stupe) from the colour of his hair, was the Count of Poitou (as "William I") and Duke of
Aquitaine from 935 to his death. He was also Count of Auvergne from 950.
William was son of Ebalus Manzer and Emilienne. He was born in Poitiers. The royal
chancery never recognised his ducal title, only calling him "count of the Duchy of
Aquitaine" from 959 and "Duke of Aquitaine" only after 962.
Shortly aftered the death of King Rudolph in 936, he was constrained to forfeit some land
to Hugh the Great by Louis IV. He did it with grace, but his relationship with Hugh
thenceforward deteriorated. In 950, Hugh was reconciled with Louis and granted the
duchies of Burgundy and Aquitaine. He tried to conquer Aquitaine with Louis's
assistance, but William defeated them. Lothair, Louis's successor, feared the power of
William. In August 955, he joined Hugh to besiege Poitiers, which resisted successfully.
William, however, gave battle and was routed.
After the death of Hugh, his son Hugh Capet was named duke of Aquitaine, but he never
tried to take up his fief, as William reconciled with Lothair.
He was given the abbey of Saint-Hilaire-le-Grand, which remained in his house after his
death. He also built a library in the palace of Poitiers. He married Gerloc (renamed
Adele), daughter of Rollo of Normandy. They had at least two children: Adelaide, who
married Hugh Capet, and William, his successor in Aquitaine. William abdicated to the
abbey of Saint-Cyprien in Poitiers and left the government to his son. (From Wikipedia,
the free encyclopedia)"

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Ebalus of AQUITAINE - Count of Poitiers - Duke of Aquitaine
EMILIENE
"Ebalus of Aquitaine or Ebles Manzer Ebalus was an illegitimate son of Ranulf II of
Poitiers by, possibly, a Jewish woman. He married an Emiliene and by her had two
sons, Ebalus (Ebles) bishop of Limoges, and William III of Aquitaine. Ebalus was
established as Comt de Poitiers in 892 by his father Ranulf II, in the presence of Aymar
of Poitiers, and supported by Eudes I of France. Ebles gained the favor of Guillaume 'the
Pious', Comt d'Auvergne, who placed Aquitaine under his authority. In 902, Ebles
launched the conquest of his county with an army lent by the Comt d'Auvergne Guillaume
the Pious, a distant relative. He took Poitiers in the absence of Aymar and established
control of the county. He was investitured as Comt de Poitou by Charles III 'the Simple',
with whom Ebles was raised. Comt de Poitou was the only title in which he ever had
legitimate investiture. Ebles alloted the Abbey of Saint-Maixent to Viscomte Savary de
Thouars who had been his constant supporter. He restructured Poitou by creating new
vicomts in Aulnay and Melle and dissolved the title and position of Viscomte de Poitou
upon the death of its holder, Maingaud, in 925. In 904 he conquered the Limousin. In
911 Ebles was in Chartres with an army that opposed Rollon. In 927,Guillaume 'the
Younger', heir to Guillaume 'the Pious', and then his successor, his brother Acfred, died
in the space of one year. Acfred, having made Ebles his heir, Ebles thus found himself
Duc d'Aquitaine, Comt du Berry, d'Auvergne and du Velay. In 929, King Raoul tries to
reduce the power of Ebles Manzer. He withdraws from him access to Berry, then in 932
he transfers the titles of Duc d'Aquitaine and Comt d'Auvergne to the Comt de Toulouse
Raymond-Pons. Moreover the territory of March which was under the control of the
Seigneur de Charroux, vassal of Ebles, is transformed into an independent county.
Ebles Manzer Ebalus was established as Comt de Poitiers in 892 by his father Ranulf II,
in the presence of Aymar of Poitiers, and supported by Eudes I of France. Was Count of
Poitiers between 901 and 935 and two times Duke of Aquitaine, first between 890 and
893, second from 927 to his death. In the interval, Aquitaine was ruled by Dukes of the
house of Auvergne. Ebalus was an illegitimate son of Ranulf II of Poitiers by, possibly, a
Jewish woman. He married an Emiliene and by her had two sons, Ebalus (Ebles)
bishop of Limoges, and William III of Aquitaine. Ebalus was established as Comt de
Poitiers in 892 by his father Ranulf II, in the presence of Aymar of Poitiers, and supported
by Eudes I of France. Ebles gained the favor of Guillaume 'the Pious', Comt d'Auvergne,
who placed Aquitaine under his authority. In 902, Ebles launched the conquest of his
county with an army lent by the Comt d'Auvergne Guillaume the Pious, a distant relative.
He took Poitiers in the absence of Aymar and established control of the county. He was
investitured as Comt de Poitou by Charles III 'the Simple', with whom Ebles was raised.
Comt de Poitou was the only title in which he ever had legitimate investiture. Ebles
alloted the Abbey of Saint-Maixent to Viscomte Savary de Thouars who had been his
constant supporter. He restructured Poitou by creating new vicomts in Aulnay and Melle
and dissolved the title and position of Viscomte de Poitou upon the death of its holder,
Maingaud, in 925. In 904 he conquered the Limousin. In 911 Ebles was in Chartres with
an army that opposed Rollon. In 927,Guillaume 'the Younger', heir to Guillaume 'the
Pious', and then his successor, his brother Acfred, died in the space of one year. Acfred,
having made Ebles his heir, Ebles thus found himself Duc d'Aquitaine, Comt du Berry,
d'Auvergne and du Velay. In 929, King Raoul tries to reduce the power of Ebles Manzer.
He withdraws from him access to Berry, then in 932 he transfers the titles of Duc
d'Aquitaine and Comt d'Auvergne to the Comt de Toulouse Raymond-Pons. Moreover
the territory of March which was under the control of the Seigneur de Charroux, vassal of
Ebles, is transformed into an independent county. (From Wikipedia, the free
encyclopedia)"

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Ranulf II of AQUITAINE - King of Aquitaine
Ermengarde of FRANCE - Princess Of France
"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.
Ranulf 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 creat 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.
(Wikipedia)"

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Ranulf I of AQUITAINE
Bilichilde of MAINE
"Ranulf I of Poitiers (died 866) was a Count of Poitiers and Duke of Aquitaine.
He is considered a possible son of Gérard, Count of Auvergne and Hildegard / Matilda,
daughter of Louis the Pious and Ermengarde.
Although not much is known about Ranulf I, he died in 866 in Aquitaine, France.
His son, Ranulf II of Poitiers, then inherited Poitiers and later acquired Aquitaine.
Through the duchy of Aquitaine, he is the ancestor of Eleanor of Aquitaine, thus he is
also an ancestor of the present-day British Royal Family. (Wikipedia)"

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