RAMNULF [Rainulf] ([815]-killed in battle near Brissarthe Oct 866). He was installed as RAINULF I Comte de Poitou in [839]. The Chronicle of Adémar de Chabannes records that "Ramnulfum filium Girardi comitis Arvernis, nepotem Willelmi fratris Girardi" was installed as Comte de Poitou after "Emeno…comes Pictavinus" was expelled from Poitou by Emperor Louis for having supported the accession of Pepin II King of Aquitaine after the death of the latter's father [in 838][225]. He was installed as Duke of Aquitaine in 852. The Chronicle of Adémar de Chabannes records that "Rannulfus…comes Pictavensis et Raino comes Arbatilicensis consanguineus eius" fled after being defeated by the Vikings at "Briliaco villa", the event being dated from the context to the early 850s[226]. The Chronicle of Saint-Maxence records that "Ramnulfus comes…Pictavensis et Raino comes Arbaticensis, consanguineus eius" fled from the Vikings who attacked "Briliaco villa" in 852[227]. He was a supporter of Charles II "le Chauve" King of the West Franks. The Annales Bertiniani name "Ramnulfus" among those wounded in the Viking attack in 866, and later dying from his wounds[228]. The Adonis Continuatio records that "Robertus quoque atque Ramnulfus…inter primos ipsi priores" were killed by the Vikings in 866[229]. m [firstly] (after 843) as her third husband, AIGA, widow firstly of Comte IMMO, and secondly of RAOUL Comte de Turenne, daughter of ---. She is named as wife of Raoul in the Cartulaire de Beaulieu in Nov 823, and his widow in Feb 844. "Aigane uxore sua [Rodulfi comitis]" donated property to "ecclesiam S Genesii" with the consent of "prole mea sive Radulfo archiepiscopo…Godafredo comite…Rutberto, Landrico et Immone" by charter dated Feb 844, specifying that it was written "in anno primo obitus…Rodulfi iam dicti"[230]. "Rodolfus…episcopus" names "genetrix mea Aiga" in his testament dated Mar 856[231]. The primary source which confirms her third marriage has not yet been identified. 844/56. m [secondly] ([845]) --- du Maine, daughter of RORICO [I] Comte du Maine & his wife Bilechildis. Her origin is confirmed by Abbo's De Bellis Parisiacæ which names "Ebolus…Abba" as nepos of "Gauzlinus…pontificis"[232], the latter being reported in other sources as the son of Rorico [I] Comte du Maine. It is possible that the wife of Comte Rainulf was Comte Rorico's daughter named [Bilichildis], whose husband Bernard Comte en Poitou was killed in battle in 844. Comte Rainulf I & his [second] wife had three children