Ranulf I of Aquitaine

Coat of arms of the duchy of Aquitaine.

Coat of arms of the county of Poitiers.

Ranulf I (also Ramnulf, Rannulf, and Ranulph; 820 – 866) was a Count of Poitiers (from 835) and Duke of Aquitaine (from 852).

He is considered a possible son of Gerard, Count of Auvergne, and Hildegard (or Matilda), daughter of Louis the Pious and Ermengard.

Although not much else is known about Ranulf I, except that he died in 866 in Aquitaine from wounds received in the Battle of Brissarthe against the Vikings (in which Robert the Strong also died). His son, Ranulf II, then inherited Poitou and later acquired Aquitaine.

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Preceded by —	Duke of Aquitaine 852 – 866	Succeeded by Louis the Stammerer (as King)
Preceded by Bernard I	Count of Poitiers 835 – 866	Succeeded by Ranulf II