Les Bourgois poitevins discutent avec la Duchesse Aliénor d'Aquitaine les clauses de la Charte de 1199 qui érige la Cité en Commune

Dukes of Poitou and Aquitaine

By a treaty made in 845 between Charles the Bald and Pippin II. the kingdom og Aquitaine had been diminished by the loss of Poitou, Saintonge and Angournois, which had been given to Rainulf I, count of Poitiers. Somewhat earlier than this date the title of duke of the Aquitanians had been revived, and this was now borne by Rainulf. The new duchy of Aquitaine, comprising the three districts already mentioned, remained in the hands of Rainulf's successors, in spite of some trouble with their Frankish over-lords, until 893 when Count Rainulf II. was poisoned 'by order of King Charles III. the Simple. Charles then bestowed the duchy upon William the Pious, count of Auvergne, the founder of the abbey of Cluny, who was succeeded in 918 by his nephew, Count William II, who died in 926. A succession of dukes followed, one of whom, William IV, fought against Hugh Capet, king of France, and another of whom, William V, called the Great, was able considerably to strengthen and extend his authority, although he failed in his attempt to secure the Lombard crown. The name Guienne, a corruption of Aquitaine, seems to have come into use about the l0th century, and the subsequent history of Aquitaine is merged in that of Gascony and Guienne.

Aliénor d'Aquitaine (also called Eleanor of Guyenne, Éléonore d'Aquitaine and Eleanor of Aquitaine), Queen of France and later Queen of England, was arguably the most powerful woman of High Medieval Europe. ..... next

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• A1 = Count Gerard I of Auvergne, d:841, m. Rotrude;  ==>  Franks (Carolingian)
  • B1 = Duke Rainulf I of Aquitaine, b:820, m. Bilichilde de Maine;
    • C1 = King Rainulf II of Aquitaine, lvd:850/890, m. Irmingarde;
      • D1 = Duke Ebles Mancer of Aquitaine, lvd:872/934, m. Emilienne;
        • E1 = Duke Guillaume III "Tete d'Etoupe" of Aquitaine, lvd:916/963, m. Adela;  ==>  Normans
          • F1 = Adelaide of Poitou, m. King Hugh Capet of France;  <==  Capetian Dynasty
          • F2 = Duke Guillaume IV "Fierebras" of Aquitaine, lvd:937/995, m. Emma de Blois;
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      • G1 = Duke Guillaume V "the Great" of Aquitaine, d:1030, m. Agnes de Bourgogne;  ==>  Trastamara
        • H1 -- Agnes de Poitou, d:1024/1077, m. Heinrich III, Holy Roman Emperor;  <==  Salian Dynasty
        • H2 = Duke Guillaume VIII of Aquitaine, d:1086, m. Audearde de Bourgogne;  ==>  Kings of Portugal
          • I1 = Duke William IX "the Troubadour" of Aquitaine, lvd:1071/1127, m. Philippa of Toulouse;
            • J1 = Agnes of Poitou, m. King Ramiro II of Aragon & Navarre;  <==  Kings of Navarre
            • J2 = Count Guillaume X of Poitou, lvd:1099/1137, m. Eleonore de Chatellerault;
              • K1 = Aliénor, Duchesse d'Aquitaine, lvd:1122/1204, m1. King Louis VII;  <==  Capet
                            m2. King Henry II Plantagenet;  <==  Plantagenet