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The scope of this project, initially, will be the restored Dukes of Aquitaine from the House of Poitiers (Ramnulfids) under the Frankish Kings of the 9th-12th centuries.
The Ramnulfids, or the House of Poitiers, were a French dynasty ruling the County of Poitou and Duchy of Aquitaine in the ninth through twelfth centuries. Their power base was Poitou. In the early tenth century, they contested the dominance of northern Aquitaine and the ducal title to the whole with the House of Auvergne. In 1032, they inherited the Duchy of Gascony and thus uniting it with Aquitaine. By the end of the eleventh century they were the dominant power in the southwestern third of France. The founder of the family was Ramnulf I, who became count in 835. (Ramnulfids, Wikipedia)
- Guillaume I "le Pieux" Duc d'Aquitaine (lived 875-918)
House of Poitiers (Ramnulfids) restored (962–1152)
- Guillaume III "Towhead" (b. 915, ruled 962–963), son of Ebalus, also Count of Poitiers and Auvergne.
- Guillaume IV "Iron Arm"b; ruled . 940 (963–995), son of William III, also Count of Poitiers.
- Guillaume "le Grand" d'Aquitaine, V Duc d'Aquitaine, II Comte de Poitou (b. 975; ruled 995–1030), son of William IV.
- William VI the Fat (ruled 1030–38), first son of William V, also Count of Poitiers.
- Eudes (Odo) (ruled 1038–39), second son of William V, also Count of Poitiers and Duke of Gascony.
- Pierre Guillaume VII l'Aigret" (the Eagle) (ruled 1039–58), third son of William V, also Count of Poitiers.
- Guillaume (William)(aka Guy Geoffrey) VIII Duc d'Aquitaine VI Comte de Poitou (b. 1026; ruled 1058–86), fourth son of William V, also Duke of Gascony
- Guillaume "le Troubadour" (William) VII Duc de Poitou IX Duc d'Aquitaine (b 1071; ruled 1086–1127), son of William VIII, also Duke of Gascony.
- Guillaume "le Saint" d'Aquitaine, VIII Comte de Poitou X Duc d' Aquitaine (b. 1099; ruled 1127–37), son of William IX, also Duke of Gascony.
- Eleanor d'Aquitaine (b. 1122, d. 1204; Duchess from 1137–89), daughter of William X, also Countess of Poitiers and Duchess of Gascony, married the kings of France and England in succession.