Count of Poitiers explained

Among the people who have borne the title of Count of Poitiers (; or Poitou, in what is now France but in the Middle Ages became part of Aquitaine) are:

• Bodilon
• Warinus (638 - 677), son of Bodilon
• Hatton (735-778)

Carolingian Counts

• (814-828)
  • Renaud (795 - 843)
• Bernard II (840 - 844)
• Emenon or Emeno (828  - 839), brother of Bernard II
• Ranulph I (839 - 866)
• Ranulph II (866 - 890),^[1] son of Ranulph I
• Gauzbert (857 - 892)
• Robert I (866 - 923)
• Ebalus (or Ebles Manzer) (890 - 892) (illegitimate son of Ranulph II)(first reign - 890 - 893)(second reign - 902 - 935)
• Aymar (892 - 902) (son of Emenon)
• Ebalus (or Ebles Manzer) (restored) (902 - 935)
• William I (935 - 963) (son of Ebalus)
• William II (963 - 995) (son of William I)
• William III (969 - 1030) (son of William II)
• William IV (1030 - 1038) (1st son of William III)
• Odo (Eudes) (1038 - 1039) (2nd son of William III)
• William V (1039 - 1058) (3rd son of William III)
• William VI (1058 - 1086) (4th son of William III)
• William VII (1071 - 1126) (son of William VI)
• William VIII (1099 - 1137) (son of William VII)
• Eleanor, Duchess of Aquitaine
  • Louis VII of France (1137 - 1152) obtained title through marriage to Eleanor
  • Henry II of England (1152, 1156 - 1189) obtained title through marriage to Eleanor
• William IX (1153 - 1156) son of Eleanor and Henry II of England
• Richard I (1169 - 1196) son of Eleanor and Henry II of England
• Otto (1196 - 1198)
• Richard I again (1198 - 1199)
• Richard II (1224) younger brother of Henry III of England
• Alphonse I (1220 - 1271) son of Louis VIII of France
• Philip I (1293 - 1322)
• John I (1319 - 1364)
• John II (1340 - 1416) son of John I
• John III (1398 - 1417) son of Charles VI of France
• Charles (1403 - 1461)
• Francis (r. 1695 - 1715)

Notes and References

1. Monarchs, Rulers, Dynasties And Kingdoms Of The World, by R F Tapsell, 1983, Facts On File, Inc., New York, NY, page 211.