 The founder of the family was Ramnulf I, who became count in 835.Ramnulf's son, Ramnulf II, claimed the title of King of Aquitaine in 888, but it did not survive him.Through his illegitimate son Ebalus he fathered the line of dukes of Aquitaine that would rule continuously from 927 to 1204, from the succession of William III to the death of Eleanor, who brought the Ramnulfid inheritance first to Louis VII of France and then to Henry II of England.