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Ranulf

Meaning

Scottish form of the Old Norse name Randúlfr, a cognate of RANDOLF. Scandinavian settlers and invade

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Famous People Named Ranulf

Ranulf Flambard

Ranulf Flambard (c.

LeadershipSuccess

Ranulf II of Aquitaine

Ranulf II (also spelled Rannoux, Rannulf, Ramnulf, and Ranulph) (850 – 5 August 890) was Count of Poitou from 866 and Duke of Aquitaine from 887.

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Ranulf de Gernon, 4th Earl of Chester

Ranulf II (also known as Ranulf de Gernon), 4th Earl of Chester (1099–1153), was an Anglo-Norman baron who inherited the honour of the palatine county of Chester upon the death of his father Ranulf.

Ranulf I of Aquitaine

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

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Ranulf de Blondeville, 6th Earl of Chester

Ranulf de Blondeville, 6th Earl of Chester and 1st Earl of Lincoln (1170–1232), known in some references as the 4th Earl of Chester (in the second lineage of the title after the original family line.

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Ranulf in Other Languages

Ancient GermanicRandulf
EnglishRandal
EnglishRandall
EnglishRandell
ScottishRanulph
Medieval EnglishRandel

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