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Coat of arms of the county of Poitiers.
'Bernard' (died
844) was the
Count of Poitou from
840 to his death. He was the brother of
Emenon,
Count of Angoulême.
Upon the death of
Louis the Pious, he was istalled to succeed
Renaud by
Charles the Bald. However, he associated Renaud's son
Hervé, Count of Herbauges, with him in his war against the rebellious
Lambert I of Nantes. Bernard was killed in battle near
Poitiers.