Maine (province)

Maine is a former French province in today's region of Pays de la Loire. This is roughly the Sarthe and Mayenne. She was limited by the Brittany, Normandy, Anjou and Vendômois and had Le Mans as its capital. It led from the old Cenomani the name Cenomania.

History

From the Roman Empire it came under the Franks, then formed a part of the Duchy Franzien and was under hereditary counts. The son of Charlemagne, Rorgon or Rorico I was count in 839, his family is called after him as Rorgoniden.

To 895 the county is the Rorgoniden by Roger, a son of Charles the Bald and allies of the Robertiner snatched. In the time of the raids of the Normans came to the county a greater importance. King Rudolf gave 923 William Longsword, the Jarl of the Normans, so this pass on the county to Hugo the Great. His son, Hugh Capet sat here as Count Hugh I a, whose descendants retained the title until the 12th century. Hugh II had the sovereignty Anjous recognize his son Herbert II, whose son Robert ruled the Duke of Normandy, William the Conqueror, the county together with his wife Margaret.

During this time there was also a dynasty of viscounts of Maine.

Alberto Azzo II 1070 d' Este, who was with Gersinde, the daughter of Herbert II, married, brought about by a rebellion from Italy to Maine. His son Hugo in 1090 sold his rights to Maine to his cousin John of Beaugency, lord of La Flèche, his granddaughter and heiress married Count Fulk Eremburg V of Anjou. 1113 saw King Henry I of England as Fulk, Count of Maine, in turn upheld the supremacy of Normandy over the county.

Fulk V handed over the county to his son Geoffrey Plantagenet, after his death in 1151 united his son Henry, who was already since 1150 Duke of Normandy, Maine, Anjou and Normandy in one hand. 1204 took King Philip Augustus of France to the English again, and in 1246 there was St. Louis his brother Charles of Anjou, whose descendants possessed it together with Anjou; Karl's granddaughter Margaret, who received Anjou and Maine, married Charles of Valois, by his son, King Philip VI. , The country fell to the Domaine royal.

Later Maine belonged to Paragium of Louis I of Anjou and his descendants until its extinction in 1481 under which Maine was in 1331 raised to the peerage. In between, 1424-1448 Maine was occupied by the British, the John of Lancaster, 1st Duke of Bedford, († 1435 ) made ​​for Count.

1484 rule Mondoubleau was separated from the county of Vendôme and slammed the county of Maine.

Count of Maine

First Count

In the 8th century, two counts are attested as allies of the Robertiner.

  • Roger, Count of Le Mans, 710 and 724
  • Hervé, whose son, Count of Le Mans 748
  • ...
  • Banzleib, 832 Count ( hat- Onen )
  • Wido, X 834, perhaps identical with Wido, Count of Vannes ( Guidonen )

Rorgoniden

  • 832-839 Rorgon I ( † 839 ), Count of Maine and Rennes, whose son.
  • 839-849 Gauzbert I ( † 849 ), Count of Maine, whose brother.
  • 849-865 Rorgon II († 865), Count of Maine, son of Rorgon I. Gauzbert II, Count of Maine, son of Rorgon II

Disputes

Upon the death Gauzfrieds whose son was too young to be his successor; the County of Maine was given to Roger, who was married to a Karolin Gerin. The Rorgoniden and Robertiner fought in the sequence around the county.

  • 886-893 Roger († 900), Count of Maine, married to Rothilde, daughter of Charles the Bald
  • 893-895 Gauzbert III. ( 860-914 ), Count of Maine, son of Gauzfried
  • 895-898 Roger († 900), Count of Maine ( 2nd time)
  • 898-900 Gauzlin II († 914), Count of Maine, brother Gauzberts III. He was the last of them from his family, whose title was the Bald Robert confiscated in favor of Charles the Strong.

Second house Maine

  • 900-950 Hugo I († 940), Count of Maine, son of Rogers; maybe he married a daughter Gauzlins to put an end to the dispute between the families
  • 950-992 Hugh II († 992 ), Count of Maine, son of Hugh I.
  • 992-1015 Hugo III. († 1015), Count of Maine, whose son
  • 1015-1032 Herbert I. called Dog Ringer ( eveille - Chien ) ( † 1032), Count of Maine, whose son
  • 1036-1051 Hugo IV († 1051 ), Count of Maine, whose son, ∞ Bertha, daughter of Odo II Count of Blois
  • 1058-1062 Herbert II († 1062), Count of Maine, whose son

Because no children, he bequeathed to Maine in his will William the Conqueror

Rolloniden

House of Plantagenet

  • Brandélis I of Champagne to 1180-1249, first Baron
  • Arthur I. posthumous, 1186-1203, Earl of Brittany, Anjou, Maine, Touraine and Poitou
  • Fulk I of Champagne to 1210-1269, Baron

Capetian

Valois

Anjou and Maine reverted to the crown.

Bourbon

Provinces of France Rorgon I, Count of Maine Robertians Rudolph of France William I of Normandy Herbert II, Count of Maine Geoffrey Plantagenet, Count of Anjou Henry II of England Margaret, Countess of Anjou Charles, Count of Valois Crown lands of France Louis I, Duke of Anjou Peerage of France Hattonids Guideschi Count of Rennes Carolingian dynasty Robert the Strong Hugh III of Maine Herbert I, Count of Maine Hugh IV, Count of Maine Odo II, Count of Blois Geoffrey III, Count of Anjou House of Normandy William II of England Hugh V, Count of Maine Elias I, Count of Maine Fulk IV, Count of Anjou William Clito Elias II, Count of Maine Charles II of Naples Louis II of Naples Louis III of Naples House of Bourbon Louis Auguste, Prince of Dombes
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