Hugh IV, Count of Maine
| Hugh IV, Count of Maine | |
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Arms of the Counts of Maine
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| Spouse(s) | Bertha of Blois |
| Noble family | Hugonide Carolingian |
| Father | Herbert I of Maine |
| Born | (unknown) |
| Died | 25 March 1051 |
Hugh IV (died 25 March 1051) was Count of Maine from 1036 to 1051.
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Life
Hugh was the son of Herbert I of Maine,[1] one of the Hugonides.[lower-alpha 1] He was a minor on the death of his father (1036)[1] so was born between 1018 and 1022. Herbert Baco, his great-uncle and a supporter of the Angevins, acted as regent.[2]
The Bishop of Le Mans, Gervais du Château du Loir, was a partisan of the opposing Blois family.[2] The bishop and regent clashed, with the outcome being the expulsion of Herbert by means of a popular council.[3] Gervais then proclaimed Hugh to have reached his majority, and arranged a marriage for him, with Berthe de Blois.[4]
Herbert, unlike his predecessors, followed the advice of his bishop.[4] Gervais, unlike his uncle who he succeeded, Avesgaud de Bellême (who was an adherent of the Counts of Anjou) was allied to the Counts of Blois.[5] Hugh, no doubt in support of his bishop, engaged in a number of wars with Geoffrey Martel, Count of Anjou, in the Loir valley.[3] Shortly after Hugh's death, 25 March 1051,[1] Gervais sought refuge in Normandy after being driven out of Maine.[4] Gervais' success in strengthening the Bishopric of Le Mans served to downgrade the countship of Maine, which led to the county being absorbed into the domains of Anjou and Normandy.[3]
Family
Hugh married c. 1046 Bertha of Blois, who was the widow of Alain III of Brittany, and daughter of Eudes II of Blois[1] and Ermengarde of Auvergne.[6]
Their children were :
- Herbert II of Maine († 1062).[1]
- Marguerite (c. 1045 † 1063),[1] betrothed to Robert Curthose.
Notes
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<references />, or <references group="..." />| Preceded by | Count of Maine 1036–1051 |
Succeeded by Herbert II |
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 Detlev Schwennicke, Europäische Stammtafeln: Stammtafeln zur Geschichte der Europäischen Staaten, Neue Folge, Band III Teilband 4 (Verlag von J. A. Stargardt, Marburg, Germany, 1989), Tafel 692
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Richard Ewing Barton, Lordship in the County of Maine, c. 890-1160 (Woodbridge: The Boydell Press, 2004), p. 49
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Richard Ewing Barton, Lordship in the County of Maine, c. 890-1160 (Woodbridge: The Boydell Press, 2004), p. 50
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 K.S.B. Keats-Rohan, 'Two Studies in Northern French Prosopography', Journal of Medieval History 20 (1994), p. 22
- ↑ K.S.B. Keats-Rohan, 'Two Studies in Northern French Prosopography', Journal of Medieval History 20 (1994), p. 23
- ↑ Detlev Schwennicke, Europäische Stammtafeln: Stammtafeln zur Geschichte der Europäischen Staaten, Neue Folge, Band II: (Marburg, Germany: Verlag von J. A. Stargardt, 1984), Tafel 46
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