Counts and Dukes of Maine

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This is a list of counts and dukes of Maine, with their capital at Le Mans. In the thirteenth century it was annexed by France to the royal domain.

[edit] Dukes of Maine (duces Cenomannicus)

• Charivius (fl. 723) — appears as dux in a document of 723. Controlled twelve counties and the Diocese of Le Mans
• Grifo (748–749) — given the twelve counties of Maine by his brothers, Pepin the Short and Carloman, as appeasement, but rebelled the next year.
• Charles the Younger (790–811) — given the ducatus Cenomannicus to govern, along with the title rex Francorum by his father, Charlemagne.
• Lothair I (817–831) — given the ducatus as part of a division of the realm by his father, Louis the Pious.
• Pepin I (831–838) — given the ducatus as part of a re-division of the realm by his father, Louis the Pious.
• Charles the Bald (838–851) — given the ducatus on the death of Pepin by their father, Louis the Pious.
• Robert the Strong (851/3–856) — given Main, Anjou, and Touraine as dux and missus dominicus. Rebelled in 856.
• Louis the Stammerer (856–858) — granted the twelve counties and a court at Le Mans by his father, Charles the Bald, until chased away by Breton rebels.

[edit] Counts of Maine

• Banzleib (fl. 830s)
• Rorgon I (832–839)
• Gauzbert (839–849)
• Rorgon II (849–865)
• Gosfrid (865–886)
• Roger (886–893)
• Gauzlin II (893–895)
• Roger (restored) (895–898)
• Gauzlin III (898–900)
• Hugh I (900–950)
• Hugh II (950–992)
• Hugh III (992–1015)
• Herbert I Wakedog (1015–1032)
• Hugh IV (1036–1051)
• under Angevin rule (1051–1063)
  • Herbert II (1058–1062)
• Walter of Mantes (1062–1063)
  • Robert Curthose (1063–1069)
• Hugh V (1069–1131)
• Elias I (1093–1110), in opposition
• Eremburga and Fulk V of Anjou (1110–1126), in opposition
• Geoffrey of Anjou (1126–1151)
• Elias II (1151)
• Henry II of England (1151–1189)
  • Henry the Young King (1169–1183)
• Richard Lionheart (1189–1199)
• John Lackland (1200–1205)
  • Arthur I of Brittany (1186–1203)
• annexed by France in 1203
• John Capet (1219–1232)
• Charles I (1246–1285)
• Charles II (1285–1325)
• Louis I (1339–1384)
• Louis II (1384–1417)
• Louis III (1417–1434)
• René I of Naples (1434–1441)
• Charles IV of Maine, Duke of Anjou (1441–1472)
• Charles V of Maine, Duke of Anjou (1480–1481)
• royal domain
• Charles VI of Maine, Duke of Mayenne (?–1611)
• Henry, Duke of Mayenne (1611–1621)
• Charles II Gonzaga (1621–1631)
• Ferdinand Gonzaga (1631–1632)
• Charles III Gonzaga (1632–?)

[edit] Dukes of Maine (ducs du Maine)

In 1673 the tile was again used. It was revived by Louis XIV for his first illegitimate son by his infamous mistress Françoise-Athénaïs, marquise de Montespan. He used it till his death and also founded the semi-royal house of Bourbon du Maine, named after his title.

• Louis-Auguste de Bourbon, duc du Maine (1673–1736)