Hugonids

The exact origin is unknown. The first known representative - Roger (d. 900), there is an assumption that he was a descendant of the counts of Le Mans , who lived in the VIII century . Christian Settipani identifies him with the Count of Roger, who in 892 helped his uncle, Count of Bourges Hugo . Then he was the son of the sister of Count Hugo. Perhaps he was the brother of Hugo, Count of Bassini , and Uncle Roger I, Count of Laon .

He married Rotilda (daughter of Charles II the Bald , King of the Western Francs ), thanks to which he became related to the Carolingians . In 895, the Marquis of Neustria and Count of Maine Ragenold from the house of the Rorgonids died in the battle with the Normans . Since the representatives of the house of the Rorgonids at that time were underage, Emperor Charles III Tolstoy appointed his close Henry the Marquis of Neustria, and Maine gave Roger. In 893, the new king Ed removed Roger, passing the county to his close Gozlen II from the house of the Rorgonids. But Gozlen could not keep the county, already in 895 Roger again became the Count of Maine.

The son of Roger, Hugo I (d. 939/955), also had to fight against Gozlin II, who claimed the county, but later Hugo reconciled with him, marrying his daughter. Thanks to the marriage in 914 of his sister with Hugo the Great , the son of the Marquis of Neustria Robert I , Hugo became close to the Robertins . He supported Robert in his rebellion against King Charles III the Rustic . Later, he was a faithful vassal of Hugo the Great, who became in 936 the Duke of the West Frankish Kingdom .

The eldest son of Hugo I, Hugo II (d. To 992), was one of the main vassals of Hugo the Great. But after the death of Hugo the Great, who left underage sons, in 956 , Hugo II took advantage of this to become independent, following the example of Fulk II , Count of Anjou , and Thibault Fraud , Count of Blois . Later, Hugo II and his son Hugo III (c. 960 - 1014), in alliance with the Counts of Blois, fought against the Capetians, as well as the Counts of Anjou, but in the end, in 996, Hugo III was forced to recognize the suzerainty of Count Anjou. His descendants tried to gain independence, but unsuccessfully.

The family died away in 1062 with the death of Herbert II , who bequeathed the county to the Duke of Normandy William .

Hugo (?); wife - sister of Hugo, Count Bourges

• Roger (d. C. 900), Count of Maine 886–893, 895–900
  • Hugo I (d. 939/955), Count of Maine with 900
    • Hugo II (d. 980/992), Count of Maine with 939/955
      • Hugo III (c. 960 - 1014), Count of Maine from 980/992
        • Hugo Dublo
        • Herbert I Wake the Dog (d. 1032/1035), Count of Maine with 1014; 1st wife: N; 2nd wife: Paula de Preili
          • (from 1 (?) br.) Hugo IV (d. 1051), Count of Maine from 1032/1035; wife: Berthe de Blois , daughter of Ed II , Count de Blois, widow of Alain III , Duke of Brittany
            • Herbert II (d. March 9, 1062), Count of Maine from 1051
            • Margarita (up to 1045-1063); husband: Robert I Kurtguez (c. 1054 - 1134), Duke of Normandy 1087–1106, Count du Mans 1063–1069
          • (from 1 br.) Biota (d. 1063), Countess du Maine from 1062; husband: Gauthier III (d. 1063), Count of Vexin and Amiens from 1035, Count of du Mans from 1062
          • (from 1 br.) Gersenda (c. 1030 - up to 1074); 1st husband: since 1044 (developed 1048 ) Thibault III (1010/1012 - 1089), Count of Blois, Châteaudin, Chartres, Tours and Sancerre (1037-1089), Count of Troyes and Mo (1063-1089); 2nd husband: from 1048 Azstso II (996-1097), Marquis d'Este
            • Hugo V d'Este , Count of Maine
          • (from 2 br.) Paula (d. 1096); husband: from 1040 Jean de Beaugansi (d. until 1097), seigneur de la Flash
            • Ely I de Beaugansi , Earl of Maine
      • Fulcua (c. 967 - after 992)
      • Herbert Bako (d. After April 1, 1046), the guardian of Count Maine Hugo IV, was later tonsured a monk
      • (?) Melisande ; husband: Yudikael (until 979-1004), Earl of Nantes from 992
    • Gozlen
      • Rorgon
    • (?) Herve I , seigneur de Mortagne-o-Pers
      • (?) Herve II , seigneur de Mortagne-o-Pers
      • Hildegard (c. 935-c. 1020); husband: Geoffrey I , Viscount de Chateaudeau
      • Herberg ; husband: Gilden de Saumur
  • Judit (?); husband: approx. 914 Hugo the Great (d. 956), Duke of France
  • (?) Rotilda , abbess of the monastery of Bouxier-o-Dam in 937–965
• (?) Hugo
  • Roger I (before 867–926), Earl of Laon, c. 892; wife: after 895, Elvid (Ailvey) , probably the daughter of Huckbald de Guy , Count Ostervent and Senlis, widow of Gauthier , Count Laon
    • Roger II (d. 942), Count of Laon 926–928, Count of Douai 931–941, Count of Bassini 941–942; wife: daughter of Count Gozello de Bassini
      • Hugo (d. August 25, 965), Count of Bassini from 942
        • Hugo de Beauvais (d. 1008), Palatinate
        • Roger (d. 1022), Bishop of Beauvais
        • Elvid ; husband: Renault , seigneur de Pitiviere
    • N
      • Hugo (d. 977), Bishop of Beauvais
  • Hugo (d. 900/906), Count of Bassini

• List of Counts and Dukes du Mans
• County of Maine
• Rorgonides

• Christian Settipani, "Les origines des comtes de Nevers", dans Onomastique et Parenté dans l'Occident médiéval, sous la dir. de Christian Settipani et Katharine SB Keats-Rohan, 2000

• France Balade (French)
• Fondation for Medieval Genealogy: Les comtes du Maine (French)