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Hugh III of Maine

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Hugh III count of Maine
Arms of the Counts of Maine
(modern depiction)
Bornc. 960
Diedc. 1015
Noble familyHugonide
Carolingian
FatherHugh II, Count of Maine

Hugh III(c. 960 – c. 1015) becameCount of Maineon his father Hugh II's death, c. 991.

Life

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He was the son ofHugh II, Count of Maineand succeeded his father as Count of Mainec. 991[1]He constructed the fortress atSablé[2]but by 1015 it ended up being held by the viscounts of Maine.[3]He was a supporter ofRichard II, Duke of Normandy.[a][4]Allied withOdo II, Count of Blois,he fought against the kingsHugh CapetandRobert II of France,but he was forced to acknowledge theCount of Anjouas hissuzerain.During the siege ofTillières,Hugh narrowly escaped from the Norman forces pursuing him by disguising himself as a local shepherd.[5]Throughout the tenth century the dynasty of counts of Maine, of which Hugh III, his father Hugh II, and grandfather Hugh I were all members struggled to control both the city ofLe Mansand churchinvestitures[6]and in that effort were in near constant warfare with the Bishops of Le Mans, notably Segenfridus andAvesgaudus.[7]Between 995 and 1015 Hugh III donated several properties including fourvineyardsand three mills in Le Mans to the monks ofMont Saint-MichelInNormandy.[8]When approached by Abbot Hildebert in 1014 in requesting more land in the area of Le Mans, Hugh III generously gave the land ofVoivresand personally placed the offering on the altar at Mont Saint-Michel.[8]Hugh diedc. 1014–1015.[1]

Map of the county of Maine

Issue

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While the name of his wife is not known it is very probable she was a sister ofJudith of Renneswife ofRichard II, Duke of Normandy.[9]Their son was:

References

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  1. ^abcDetlev 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. ^W.Scott Jessee,Robert the Burgundian and the Counts of Anjou, ca. 1025-1098(Catholic University of America Press, 2000), p. 44
  3. ^Richard E. Barton,Lordship in the County of Maine, c. 890-1160(Woodbridge: The Boydell Press, 2004), p. 122
  4. ^ Francis Palgrave,The History of Normandy and of England(London: J.W. Parker & Son, 1864), pp. 123, 125
  5. ^The Gesta Normannorum Ducum of William of Jumieges, Orderic Vitalis, and Robert of Torigni,Vol. II, Books V-VIII, ed. Elisabeth M.C. Van Houts (Clarendon Press, Oxford, 1995), pp. 24-5
  6. ^Richard E. Barton,Lordship in the County of Maine,c. 890-1160 (The Boydell Press, Woodbridge, 2004), p. 52
  7. ^Richard E. Barton,Lordship in the County of Maine, c. 890-1160(The Boydell Press, Woodbridge, 2004), p. 148
  8. ^abCassandra Potts,Monastic Revival and Regional Identity in Early Normandy(The Boydell Press, Woodbridge, 1997), pp. 93-4
  9. ^K.S.B. Keats-Rohan, Poppa of Bayeux And Her Family,The American Genealogist,Vol. 72 No.4, (July/October 1997), p. 194 & n. 26

Notes

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  1. ^K.S.B. Keats-Rohan believes they were brothers-in-law, see: K.S.B. Keats-Rohan, Poppa of Bayeux And Her Family,The American Genealogist,Vol. 72 No.4, (July/October 1997), p. 194 & n. 26
Preceded by Count of Maine
c.991–c.1014
Succeeded by