Counts and Dukes of Maine
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This is a list of counts and dukes of Maine. In the 13th century it was annexed by France to the royal domain.
[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)
- Walter of Mantes (1062–1063)
- 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)
- Richard Lionheart (1189–1199)
- John Lackland (1200–1205)
- 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
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.
