List of consorts of Maine
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Rorgonid dynasty
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Adeltrude | - | - | Gauzlin I | |||||
Bilichild | - | - | Rorgon I | |||||
Rothild | Charles the Bald Charles the Bald Charles the Bald , Holy Roman Emperor and King of West Francia , was the youngest son of the Emperor Louis the Pious by his second wife Judith.-Struggle against his brothers:He was born on 13 June 823 in Frankfurt, when his elder... (Carolingian) |
871 | 890 | - | 928/29 | Roger | ||
Hugonid dynasty
Picture | Name | Father | Birth | Marriage | Became Countess | Ceased to be Countess | Death | Spouse |
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Bertha of Blois | Odo II, Count of Blois Odo II, Count of Blois Odo II , Count of Blois, Chartres, Châteaudun, Provins, Rheims, and Tours from 1004 and Count of Troyes and Meaux from 1022, was the son of Odo I of Blois and Bertha, daughter of Conrad of Burgundy... (Blois) |
- | after 14 April 1046 | 26 March 1051 husband's death |
11/13 April 1085 | Hugh IV | ||
- Disputed (1051–1069)
House of Este
Picture | Name | Father | Birth | Marriage | Became Countess | Ceased to be Countess | Death | Spouse |
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Eria of Hauteville | Robert Guiscard Robert Guiscard Robert d'Hauteville, known as Guiscard, Duke of Apulia and Calabria, from Latin Viscardus and Old French Viscart, often rendered the Resourceful, the Cunning, the Wily, the Fox, or the Weasel was a Norman adventurer conspicuous in the conquest of southern Italy and Sicily... (Hauteville) |
- | 1078 | - repudiated |
- | Hugh V | ||
House of Baugency
Picture | Name | Father | Birth | Marriage | Became Countess | Ceased to be Countess | Death | Spouse |
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Matilda of Château-du-Loir | Gervais, Lord of Château-du-Loir) | - | - | 1093 husband's accession |
10/25 March 1099 | Elias I | ||
In 1109, says Orderic Vitalis, Elias remarried to Agnes Agnes of Aquitaine, Queen of León and Castile Agnes or Ines of Aquitaine or Poitou was an 11th century Queen of Leon and Castile by her marriage to Alfonso VI of León and Castile.- Family :... , the daughter of 'William of Poitou' and relict of Alfonso VI of Castile. This is perhaps confused, as the name and parentage match that of Alfonso's first wife, but she last appears thirty years earlier. It has been suggested that the true bride was Alfonso's widow Beatrice. |
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House of PlantagenetHouse of PlantagenetThe House of Plantagenet , a branch of the Angevins, was a royal house founded by Geoffrey V of Anjou, father of Henry II of England. Plantagenet kings first ruled the Kingdom of England in the 12th century. Their paternal ancestors originated in the French province of Gâtinais and gained the...
Picture | Name | Father | Birth | Marriage | Became Countess | Ceased to be Countess | Death | Spouse |
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Matilda of England | Henry I of England Henry I of England Henry I was the fourth son of William I of England. He succeeded his elder brother William II as King of England in 1100 and defeated his eldest brother, Robert Curthose, to become Duke of Normandy in 1106... (Normandy) |
7 February 1101 | 17 June 1128 | 7 September 1151 husband's death |
10 September 1167 | Geoffrey | ||
Philippa of Perche | Rotrou III, Count of Perche (Châteaudun) |
It is possible but unlikely that his father left him the county of Maine; his elder brother, Geoffrey Plantagenet was ruler of Anjou, Maine and the Touraine. Elias revolted in 1145, but was captured and imprisoned indefinitely by his brother. John of Marmoutier, writing in the 1170s, states that Geoffrey released Elias, but that he died from a fever contracted during his incarceration. Few medieval sources name Elias as count of Maine. | Elias II | |||||
Eleanor, Duchess of Aquitaine | William X, Duke of Aquitaine (Ramnulfid) |
1122 | 18 May 1152 | 6 July 1189 husband's death |
1 April 1204 | Henry I Henry II of England Henry II ruled as King of England , Count of Anjou, Count of Maine, Duke of Normandy, Duke of Aquitaine, Duke of Gascony, Count of Nantes, Lord of Ireland and, at various times, controlled parts of Wales, Scotland and western France. Henry, the great-grandson of William the Conqueror, was the... |
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Margaret of France | Louis VII of France Louis VII of France Louis VII was King of France, the son and successor of Louis VI . He ruled from 1137 until his death. He was a member of the House of Capet. His reign was dominated by feudal struggles , and saw the beginning of the long rivalry between France and England... (Capet House of Capet The House of Capet, or The Direct Capetian Dynasty, , also called The House of France , or simply the Capets, which ruled the Kingdom of France from 987 to 1328, was the most senior line of the Capetian dynasty – itself a derivative dynasty from the Robertians. As rulers of France, the dynasty... ) |
November 1157 | 2 November 1160 | June 1170 husband's accession |
11 June 1183 husband's death |
August/September 1197 | Henry II Henry the Young King Henry, known as the Young King was the second of five sons of King Henry II of England and Eleanor of Aquitaine but the first to survive infancy. He was officially King of England; Duke of Normandy, Count of Anjou and Maine.-Early life:Little is known of the young prince Henry before the events... |
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Berengaria of Navarre Berengaria of Navarre Berengaria of Navarre was Queen of the English as the wife of King Richard I of England. She was the eldest daughter of King Sancho VI of Navarre and Sancha of Castile. As is the case with many of the medieval queens consort of the Kingdom of England, relatively little is known of her life... |
Sancho VI of Navarre Sancho VI of Navarre Sancho VI Garcés , called the Wise , was the king of Navarre from 1150 until his death in 1194.... (Jiménez Jiménez dynasty The Jiménez or Ximenes were an Iberian ruling family from the 10th century to the 13th century. They were the first Europeanisers of Spain and brought her back within the wider European political scene while also giving her the political character and division that persisted until the end of the... ) |
between 1165 and 1170 | 12 May 1191 | 6 April 1199 husband's death |
23 December 1230 | Richard I Richard I of England Richard I was King of England from 6 July 1189 until his death. He also ruled as Duke of Normandy, Duke of Aquitaine, Duke of Gascony, Lord of Cyprus, Count of Anjou, Count of Maine, Count of Nantes, and Overlord of Brittany at various times during the same period... |
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Isabella of Angoulême Isabella of Angoulême Isabella of Angoulême was queen consort of England as the second wife of King John from 1200 until John's death in 1216. They had five children by the king including his heir, later Henry III... |
Aymer Taillefer, Count of Angoulême Aymer of Angoulême Aymer was the last Count of Angoulême of the House of Taillefer. He was the third of the six children of Count William IV and Marguerite of Turenne... (Taillefer Taillefer Taillefer was the surname of a Norman ioglere whose exact name and place of birth are unknown . He travelled to England during the Norman conquest of England of 1066, in the train of William the Conqueror... ) |
1188 | 24 August 1200 | 1203 France annexed Maine |
31 May 1246 | John John of England John , also known as John Lackland , was King of England from 6 April 1199 until his death... |
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Capetian House of AnjouCapetian House of AnjouThe Capetian House of Anjou, also known as the House of Anjou-Sicily and House of Anjou-Naples, was a royal house and cadet branch of the direct House of Capet. Founded by Charles I of Sicily, a son of Louis VIII of France, the Capetian king first ruled the Kingdom of Sicily during the 13th century...
Picture | Name | Father | Birth | Marriage | Became Countess | Ceased to be Countess | Death | Spouse |
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Beatrice of Provence Beatrice of Provence Beatrice of Provence , was a countess regnant of Provence. She was also a Queen consort of Sicily by marriage to King Charles I of Sicily.... |
Raymond Berenguer IV of Provence (Barcelona House of Barcelona The House of Barcelona was a medieval dynasty that ruled the County of Barcelona continuously from 878 and the Crown of Aragon from 1137 . From the male part they descend from the Bellonids, the descendants of Wifred the Hairy... ) |
1234 | 31 January 1246 | 1247 husband's ascension |
23 September 1267 | Charles I Charles I of Sicily Charles I , known also as Charles of Anjou, was the King of Sicily by conquest from 1266, though he had received it as a papal grant in 1262 and was expelled from the island in the aftermath of the Sicilian Vespers of 1282... |
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Margaret of Burgundy Margaret of Burgundy, Queen of Sicily Margaret of Burgundy was the second wife of Charles I of Sicily, and by marriage Queen consort of Sicily.The second daughter of Odo, Count of Nevers, and Maud of Dampierre, Margaret was Countess of Tonnerre by inheritance from 1262 until her death... |
Eudes of Burgundy, Count of Nevers and Auxerre Eudes of Burgundy Odo of Burgundy was Count of Nevers and Auxerre and the heir of Hugh IV, Duke of Burgundy. His mother was Yolande of Dreux.He never inherited the duchy, due to his death before his father; Burgundy was thereafter ruled by Odo's brother Robert... (Burgundy House of Burgundy The House of Burgundy was a cadet branch of the Capetian dynasty, descending from Robert I, Duke of Burgundy, a younger son of Robert II of France.... ) |
1250 | 18 November 1268 | 7 January 1285 husband's death |
4 September 1308 | |||
Maria of Hungary | Stephen V of Hungary Stephen V of Hungary Stephen V , was King of Hungary from 1270 to 1272.-Early years:... (Árpád) |
1257 | May/June 1270 | 7 January 1285 husband's ascension |
1290 husband's death |
25 March 1323 | Charles II Charles II of Naples Charles II, known as "the Lame" was King of Naples, King of Albania, Prince of Salerno, Prince of Achaea and Count of Anjou.-Biography:... |
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House of Valois
Picture | Name | Father | Birth | Marriage | Became Countess | Ceased to be Countess | Death | Spouse |
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Joan the Lame Joan the Lame Joan of Burgundy , also known as Joan the Lame , was Queen consort of France as the first wife of Philip VI... |
Robert II, Duke of Burgundy Robert II, Duke of Burgundy Robert II of Burgundy was duke of Burgundy between 1271 and 1306, inheriting the title from his brother Eudes of Burgundy, who had no male heirs. Robert was the third son of duke Hugh IV and Yolande of Dreux... (Burgundy House of Burgundy The House of Burgundy was a cadet branch of the Capetian dynasty, descending from Robert I, Duke of Burgundy, a younger son of Robert II of France.... ) |
24 June 1293 | July 1313 | 1 April 1328 became Queen of France |
12 September 1348 | Philip I Philip VI of France Philip VI , known as the Fortunate and of Valois, was the King of France from 1328 to his death. He was also Count of Anjou, Maine, and Valois from 1325 to 1328... |
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House of Valois
Picture | Name | Father | Birth | Marriage | Became Countess | Ceased to be Countess | Death | Spouse |
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Bonne of Bohemia Bonne of Bohemia Bonne of Luxemburg, Duchess of Normandy, Countess of Anjou and of Maine , was born Jutta , the daughter of John the Blind of Luxemburg, king of Bohemia and his first wife Elisabeth of Bohemia. She was the first wife of King John II of France; however, as her death occurred a year prior to his... |
John of Bohemia (Luxembourg House of Luxembourg The House of Luxembourg was a late medieval German dynasty, which between 1308 and 1437 ruled the Holy Roman Empire, twice interrupted by the rivaling House of Wittelsbach.-History:... ) |
20 May 1315 | 6 August 1332 | 11 September 1349 | John II John II of France John II , called John the Good , was the King of France from 1350 until his death. He was the second sovereign of the House of Valois and is perhaps best remembered as the king who was vanquished at the Battle of Poitiers and taken as a captive to England.The son of Philip VI and Joan the Lame,... |
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Joan I, Countess of Auvergne | William XII, Count of Auvergne (Auvergne) |
8 May 1326 | 13 February 1349 | 22 August 1350 became Queen of France |
29 September 1360 | |||
House of Valois-AnjouHouse of Valois-AnjouThe Valois House of Anjou, or the Younger House of Anjou, was a noble French family, deriving from the royal family, the House of Valois. They were monarchs of Naples, as well as various other territories....
Picture | Name | Father | Birth | Marriage | Became Countess | Ceased to be Countess | Death | Spouse |
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Marie of Blois-Châtillon | Charles of Blois-Châtillon, Duke of Brittany Charles, Duke of Brittany Charles of Blois , claimed the title Duke of Brittany, from 1341 to his death.Charles is the son of Guy I of Blois-Châtillon, count of Blois, by Margaret of Valois, a sister of king Philip VI of France. He was a devout man, who took piety to the extreme of mortifying his own flesh... (Châtillon House of Châtillon The House of Châtillon was a notable French family, with origins in the 9th century and surviving until 1762. The name comes from a county in Champagne, with its capital in Châtillon-sur-Marne and branches in Saint-Pol-sur-Ternoise, Blois, Penthièvre, Chartres, etc.The counts of Châtillon added to... ) |
1343/5 | 9 July 1360 | 20 September 1384 husband's death |
12 November 1404 | Louis I Louis I of Naples Louis I of Anjou , or Louis I of Naples, was the second son of King John II of France and Bonne of Luxembourg... |
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Yolande of Aragon Yolande of Aragon Yolande of Aragon, , was a throne claimant and titular queen regnant of Aragon, titular queen consort of Naples, Duchess of Anjou, Countess of Provence, and regent of Provence during the minority of her son... |
John I of Aragon John I of Aragon John I , called by posterity the Hunter or the Lover of Elegance , but the Abandoned in his lifetime, was the King of... (Barcelona House of Barcelona The House of Barcelona was a medieval dynasty that ruled the County of Barcelona continuously from 878 and the Crown of Aragon from 1137 . From the male part they descend from the Bellonids, the descendants of Wifred the Hairy... ) |
11 August 1384 | 2 December 1400 | 29 April 1417 husband's death |
14 November 1442 | Louis II Louis II of Naples Louis II of Anjou was the rival of Ladislaus as King of Naples. He was a member of the House of Valois-Anjou.-Biography:... |
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Margaret of Savoy | Amadeus VIII, Duke of Savoy (Savoy House of Savoy The House of Savoy was formed in the early 11th century in the historical Savoy region. Through gradual expansion, it grew from ruling a small county in that region to eventually rule the Kingdom of Italy from 1861 until the end of World War II, king of Croatia and King of Armenia... ) |
1410s or 7 August 1420 | 1424/31 August 1432 | 12 November 1434 husband's death |
30 September 1479 | Louis III Louis III of Naples Louis III was titular King of Naples 1417–1426, Count of Provence, Forcalquier, Piedmont, and Maine and Duke of Anjou 1417–1434, and Duke of Calabria 1426–1434.... |
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Isabella, Duchess of Lorraine Isabella, Duchess of Lorraine Isabella was suo jure Duchess of Lorraine, from 25 January 1431 to her death in 1453. She was the first wife of Duke Rene of Anjou, King of Naples, and the mother of his children, which included Margaret of Anjou, Queen consort of England as the wife of Henry VI.From 1435 to 1442, Isabella was... |
Charles II, Duke of Lorraine Charles II, Duke of Lorraine Charles II , called the Bold was the duke of Lorraine from 1390 to his death and constable of France from 1418 to 1425.... (Lorraine House of Lorraine The House of Lorraine, the main and now only remaining line known as Habsburg-Lorraine, is one of the most important and was one of the longest-reigning royal houses in the history of Europe... ) |
c. 1400 | 24 October 1420 | 12 November 1434 husband's ascension |
1448 husband gives title to his brother |
28 February 1453 | René | |
Isabelle of Luxembourg | Peter of Luxembourg, Count of Saint-Pol Peter of Luxembourg, Count of Saint-Pol Peter of Luxembourg was a son of John of Luxembourg, Lord of Beauvoir and his wife Marguerite of Enghien. His inheritance included the counties of Brienne, Conversano and Saint-Pol.- Family :... (Luxembourg House of Luxembourg The House of Luxembourg was a late medieval German dynasty, which between 1308 and 1437 ruled the Holy Roman Empire, twice interrupted by the rivaling House of Wittelsbach.-History:... ) |
- | May 1444 | 7 April 1445 husband adopts title 1448 husband receives county |
10 July 1480 husband's death |
1472, or after | Charles IV | |
Jeanne de Lorraine | Frederick II of Vaudémont Frederick II of Vaudémont Frederick II of Vaudémont , also known as Frederick II of Lorraine, was Count of Vaudémont and Lord of Joinville from 1458 to 1470. He was son of Antoine of Lorraine, Count of Vaudémont and Lord of Joinville and Marie, Countess of Aumale and Baroness of Elbeuf... (Lorraine House of Lorraine The House of Lorraine, the main and now only remaining line known as Habsburg-Lorraine, is one of the most important and was one of the longest-reigning royal houses in the history of Europe... ) |
1458 | 21 January 1474 | 10 July 1480 husband's ascension |
25 January 1480 | Charles IV | ||
House of LorraineHouse of LorraineThe House of Lorraine, the main and now only remaining line known as Habsburg-Lorraine, is one of the most important and was one of the longest-reigning royal houses in the history of Europe...
Picture | Name | Father | Birth | Marriage | Became Countess | Ceased to be Countess | Death | Spouse |
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Henriette of Savoy, Marquess of Villars | Onorato II di Savoia | 1541 | 6 August 1576 | 3 October 1611 husband's death |
14 November 1611 | Charles, Duke of Mayenne | ||
Marie Henriette Gonzaga | Louis Gonzaga, Duke of Nevers Louis Gonzaga, Duke of Nevers Louis Gonzaga, Duke of Nevers was an Italian-French dignitary and diplomat in France. He was the third child of Frederick II Gonzaga, Duke of Mantua, and Margaret Palaeologina.-Life account:... (Gonzaga House of Gonzaga The Gonzaga family ruled Mantua in Northern Italy from 1328 to 1708.-History:In 1433, Gianfrancesco I assumed the title of Marquis of Mantua, and in 1530 Federico II received the title of Duke of Mantua. In 1531, the family acquired the Duchy of Monferrato through marriage... ) |
3 September 1571 | February 1599 | 3 October 1611 husband's accession |
3 August 1614 | Henri, Duke of Mayenne | ||
House of Bourbon-Maine, 1673-1736
Picture | Name | Father | Birth | Marriage | Became Duchess | Ceased to be Duchess | Death | Spouse |
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Louise Bénédicte de Bourbon | Henri Jules, Prince of Condé (Bourbon-Condé House of Bourbon The House of Bourbon is a European royal house, a branch of the Capetian dynasty . Bourbon kings first ruled Navarre and France in the 16th century. By the 18th century, members of the Bourbon dynasty also held thrones in Spain, Naples, Sicily, and Parma... ) |
8 November 1676 | 19 May 1692 | 14 May 1736 husband's death |
23 January 1753 | Louis-Auguste de Bourbon Louis-Auguste de Bourbon, duc du Maine Louis Auguste de Bourbon, Legitimé de France was the eldest legitimised son of the Louis XIV of France and his maîtresse-en-titre, Madame de Montespan... |
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See also
- List of consorts of Anjou
- List of consorts of Normandy
- List of consorts of Lorraine
- List of consorts of Provence
- List of consorts of Mayenne