This is a list of consorts of Maine, a former province of France.
Joan the Lame and Joan I, Countess of Auvergne, became Queen of France following the ascension of their husbands to the throne.
Countess of Maine First Creation Rorgonid dynasty Picture Name Father Birth Marriage Became Countess Ceased to be Countess Death Spouse Adeltrude – – Gauzlin I Bilichild – – Rorgon I Rothilde Charles the Bald(Carolingian) 871 890 – 928/29 Roger
Hugonid dynasty Picture Name Father Birth Marriage Became Countess Ceased to be Countess Death Spouse Bertha of Blois Odo II, Count of Blois(Blois) – after 14 April 1046 26 March 1051husband'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 Eria of Hauteville Robert Guiscard(Hauteville) – 1078 -repudiated – Hugh V
House of Baugency Picture Name Father Birth Marriage Became Countess Ceased to be Countess Death Spouse Matilda of Château-du-Loir Gervais, Lord of Château-du-Loir) – – 1093husband's accession 10/25 March 1099 Elias I In 1109, says Orderic Vitalis, Elias remarried to Agnes, 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.
House of Plantagenet Picture Name Father Birth Marriage Became Countess Ceased to be Countess Death Spouse Matilda of England Henry I of England(Normandy) 7 February 1101 17 June 1128 7 September 1151husband'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.John of Marmoutier, Historia Gaufredi ducis Normannorum et comitis Andegavorum, in Chroniques des comtes d'Anjou et des seigneurs d'Amboise, ed. L. Halphen & R. Poupardin (Paris, 1913), pp.170–231: 207. 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 1189husband's death 1 April 1204 Henry I Margaret of France Louis VII of France(Capet) November 1157 2 November 1160 June 1170husband's accession 11 June 1183husband's death August/September 1197 Henry II Berengaria of Navarre Sancho VI of Navarre(Jiménez) between 1165 and 1170 12 May 1191 6 April 1199husband's death 23 December 1230 Richard IIsabella of Angoulême Aymer Taillefer, Count of Angoulême(Taillefer) 118824 August 1200 1203France annexed Maine 31 May 1246 John
Second creation
Capetian House of Anjou Picture Name Father Birth Marriage Became Countess Ceased to be Countess Death Spouse Beatrice of Provence Raymond Berenguer IV of Provence (Barcelona) 1234 31 January 1246 1247husband's ascension 23 September 1267 Charles I Margaret of Burgundy Eudes of Burgundy, Count of Nevers and Auxerre (Burgundy) 1250 18 November 1268 7 January 1285husband's death 4 September 1308 Maria of Hungary Stephen V of Hungary (Árpád) 1257 May/June 1270 7 January 1285husband's ascension 1290husband's death 25 March 1323 Charles II
Third creation
House of Valois Picture Name Father Birth Marriage Became Countess Ceased to be Countess Death Spouse Joan the Lame Robert II, Duke of Burgundy (Burgundy) 24 June 1293 July 1313 1 April 1328became Queen of France 12 September 1348 Philip I
Fourth creation
House of Valois Picture Name Father Birth Marriage Became Countess Ceased to be Countess Death Spouse Bonne of Bohemia John of Bohemia(Luxembourg) 20 May 1315 6 August 1332 11 September 1349 John II Joan I, Countess of Auvergne William XII, Count of Auvergne (Auvergne) 8 May 1326 13 February 1349 22 August 1350became Queen of France 29 September 1360
Fifth creation
House of Valois-Anjou Picture Name Father Birth Marriage Became Countess Ceased to be Countess Death Spouse Marie of Blois-Châtillon Charles of Blois-Châtillon, Duke of Brittany (Châtillon) 1343/5 9 July 1360 20 September 1384husband's death 12 November 1404 Louis I Yolande of Aragon John I of Aragon (Barcelona) 11 August 1384 2 December 1400 29 April 1417husband's death 14 November 1442 Louis II Margaret of Savoy Amadeus VIII, Duke of Savoy (Savoy) 1410s or 7 August 1420 1424/31 August 1432 12 November 1434husband's death 30 September 1479 Louis III Covella Ruffo Carlo Ruffo, 5th Count of Montalto, 3rd Count of Corigliano (Ruffo) c. 1400 1 March 1434 12 November 1434husband's ascension 1442 Charles IV Isabelle of Luxembourg Peter of Luxembourg, Count of Saint-Pol (Luxembourg) – May 1444 10 July 1480husband's death 1472, or after Charles IV Jeanne de Lorraine Frederick II of Vaudémont (Lorraine) 1458 21 January 1474 10 July 1480husband's ascension 25 January 1480 Charles V
Sixth Creation
House of Lorraine Picture Name Father Birth Marriage Became Countess Ceased to be Countess Death Spouse Henriette of Savoy, Marquess of Villars Onorato II di Savoia 1541 6 August 1576 3 October 1611husband's death 14 November 1611 Charles, Duke of Mayenne Marie Henriette Gonzaga Louis Gonzaga, Duke of Nevers(Gonzaga) 3 September 1571 February 1599 3 October 1611husband's accession 3 August 1614 Henri, Duke of Mayenne
Duchess of Maine
Legitimised branch of the House of Bourbon, 1673–1736 Picture Name Father Birth Marriage Became Duchess Ceased to be Duchess Death Spouse Louise Bénédicte de Bourbon Henri Jules, Prince of Condé(Bourbon (Condé branch)) 8 November 1676 19 May 1692 14 May 1736husband's death 23 January 1753 Louis Auguste de Bourbon
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
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