Heribert I "Éveille-chien" du Maine, comte du maine

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HERIBERT [I] "Evigilans Canis/Eveille-chien" du Maine, son of HUGUES [III] Comte du Maine & his wife --- ([990/1000]-15 Feb [1032/35]). “Widdo Lononis filius” donated “Gaudiacus” to Saint-Pierre de la Couture, with the consent of “dominis meis Hugone atque Herberto comitibus et vice comite Radulpho eiusque filii” by undated charter dated to [1000/15][131]. He succeeded his father in [1014/15] as Comte du Maine. The Gesta Ambaziensium names "comes pernimium iuvenis Herbertus cognomento Evigilans Canem" as ruler of "Cenomannicum consulatum" during the life of Lizois de Basauges (see the document ANJOU)[132], which if correct suggests that Héribert must have been born during the later part of 10th century (which is consistent with the birth date range attributed to his son Hugues [IV], see below). The Actus pontificum Cenomannis names "Herberto, comite Cenomanensi" during the bishopric of "Avesgaudi" (from [997] to [1036]%29 and records disputes between the two[133]. Orderic Vitalis records that "Herbertus Cenommanorum comes ex prosapia (ut fertur) Caroli Magni originem", known as "Evigilans-Canem" because of his merit, after the death of “Hugonis patris sui”, whom “Fulco senior” [Foulques III Comte d´Anjou] had subjugated, attacked Anjou[134]. "Herbertus Evigilans canem cognomine" donated property to the abbey of Saint-Pierre-de-la-Cour du Mans after defeating "Odone Campaniensi…comite" by charter dated Jul 1016[135], which shows that Héribert must have reversed his father's policy of support for Eudes Comte de Blois (see above). The Chronicle of Adémar de Chabannes records that Foulques "Nerra" Comte d'Anjou captured "Arbertum, Cenomannis comitem" at Saintes, "prima quadregismæ dominica post cœnam nocte" (7/8 Mar) according to a later passage, in 1029 according to the editor of the version consulted[136]. The Martyrologe de la Couture records the death "XV Kal Mar" of "Herbertus comes Cenom"[137].

m --- (-after 8 Mar [1029]). The name of Héribert's wife is not known. The Chronicle of Adémar de Chabannes records that the wife of Foulques "Nerra" Comte d'Anjou attempted to capture "uxorem Arberti" on the same day her husband was captured but that she was able to escape[138].

Comte Héribert [I] & his wife had four children:

1. HUGUES [IV] du Maine ([1018/22]-26 Mar 1051). The Actus pontificum Cenomannis names "Hugonem…Herberti filium" when recording that "Herbertus Baccho" tried to disinherit him[139]. He succeeded his father in [1032/35] as Comte du Maine, minor until 1036. The necrology of Le Mans Cathedral records the death "VII Kal Apr" of "Hugo comes, Herberti filius"[140]. m (after 14 Apr 1046) as her second husband, BERTHE de Blois, widow of ALAIN III Duke of Brittany, daughter of EUDES II Comte de Blois & his second wife Ermengarde d'Auvergne ([[11/13] Apr 1085). The Actus pontificum Cenomannis records that Bishop Gervais arranged the marriage of "Hugonem…Herberti filium" and "Bertam…Alani Britannorum comitis olim coniugem"[141]. Orderic Vitalis records that "Hugo filius Herberti", after the death of "Alannus Britannorum comes" who was poisoned “a Normannis in Normania”, married “Bertam ipsius relictam, Tedbaldi Blesensium comitis sororem”[142]. Her second marriage is confirmed by the Chronicon Ruyensis Cœnobii which records the death in 1062 of "Herbertus Cenomannensium Comes et frater uterinus Conani ducis"[143]. The Flandria Generosa names "Berta comitissa" as daughter of "altera Ermengardis comitissa", when outlining the basis for the consanguinity between Baudouin VII Count of Flanders and his wife [Hawise] de Bretagne which provided the grounds for the couple's separation[144]. After the death of her second husband, Berthe was expelled from Le Mans by the inhabitants who invited Geoffroy "Martel" Comte d'Anjou to enter the town. "Comitis Tedbaldi sorori…Berte" donated property by charter dated 12 May 1069[145]. The Chronicon Britannico records the death in 1084 of "Bertha Comitissa mater Conani"[146]. The Chronicon Britannico Alter records the death in 1085 of "Bertha religiosa Comitissa", stating that she restored "Monasterium S. Melanii"[147]. The Chronicon Ruyensis Cœnobii records the death in 1085 of "Berthæ comitissæ"[148]. The necrology of Chartres cathedral records the death "II Id Apr" of "Berta comitissa"[149]. The Chronicon Kemperlegiensis records the death "Kal Jun" in 1085 of "Bertha Comitissa Britanniæ, mater Conani Ducis, soror Fulconis"[150], although no other record has been found which confirms that Berthe had a brother named Foulques. Comte Hugues [IV] & his wife had two children:

a) HERIBERT [II] du Maine (-9 Mar 1062). Orderic Vitalis records that "Hugo filius Herberti" and his wife “Bertam ipsius relictam, Tedbaldi Blesensium comitis sororem” had “filium...Herbertum et tres filias” (two of which he confuses with the sisters of Comte Hugues [IV])[151]. He succeeded his father in 1051 as Comte du Maine. The dating clause of a charter dated 15 Nov 1058, which records a donation by Gervaise Bishop of Le Mans to Saint-Vincent du Mans, names "…Herberto puerulo comite…"[152]. The Chronicon Ruyensis Cœnobii records the death in 1062 of "Herbertus Cenomannensium Comes et frater uterinus Conani ducis"[153]. The necrology of the Abbaye du Pré records the death “VII Id Mar” of “Habertus comes filius Hugonis juvenis”[154].
b) MARGUERITE du Maine ([1047/51]-Fécamp 13 Dec [1063], bur Fécamp). Guillaume of Jumièges records that ”Robertus” was betrothed to “Margareta filia Herberti quondam Cenomannensis comitis” who died “apud Fiscannum” before the marriage[155]. Orderic Vitalis records that "Hugo filius Herberti" and his wife “Bertam ipsius relictam, Tedbaldi Blesensium comitis sororem” had “filium...Herbertum et tres filias” (two of which he confuses with the sisters of Comte Hugues [IV]%29 of whom “Margarita” who was betrothed to “Rodberto filio Guillelmi ducis Neustriæ” but died “virgo in tutela eiusdem ducis”[156]. The same source records in another passage that “Herberti juvenis Cenomanensium comitis...Margaritam sororem suam” was betrothed to “Willermus dux...Rodberto eiusdem ducis filio” who was granted “comitatum...Cenomannensem”, and adds that Marguerite was consigned to “Stigando...viro de Mansione Odonis” but died before reaching marriageable age[157]. Betrothed (before [1063]) to ROBERT de Normandie, son of GUILLAUME II Duke of Normandy [later WILLIAM I King of England] & his wife Mathilde de Flandre (Normandy [1052/54]-Cardiff Castle 3/10/15 Feb 1135, bur Gloucester Cathedral).

2. GERSENDE du Maine ([1025/35]-). The Actus pontificum Cenomannis records that "Atho marchisius" left Maine in the hands of "Gaufridi de Meduana", also naming "uxor eiusdem marchisii Garcendis…filia Herberti Cenomannorum…comitis…Evigila Canem" and specifying that she had married firstly "Theobaldo duci Campanie" and that he had repudiated her[158]. The same source comments that "Gaufredi de Meduana" was "tutor et quasi maritus", implying that Gersende was his mistress. Orderic Vitalis records that "Hugo filius Herberti" and his wife “Bertam ipsius relictam, Tedbaldi Blesensium comitis sororem” had “filium...Herbertum et tres filias”, of whom one married “Azsoni marchiso Liguriæ” (which would be difficult to sustain chronologically and confuses the children of Hugues [IV] Comte du Maine with his sisters)[159]. m firstly (repudiated 1048) as his first wife, THIBAUT III Comte de Blois, son of EUDES II Comte de Blois & his second wife Ermengarde d'Auvergne ([1010]-29/30 Sep 1089, bur Epernay). m secondly ([1049/51]%29 as his second wife, ALBERTO AZZO [II] d'Este, son of ALBERTO AZZO [I] d'Este & his first wife Valdriada Candriada ([996]-Vangadizza monastery 1097). Comte du Maine [1069/70]. Mistress of: ([1070/71]) GEOFFROY de Mayenne, son of HAYMON & his wife --- (-[May/Dec] 1098). Gersende du Maine & her second husband had two children:

a) UGO d'Este (-1131). His parentage is recorded by Orderic Vitalis, who states that he was younger than his brother Folco (see below). He succeeded in 1070 as Comte du Maine. "Heinricus…rex" confirmed "nostri dilecti cancellarii Ugoni et Fulconi germanis Azonis marchionis filiis" in all their possessions "in comitatu Gauolli, Rodigum, Cederniano, Sarzano, Maretiniago…in comitatu [Pata]uiensi Este" by undated charter placed in the compilation with other charters dated 1077[160]. He and his brother made no attempt to claim their inheritance but in 1090 were contacted in Italy by the men of Maine who had rebelled against the Normans: Orderic Vitalis records the rebellion in 1090 of “Cenomanni contra Normannos” and their sending a deputation to “filiis Azsonis marchisi Liguriæ” inviting him to come to Maine as their leader, adding that it was agreed between “filiis Azsonis” that “Fulco...major natu” should retain “patris honorem in Italia” while “Hugo...frater eius” should claim “Cenomannensem principatum ex matris hereditate”[161]. The same source records that Hugues arrived in Maine and was helped by “Gaufridus Madeniensis et Helias aliique cives et oppidoni” to secure his inheritance[162]. According to Orderic Vitalis, when "the men of Maine discovered that their new count had neither riches nor judgment and courage to commend him, the hotheads began to regret their action"[163]. He betrayed Matilda Ctss of Tuscany (married to his half-brother's son) in early 1091, frustrating her plan to capture Emperor Heinrich IV during the latter's journey to Italy[164]. Orderic Vitalis records that “Helias consobrinus eius” suggested to Hugues that he returned “in patriam tuam” and sold him the county, which he did for “x milia solidorum”, dated to [1090][165]. The dating clause of a charter dated to [1093], which records a dispute between "Herbertus [de Wirchia]" and the church of Saint-Vincent du Mans, refers to the year in which "Longobardus…Helie comiti" sold "Cenomannicum comitatum"[166]. m (1078, repudiated) [ERIA] of Apulia, daughter of ROBERT "Guiscard/Weasel" Duke of Apulia & his second wife Sichelgaita di Salerno. Orderic Vitalis records that “Hugo” had married “filiam Roberti Wiscardi” but had repudiated her, for which Pope Urban II had excommunicated him[167]. Her father's insistance that his principal vassals meet the cost of her wedding caused considerable resentment, triggering the revolt against Robert Guiscard in autumn 1078. Amatus records the marriage of Duke Robert's (unnamed) daughter, endowed "with a very fine dowry", and the (unnamed) son of Marquis Azzo[168]. The primary source which confirms her name has not yet been identified.
b) other child: see ESTE.

3. PAULE du Maine ([1025/35]-). Orderic Vitalis records that "Hugo filius Herberti" and his wife “Bertam ipsius relictam, Tedbaldi Blesensium comitis sororem” had “filium...Herbertum et tres filias”, of whom the third married “Johanni domino castri...Flecchia” (which would be difficult to sustain chronologically and confuses the children of Hugues [IV] Comte du Maine with his sisters) and had three children “Goisbertum, Heliam et Enoch”[169]. Her father is named by Orderic Vitalis, who also records her marriage to "Lancelin de Beaugency"[170]. However, in another passage the same source names "Helias, Johannis et Paulæ filius, Hugonis Cenomannorum consulis consobrinus"[171]. From a chronological point of view, it is more likely that Jean, son of Lancelin de Baugency, was the husband of Paule du Maine. m JEAN de la Flèche, son of LANCELIN de Baugency & his wife --- (-before [1097]), bur Angers, Saint-Aubin). - see below, Part B.

4. BIOTE du Maine ([1025/35]-poisoned Falaise 1063). Guillaume de Poitiers names "la sœur de Hugues" as wife of "Gautier comte de Mantes"[172]. Orderic Vitalis records that “Walterius Pontesiensium comes filius Drogonis comitis” (who had accompanied “Rodberto seniore Normannorum duce in Jerusalem”) married “Biotam Hugonis Cenomannensium comitis filiam...amita [Herberti juvenis Cenomanensium comitis]” and claimed “totum comitatum Cenomannensem” and occupied a part, but that “prædictus comes Walterius et Biota conjux eius” died “(ut ferunt) lethali veneno” while Guillaume II Duke of Normandy was attacking the rebels[173]. m GAUTHIER [III] Comte de Mantes, son of DREUX [Drogo] Comte de Mantes & his wife Godgifu [Goda] of England (before [29 Mar 1030/10 Apr 1031]-poisoned Falaise [2 Aug] 1063). Orderic Vitalis records that “Walterius Pontesiensium comes filius Drogonis comitis” (who had accompanied “Rodberto seniore Normannorum duce in Jerusalem”) married “Biotam Hugonis Cenomannensium comitis filiam...amita [Herberti juvenis Cenomanensium comitis]” and claimed “totum comitatum Cenomannensem” and occupied a part, but that “prædictus comes Walterius et Biota conjux eius” died “(ut ferunt) lethali veneno” while Guillaume II Duke of Normandy was attacking the rebels[174].

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Herbert I (died 1036), called Wakedog or Evigilans Canis (Eveille-Chien), was the count of Maine from 1015, the son and successor of Hugh III. Herbert left four children:

1. Hugh IV, successor, married Bertha, daughter of Odo of Blois
2. Gersenda, married firstly Theobald III of Blois; divorced in 1048 and married secondly Albert Azzo II, Margrave of Milan
3. Paula, either wife or mother of John de Beaugency, among whose children was Elias to whom Maine eventually passed
4. Biota, married Walter III of the Vexin

Source: Herbert (I) of Maine in the "MedLands" database hosted on the Foundation for Medieval Genealogy website

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Herbert I "Éveille-Chien" ("Wake-Dog") (Herbertus Evigilans Canem) Count of Maine, 1014×5-1032×5.

Having evidently succeeded his father a year or two earlier, Herbert "Wake-Dog" first appears in action at the Battle of Pontlevoy on 6 July 1016, in alliance with Foulques III Nerra of Anjou against Eudes II of Blois [Gesta consulum Andegavorum, Marchegay & Salmon (1856), 107-8; Hist. Saint-Florent de Saumur, Marchegay & Mabille (1869), 274; Halphen (1906), 33-5]. On the night of 7×8 March 1025, Herbert (Arbertus Cenomannis comitis) was treacherously captured by Foulques III Nerra, who had promised him the city of Saintes, only being released two years later, after he had sworn homage to Foulques [Ad%C3%A9mar Chab., iii, 64 (p. 189); Annales de Vendôme, s.a. 1027, Halphen (1903), 61; Halphen (1906), 68-9]. Herbert was still living in 1032×5, when he ratified a donation of Yves de Bellême, bishop of Sées [Latouche (1910), 143 (#22)]. On his death, he was succeeded by his young son Hugues IV under the tutelage of Herbert's uncle Herbert Bacon, who was the de facto count during the early years of Hugues IV.

Date of Birth: Unknown. Place of Birth: Unknown.

Date of Death: 15 February 1032×5. The date of 15 February comes from the martyrology of Couture ["15 kalendas marcii obierunt Herbertus, comes Cenom[anensis]..." Latouche (1910), 26, n. 4, who notes that this cannot be a reference to Herbert II, who died on a 6 March]. Herbert was still alive at the time of a charter which can be dated 1032×5 (see above), and he was deceased before Gervais de Château-du-Loir became bishop of Le Mans (which occurred by 17 December 1035) [Latouche (1910), 26, n. 4]. Place of Death: Unknown.

Father: Hugues III, d. 1014×5, count of Maine. The relationship between Hugues III and Herbert I is stated by an early interpolation to Adémar de Chabannes ["... Arbertum Cenomannis comitem [filium Ugonis]" Adémar Chab., iii, 64 (p. 189); the addition "filium Ugonis" appears in a twelfth century manuscript] and Orderic Vitalis ["Herbertus Cenomannorum comes ... Hugonis patris sui ..." OV iv (vol. 2, pp. 304-5)]. It is further confirmed by the statement of the Actus that Herbert Bacon (a brother of Hugues III, as confirmed by charters - see the page of Hugues II) was an avunculus of Herbert I ["... Herbertus, comes, cognomine Baco, avunculus Herberti, qui fuit temporibus Avesgaudi episcopi, ..." Act. Pont. Cenom., 363].

Mother: Unknown.

Spouse(s): Unknown.

Children: See the page of Paula for more details.

MALE Hugues IV, d. 26 March, probably 1051, count of Maine. ["... ab Hugone Cenomanorum comite filio Herberti illius qui Evigilans-Canes dictus est, ..." ca. 1046, Cart. Trinité de Vendôme, 123 (#66)]

FEMALE Biote, m. Gautier, count of Mantes.

FEMALE Gersende, m. (1) Thibaud III, count of Blois; (2) Alberto Azzo II of Este. Commentary

Possible daughter: (perhaps one, but not both, of the following) FEMALE Paula, m. Jean, living 13 February 1087, lord of La Flèche. FEMALE NN, m. Landry alias Lancelin, fl 1027×8-1050, lord of Baugency. The exact manner of inheritance of the county of Maine by the lords of La Flèche is uncertain. Two of these possibilities are either that Jean's wife Paula was a daughter of Herbert, or that Jean (son of Landry alias Lancelin) was a maternal grandson of Herbert. These two scenarios obviously cannot both be true (and it is possible that neither of them are). The possibilities are discussed in detail on Paula's page. Bibliography

Act. Pont. Cenom. = Busson & Ledru, eds., Actus Pontificum Cenomannis in urbe Degentium (Archives Historiques du Maine 2, Le Mans, 1902).

Adémar Chab. = Jules Chavanon, ed., Adémar de Chabannes - Chronique (Paris, 1897).

Cart. Trinité de Vendôme = Charles Métais, Cartulaire de l'abbaye cardinale de la Trinité de Vendôme, 2 vols. (Paris, 1893).

Halphen (1903) = Louis Halphen, ed., Recueil d'annales angevines et vendômoises (Paris, 1903).

Halphen (1906) = Louis Halphen, Le comté d'Anjou au XIe siècle (Paris, 1906).

Latouche (1910) = Robert Latouche, Histoire de comté du Maine (Paris, 1910).

Marchegay & Mabille (1869) = Paul Marchegay & Émile Mabille, eds., Chroniques des églises d'Anjou (Société de l'Histoire de France, Paris, 1869).

Marchegay & Salmon (1856) = Paul Marchegay & André Salmon, Chroniques d'Anjou (Paris, 1856).

MGH SS = Monumenta Germaniae Historica, Scriptores series.

OV = Marjorie Chibnall, ed. & trans., The Ecclesiastical History of Orderic Vitalis, 6 vols. (Oxford, 1969-80).

Compiled by Stewart Baldwin

Uploaded 10 January 2008. http://sbaldw.home.mindspring.com/hproject/prov/herbe000.htm

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Herbert I (died 1036), called Wakedog or Evigilans Canis (Eveille-Chien), was the count of Maine from 1015, the son and successor of Hugh III.

Under the last Carolingian and first Capetian kings of France, royal power declined sharply and many royal rights were amassed by the greater and lesser nobility. Herbert of Maine even struck coins with his own monogram. He purchased the loyalty of his vassals by dolling out his land to them and granting them the right to build castles, which proliferated, as at Sablé, Château-du-Loir, Mayenne, Laval, La Ferté Bernard, Saint Calais, Sillé (after 1050), La Suze, Malicorne, La Milesse, Montfort, and Sourches.

From the beginning of his reign, he was constrained to aid his suzerain, Fulk III of Anjou, in a war against Odo II of Blois, both of whom had designs on the Touraine. In 1016, following an attack on the fortress of Montrichard, Odo met the forces of Fulk at the Battle of Pontlevoy on 6 July. Despite Odo's numerical advantage, by the intervention of Herbert, the battle went to Fulk. One of the consequences of the battle was to create a balance of power in the region, which was followed by peace for several years.

By marrying his son to Bertha of Chartres, daughter of Odo II of Blois, Herbert was able to maintain himself independent of his legal suzerain. He also allied with the count of Rennes, who threatened Fulk from the west. He made enemies with the king, Robert II, and even expelled the bishop of Le Mans, Avesgaud of Bellème, from his diocese. Finally, on 7 March 1025, he was arrested in Saintes by Fulk, who kept him imprisoned for two years until a coalition forced his release. Herbert then did homage to Fulk.

Herbert left four children:

Hugh IV, successor, married Bertha, daughter of Odo of Blois Biota, married Walter III of the Vexin Paula, either wife or mother of John de Beaugency, among whose children was Elias to whom Maine eventually passed Gersenda, married firstly Theobald III of Blois; divorced in 1048 and married secondly Albert Azzo II, Margrave of Milan [edit] External links Herbert (I) of Maine in the "MedLands" database hosted on the Foundation for Medieval Genealogy website Preceded by Hugh III Count of Maine 1014 – 1036 Succeeded by Hugh IV Retrieved from "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herbert_I_of_Maine" Categories: 1036 deaths | Counts of Maine

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Herbert I (died 1036), called Wakedog or Evigilans Canis (Eveille-Chien), was the count of Maine from 1015, the son and successor of Hugh III.

Under the last Carolingian and first Capetian kings of France, royal power declined sharply and many royal rights were amassed by the greater and lesser nobility. Herbert of Maine even struck coins with his own monogram. He purchased the loyalty of his vassals by dolling out his land to them and granting them the right to build castles, which proliferated, as at Sablé, Château-du-Loir, Mayenne, Laval, La Ferté Bernard, Saint Calais, Sillé (after 1050), La Suze, Malicorne, La Milesse, Montfort, and Sourches.

From the beginning of his reign, he was constrained to aid his suzerain, Fulk III of Anjou, in a war against Odo II of Blois, both of whom had designs on the Touraine. In 1016, following an attack on the fortress of Montrichard, Odo met the forces of Fulk at the Battle of Pontlevoy on 6 July. Despite Odo's numerical advantage, by the intervention of Herbert, the battle went to Fulk. One of the consequences of the battle was to create a balance of power in the region, which was followed by peace for several years.

By marrying his son to a daughter of the count of Blois, Herbert was able to maintain himself independent of his legal suzerain. He also allied with the count of Rennes, who threatened Fulk from the west. He made enemies with the king, Robert II, and even expelled the bishop of Le Mans, Avesgaud of Bellème, from his diocese. Finally, on 7 March 1025, he was arrested in Saintes by Fulk, who kept him imprisoned for two years until a coalition forced his release. Herbert then did homage to Fulk.

Herbert left four children:

Hugh IV, successor, married Bertha, daughter of Odo of Blois

Biota, married Walter III of the Vexin

Paula, married Lancelin I of Beaugency or John de Beaugency

Gersenda, married firstly Theobald III of Blois; divorced in 1048 and married secondly Albert Azzo II, Margrave of Milan

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Herbert I (died 1036), called Wakedog or Evigilans Canis (Eveille-Chien), was the Count of Maine from 1015, the son and successor of Hugh III.

Under the last Carolingian and first Capetian kings of France, royal power declined sharply and many royal rights were amassed by the greater and lesser nobility. Herbert of Maine even struck coins with his own monogram. He purchased the loyalty of his vassals by doling out his land to them and granting them the right to build castles, which proliferated, as at Sablé, Château-du-Loir, Mayenne, Laval, La Ferté Bernard, Saint Calais, Sillé (after 1050), La Suze, Malicorne, La Milesse, Montfort, and Sourches.

From the beginning of his reign, he was constrained to aid his suzerain, Fulk III of Anjou (our ancestor), in a war against Odo II of Blois, both of whom had designs on the Touraine. In 1016, following an attack on the fortress of Montrichard, Odo met the forces of Fulk at the Battle of Pontlevoy on 6 July. Despite Odo's numerical advantage, by the intervention of Herbert, the battle went to Fulk. One of the consequences of the battle was to create a balance of power in the region, which was followed by peace for several years.

By marrying his son to Bertha of Chartres, daughter of Odo II of Blois, Herbert was able to maintain himself independent of his legal suzerain. He also allied with the count of Rennes, who threatened Fulk from the west. He made enemies with the King, Robert II (our ancestor), and even expelled the Bishop of Le Mans, Avesgaud of Bellème, from his diocese. Finally, on 7 March 1025, he was arrested in Saintes by Fulk, who kept him imprisoned for two years until a coalition forced his release. Herbert then did homage to Fulk.

Herbert left four children, including our ancestor Paula.

See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herbert_I_of_Maine for more information.

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Herbert I (died 1036), called Wakedog or Evigilans Canis (Eveille-Chien), was the count of Maine from 1015, the son and successor of Hugh III.

Under the last Carolingian and first Capetian kings of France, royal power declined sharply and many royal rights were amassed by the greater and lesser nobility. Herbert of Maine even struck coins with his own monogram. He purchased the loyalty of his vassals by dolling out his land to them and granting them the right to build castles, which proliferated, as at Sablé, Château-du-Loir, Mayenne, Laval, La Ferté Bernard, Saint Calais, Sillé (after 1050), La Suze, Malicorne, La Milesse, Montfort, and Sourches.

From the beginning of his reign, he was constrained to aid his suzerain, Fulk III of Anjou, in a war against Odo II of Blois, both of whom had designs on the Touraine. In 1016, following an attack on the fortress of Montrichard, Odo met the forces of Fulk at the Battle of Pontlevoy on 6 July. Despite Odo's numerical advantage, by the intervention of Herbert, the battle went to Fulk. One of the consequences of the battle was to create a balance of power in the region, which was followed by peace for several years.

By marrying his son to a daughter of the count of Blois, Herbert was able to maintain himself independent of his legal suzerain. He also allied with the count of Rennes, who threatened Fulk from the west. He made enemies with the king, Robert II, and even expelled the bishop of Le Mans, Avesgaud of Bellème, from his diocese. Finally, on 7 March 1025, he was arrested in Saintes by Fulk, who kept him imprisoned for two years until a coalition forced his release. Herbert then did homage to Fulk.

Herbert left four children:

Hugh IV, successor, married Bertha, daughter of Odo of Blois

Biota, married Walter III of the Vexin

Paula, married Lancelin I of Beaugency or John de Beaugency

Gersenda, married firstly Theobald III of Blois; divorced in 1048 and married secondly Albert Azzo II, Margrave of Milan

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Herbert I (died 1036), called Wakedog or Evigilans Canis (Eveille-Chien), was the count of Maine from 1015, the son and successor of Hugh III.

Herbert left four children:

• Hugh IV, successor, married Bertha, daughter of Odo of Blois * Biota, married Walter III of the Vexin * Paula, either wife or mother of John de Beaugency, among whose children was Elias to whom Maine eventually passed * Gersenda, married firstly Theobald III of Blois; divorced in 1048 and married secondly Albert Azzo II, Margrave of Milan Source: Herbert (I) of Maine in the "MedLands" database hosted on the Foundation for Medieval Genealogy website -------------------- Herbert I "Éveille-Chien" ("Wake-Dog") (Herbertus Evigilans Canem) Count of Maine, 1014×5-1032×5.

Having evidently succeeded his father a year or two earlier, Herbert "Wake-Dog" first appears in action at the Battle of Pontlevoy on 6 July 1016, in alliance with Foulques III Nerra of Anjou against Eudes II of Blois [Gesta consulum Andegavorum, Marchegay & Salmon (1856), 107-8; Hist. Saint-Florent de Saumur, Marchegay & Mabille (1869), 274; Halphen (1906), 33-5]. On the night of 7×8 March 1025, Herbert (Arbertus Cenomannis comitis) was treacherously captured by Foulques III Nerra, who had promised him the city of Saintes, only being released two years later, after he had sworn homage to Foulques [Ad%C3%A9mar Chab., iii, 64 (p. 189); Annales de Vendôme, s.a. 1027, Halphen (1903), 61; Halphen (1906), 68-9]. Herbert was still living in 1032×5, when he ratified a donation of Yves de Bellême, bishop of Sées [Latouche (1910), 143 (#22)]. On his death, he was succeeded by his young son Hugues IV under the tutelage of Herbert's uncle Herbert Bacon, who was the de facto count during the early years of Hugues IV.

Date of Birth: Unknown. Place of Birth: Unknown.

Date of Death: 15 February 1032×5. The date of 15 February comes from the martyrology of Couture ["15 kalendas marcii obierunt Herbertus, comes Cenom[anensis]..." Latouche (1910), 26, n. 4, who notes that this cannot be a reference to Herbert II, who died on a 6 March]. Herbert was still alive at the time of a charter which can be dated 1032×5 (see above), and he was deceased before Gervais de Château-du-Loir became bishop of Le Mans (which occurred by 17 December 1035) [Latouche (1910), 26, n. 4]. Place of Death: Unknown.

Father: Hugues III, d. 1014×5, count of Maine. The relationship between Hugues III and Herbert I is stated by an early interpolation to Adémar de Chabannes ["... Arbertum Cenomannis comitem [filium Ugonis]" Adémar Chab., iii, 64 (p. 189); the addition "filium Ugonis" appears in a twelfth century manuscript] and Orderic Vitalis ["Herbertus Cenomannorum comes ... Hugonis patris sui ..." OV iv (vol. 2, pp. 304-5)]. It is further confirmed by the statement of the Actus that Herbert Bacon (a brother of Hugues III, as confirmed by charters - see the page of Hugues II) was an avunculus of Herbert I ["... Herbertus, comes, cognomine Baco, avunculus Herberti, qui fuit temporibus Avesgaudi episcopi, ..." Act. Pont. Cenom., 363].

Mother: Unknown.

Spouse(s): Unknown.

Children: See the page of Paula for more details.

MALE Hugues IV, d. 26 March, probably 1051, count of Maine. ["... ab Hugone Cenomanorum comite filio Herberti illius qui Evigilans-Canes dictus est, ..." ca. 1046, Cart. Trinité de Vendôme, 123 (#66)]

FEMALE Biote, m. Gautier, count of Mantes.

FEMALE Gersende, m. (1) Thibaud III, count of Blois; (2) Alberto Azzo II of Este. Commentary

Possible daughter: (perhaps one, but not both, of the following) FEMALE Paula, m. Jean, living 13 February 1087, lord of La Flèche. FEMALE NN, m. Landry alias Lancelin, fl 1027×8-1050, lord of Baugency. The exact manner of inheritance of the county of Maine by the lords of La Flèche is uncertain. Two of these possibilities are either that Jean's wife Paula was a daughter of Herbert, or that Jean (son of Landry alias Lancelin) was a maternal grandson of Herbert. These two scenarios obviously cannot both be true (and it is possible that neither of them are). The possibilities are discussed in detail on Paula's page. Bibliography

Act. Pont. Cenom. = Busson & Ledru, eds., Actus Pontificum Cenomannis in urbe Degentium (Archives Historiques du Maine 2, Le Mans, 1902).

Adémar Chab. = Jules Chavanon, ed., Adémar de Chabannes - Chronique (Paris, 1897).

Cart. Trinité de Vendôme = Charles Métais, Cartulaire de l'abbaye cardinale de la Trinité de Vendôme, 2 vols. (Paris, 1893).

Halphen (1903) = Louis Halphen, ed., Recueil d'annales angevines et vendômoises (Paris, 1903).

Halphen (1906) = Louis Halphen, Le comté d'Anjou au XIe siècle (Paris, 1906).

Latouche (1910) = Robert Latouche, Histoire de comté du Maine (Paris, 1910).

Marchegay & Mabille (1869) = Paul Marchegay & Émile Mabille, eds., Chroniques des églises d'Anjou (Société de l'Histoire de France, Paris, 1869).

Marchegay & Salmon (1856) = Paul Marchegay & André Salmon, Chroniques d'Anjou (Paris, 1856).

MGH SS = Monumenta Germaniae Historica, Scriptores series.

OV = Marjorie Chibnall, ed. & trans., The Ecclesiastical History of Orderic Vitalis, 6 vols. (Oxford, 1969-80).

Compiled by Stewart Baldwin

Uploaded 10 January 2008. http://sbaldw.home.mindspring.com/hproject/prov/herbe000.htm -------------------- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herbert_I,_Count_of_Maine -------------------- Herbert I (died 1036), called Wakedog or Evigilans Canis (Eveille-Chien), was the count of Maine from 1015, the son and successor of Hugh III.

Under the last Carolingian and first Capetian kings of France, royal power declined sharply and many royal rights were amassed by the greater and lesser nobility. Herbert of Maine even struck coins with his own monogram. He purchased the loyalty of his vassals by dolling out his land to them and granting them the right to build castles, which proliferated, as at Sablé, Château-du-Loir, Mayenne, Laval, La Ferté Bernard, Saint Calais, Sillé (after 1050), La Suze, Malicorne, La Milesse, Montfort, and Sourches.

From the beginning of his reign, he was constrained to aid his suzerain, Fulk III of Anjou, in a war against Odo II of Blois, both of whom had designs on the Touraine. In 1016, following an attack on the fortress of Montrichard, Odo met the forces of Fulk at the Battle of Pontlevoy on 6 July. Despite Odo's numerical advantage, by the intervention of Herbert, the battle went to Fulk. One of the consequences of the battle was to create a balance of power in the region, which was followed by peace for several years.

By marrying his son to Bertha of Chartres, daughter of Odo II of Blois, Herbert was able to maintain himself independent of his legal suzerain. He also allied with the count of Rennes, who threatened Fulk from the west. He made enemies with the king, Robert II, and even expelled the bishop of Le Mans, Avesgaud of Bellème, from his diocese. Finally, on 7 March 1025, he was arrested in Saintes by Fulk, who kept him imprisoned for two years until a coalition forced his release. Herbert then did homage to Fulk.

Herbert left four children:

Hugh IV, successor, married Bertha, daughter of Odo of Blois Biota, married Walter III of the Vexin Paula, either wife or mother of John de Beaugency, among whose children was Elias to whom Maine eventually passed Gersenda, married firstly Theobald III of Blois; divorced in 1048 and married secondly Albert Azzo II, Margrave of Milan [edit] External links Herbert (I) of Maine in the "MedLands" database hosted on the Foundation for Medieval Genealogy website Preceded by Hugh III Count of Maine 1014 – 1036 Succeeded by Hugh IV Retrieved from "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herbert_I_of_Maine" Categories: 1036 deaths | Counts of Maine -------------------- Herbert I (died 1036), called Wakedog or Evigilans Canis (Eveille-Chien), was the count of Maine from 1015, the son and successor of Hugh III.

Under the last Carolingian and first Capetian kings of France, royal power declined sharply and many royal rights were amassed by the greater and lesser nobility. Herbert of Maine even struck coins with his own monogram. He purchased the loyalty of his vassals by dolling out his land to them and granting them the right to build castles, which proliferated, as at Sablé, Château-du-Loir, Mayenne, Laval, La Ferté Bernard, Saint Calais, Sillé (after 1050), La Suze, Malicorne, La Milesse, Montfort, and Sourches.

From the beginning of his reign, he was constrained to aid his suzerain, Fulk III of Anjou, in a war against Odo II of Blois, both of whom had designs on the Touraine. In 1016, following an attack on the fortress of Montrichard, Odo met the forces of Fulk at the Battle of Pontlevoy on 6 July. Despite Odo's numerical advantage, by the intervention of Herbert, the battle went to Fulk. One of the consequences of the battle was to create a balance of power in the region, which was followed by peace for several years.

By marrying his son to a daughter of the count of Blois, Herbert was able to maintain himself independent of his legal suzerain. He also allied with the count of Rennes, who threatened Fulk from the west. He made enemies with the king, Robert II, and even expelled the bishop of Le Mans, Avesgaud of Bellème, from his diocese. Finally, on 7 March 1025, he was arrested in Saintes by Fulk, who kept him imprisoned for two years until a coalition forced his release. Herbert then did homage to Fulk.

Herbert left four children:

Hugh IV, successor, married Bertha, daughter of Odo of Blois

Biota, married Walter III of the Vexin

Paula, married Lancelin I of Beaugency or John de Beaugency

Gersenda, married firstly Theobald III of Blois; divorced in 1048 and married secondly Albert Azzo II, Margrave of Milan -------------------- Herbert I (died 1036), called Wakedog or Evigilans Canis (Eveille-Chien), was the Count of Maine from 1015, the son and successor of Hugh III.

Under the last Carolingian and first Capetian kings of France, royal power declined sharply and many royal rights were amassed by the greater and lesser nobility. Herbert of Maine even struck coins with his own monogram. He purchased the loyalty of his vassals by doling out his land to them and granting them the right to build castles, which proliferated, as at Sablé, Château-du-Loir, Mayenne, Laval, La Ferté Bernard, Saint Calais, Sillé (after 1050), La Suze, Malicorne, La Milesse, Montfort, and Sourches.

From the beginning of his reign, he was constrained to aid his suzerain, Fulk III of Anjou (our ancestor), in a war against Odo II of Blois, both of whom had designs on the Touraine. In 1016, following an attack on the fortress of Montrichard, Odo met the forces of Fulk at the Battle of Pontlevoy on 6 July. Despite Odo's numerical advantage, by the intervention of Herbert, the battle went to Fulk. One of the consequences of the battle was to create a balance of power in the region, which was followed by peace for several years.

By marrying his son to Bertha of Chartres, daughter of Odo II of Blois, Herbert was able to maintain himself independent of his legal suzerain. He also allied with the count of Rennes, who threatened Fulk from the west. He made enemies with the King, Robert II (our ancestor), and even expelled the Bishop of Le Mans, Avesgaud of Bellème, from his diocese. Finally, on 7 March 1025, he was arrested in Saintes by Fulk, who kept him imprisoned for two years until a coalition forced his release. Herbert then did homage to Fulk.

Herbert left four children, including our ancestor Paula.

See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herbert_I_of_Maine for more information.

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Herbert I (died 1036), called Wakedog or Evigilans Canis (Eveille-Chien), was the count of Maine from 1015, the son and successor of Hugh III.

Under the last Carolingian and first Capetian kings of France, royal power declined sharply and many royal rights were amassed by the greater and lesser nobility. Herbert of Maine even struck coins with his own monogram. He purchased the loyalty of his vassals by dolling out his land to them and granting them the right to build castles, which proliferated, as at Sablé, Château-du-Loir, Mayenne, Laval, La Ferté Bernard, Saint Calais, Sillé (after 1050), La Suze, Malicorne, La Milesse, Montfort, and Sourches.

From the beginning of his reign, he was constrained to aid his suzerain, Fulk III of Anjou, in a war against Odo II of Blois, both of whom had designs on the Touraine. In 1016, following an attack on the fortress of Montrichard, Odo met the forces of Fulk at the Battle of Pontlevoy on 6 July. Despite Odo's numerical advantage, by the intervention of Herbert, the battle went to Fulk. One of the consequences of the battle was to create a balance of power in the region, which was followed by peace for several years.

By marrying his son to a daughter of the count of Blois, Herbert was able to maintain himself independent of his legal suzerain. He also allied with the count of Rennes, who threatened Fulk from the west. He made enemies with the king, Robert II, and even expelled the bishop of Le Mans, Avesgaud of Bellème, from his diocese. Finally, on 7 March 1025, he was arrested in Saintes by Fulk, who kept him imprisoned for two years until a coalition forced his release. Herbert then did homage to Fulk.

Herbert left four children:

Hugh IV, successor, married Bertha, daughter of Odo of Blois

Biota, married Walter III of the Vexin

Paula, married Lancelin I of Beaugency or John de Beaugency

Gersenda, married firstly Theobald III of Blois; divorced in 1048 and married secondly Albert Azzo II, Margrave of Milan

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