http://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/MAINE.htm

HUGUES [III] du Maine ([960/75]-[1014/6 Jul 1016]). "Sigefredus Cinnomannicæ….episcopus" donated property to Tours-Saint-Julien, with the consent of "senioris nostri Hugonis…ac filiorum eiusdem…Hugonis et Fulchonis", by charter dated Feb 971[112]. Hugues [III]'s birth date range is estimated by working back from the birth date range estimated for his grandson Comte Hugues [IV], which is reasonably robust as shown below. "Hugo comes Cenomannus cum filiis meis ac filiabus" donated property to the abbey of Saint-Pierre-de-la-Cour du Mans by charter dated to [971/997], subscribed by "Hugonis filii eius"[113]. He succeeded as Comte du Maine. “Hugo comes Cenomannus” [one manuscript reading “Hugo David”, a curious echo of the shady figure of David discussed above] donated “terras...Bernationum” to Saint-Pierre de la Couture “cum...filiis meis ac filiabus” by charter dated to 990, subscribed by “Hugonis comitis, Hugonis filii eius...”[114]. "Hugo Cinomannensis comes" donated property to the abbey of Saint-Victeur du Mans with the consent of "Hugonis filii Herbrannis" (not yet identified), by charter dated to [1000/15] which is subscribed by "Herbertus frater comitis"[115]. Guillaume of Jumièges recounts that "comitibus Hugone...Cenomanensi ac Waleranno Mellendesi" were among those who joined the army of Eudes Comte de Blois in attempting to capture the château de Tillières {Verneuil, Eure} from Richard II Duke of Normandy, and that Hugues escaped after hiding in a sheep's stable and disguising himself as a shepherd before regaining Le Mans, an event dated to the early 1000s[116]. "Hugo Cenomannensis comes" donated property to the abbey of Mont-Saint-Michel by charter dated 1014, witnessed by "Roscelini vicecomitis, Hameli de Leido Castello, Haymonis de Medano, Herberti fratris comitis, Droci filii Milonis, Odilarii Drudi"[117]. He is assumed to have died before 6 Jul 1016, the date of a charter in which "Herbertus Evigilans canem cognomine" donated property to the abbey of Saint-Pierre-de-la-Cour du Mans[118].

m ---. The name of Hugues's wife is not known. Hugues [III] & his wife had [four or more] children:

a) HUGUES du Maine (-[1013/14]). Hugues Doubleau donated the priory of Tuffé to the church of Château-du-Loir by charter dated [1013], subscribed by "Hugonis Cenomannensis civitatis comitis, Avesgaudi episcopi ipsius civitatis…Hugonis ipsius militis qui hoc preceptum fieri iussit, Hugonis filii eius…"[119]. “Hugo comes Cenomannus” [one manuscript reading “Hugo David”] donated “terras...Bernationum” to Saint-Pierre de la Couture “cum...filiis meis ac filiabus” by charter dated to 990, subscribed by “Hugonis comitis, Hugonis filii eius...”[120]. It is assumed that Hugues predeceased his father.

b) HERIBERT [I] "Evigilans Canis/Eveille-chien" du Maine ([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][121]. He succeeded his father in [1014/15] as Comte du Maine. - see below.

c) daughters . “Hugo comes Cenomannus” [one manuscript reading “Hugo David”] donated “terras...Bernationum” to Saint-Pierre de la Couture “cum...filiis meis ac filiabus” by charter dated to 990, subscribed by “Hugonis comitis, Hugonis filii eius...”[122]. It is not known how many daughters were involved.

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Hugues III du Maine https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hugues_III_du_Maine

• Décès 1014 ou 1015
• Famille Hugonides
• Père Hugues II du Maine
• Enfant Herbert Ier du Maine

Hugues III, né vers 960, mort en 1014, fut comte du Maine de la mort de son père, survenue avant 992 à 1014, de la famille des Hugonides. Il était fils d'Hugues II, comte du Maine.

Allié au comte Eudes II de Blois, il combattit durant son gouvernement les rois Hugues Capet et Robert II, ainsi que Foulque III Nerra, comte d'Anjou. Il est cependant contraint d'accepter en 996 la suzeraineté du comté d'Anjou.

D'une épouse inconnue, il eut :

• Hugues Doubleau
• Herbert Ier Éveille-Chien († 1032), comte du Maine

Liens externes

• France Balade [archive]
• Foundation for Medieval Genealogy : Les comtes du Maine [archive]

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Was involved in Battle over the custody of the castle of Tillières in 1013/14.

James Bulkeley, La Hougue Bie de Hambie: a tradition of Jersey. Volume 2. London: Gilbert & Rivington, Whitaker & Company, 1837. (Google Books)

Notes to Vol. 1 pp. 195-202 "p. 75 (55.) The constable Gislebert Crispin' Based on Roman de Rou, which is interspersed throughout... summary:

• Count Eudes of Chartres married Maud, the sister of Duke Richard II, and received in dowry the seigneuries of Dreux and other domains. When Maud died with no children, Richard tried to retake the city Dreux and castle of Tillières back from Eudes by force.
• He "confided his defences" to Néel de Saint-Sauveur, to Ralph, and to this son Roger de Toesny and de Couches
• Eudes of Chartres allied himself to Valeran de Meulan, Hugh Count of Maine, and a reinforcement of French troops
• Néel commanded the center, defending the main road into the castle; Ralph the right wing, and Roger the left.
• Three divisions of Eudes' troops: (1) the troops of Chartres and Blois led by Eudes, (2) those of France and Maine by Count Hugh of Maine, and (3) those of Meulan by Valeran.
• Néel's column was attacked, but with the aid of Roger's and Ralphs' forces, the Normans routed the Counts of Chartres and Meulan, causing the Count of Maine to flee. When his horse died, he disguised himself as a peasant and was able to escape capture.

The castle of Tillières, as a gateway to Chartres and France, became "of couble consquence to [Duke] Robert," and he gave command of it to Gilbert Crispin, Lord of Bec-Crispin. Later, King Henry of France, along with a group of disaffected Norman barons, "advanced a powerful army on Dreux" to persuade Duke William to raze the fortress. Crispin, indignant, "increased the garrison of the castle" but "could not overcome the brave resistance of the beseiged, or the virtuous obstinacy of the faithful Gilbert Crispin," who had pledged to turn it over only to the Duke, which he died, and Duke William in turn delivered it to King Henry, who "enveloped it in flames." The castle was later ceded by Henry to William after the Battle of Veraville, who named Gilbert's second son, also named Gilbert, as constable in remembrance of his father's loyalty. This younger Gilbert followed Duke William to the Conquest.

William, Gilbert's eldest son, Lord of Bec-Crispin, along with Robert Count of Eu, commanded a division of Duke William's army on the Battle of Mortimer, for which he was rewarded since his second son Milon, in the Domesday Book (1086) held 88 manors and was Lord of Wallingford in Buckinghamshire (he died s.p.). His older brother William possessed the Norman estates, was faithful to Robert Courtheuse and espoused his son William's cause against Henry I. "Twice beneath William Crispin's arm, at the battle of Bremulle, that monarch fell: the importance of this single combat arrested both armies; till either severely wounded and drenched in gore, fortune at length sided with the king, and the noble Crispin became his prisoner. About the middle of the thirteenth century, William Crispin, fifth of that name, Marshal of France, and who attended St. Louis to the African crusade, became possessed of the great estates of the family of Mortimer and the barony of Varanquebec, to which estate was attached the hereditary title of Constable, by marriage with the young heiress, Jeanne de Mortimer of Normandy. Their son William died in 1330, leaving no male issue; the eldest daughter married William de Melun, Count of Tancarville, and carried to that family Varanquebec and other seignories."

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Roger

Hugues I (~929 - 955)

Hugues II (955 - 992)

Hugues III (992 - 1015/16) Foucoin Herbert Bacon

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Herbert I (1015/6 - 1032-35)

Hugues IV (d. 26/2/1051) Gersent Paule Biote

                                      (married Berthe)

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Hertbert II (d. 9/3/1062) Marguerite Foulque Hugues IV

( http://homepages.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~cousin/html/p334.htm#i14777 )

from Compiler: R. B. Stewart, Evans, GA

( http://homepages.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~cousin/html/index.htm )

Henry Project: https://fasg.org/projects/henryproject/data/hugh0003.htm