Gersende of Maine
Events
Date of Birth: unknown.
Place of Birth: unknown.
Date of Death: unknown.
Place of Death: unknown.
Relationships
Father: Herbert “Wake Dog”, count of Maine.
This relationship is given by Barton (p. 124 fn), by Lesmesle (p. 22), and by LoPrete (p. 577).
Mother: unknown.
Spouse: Thibaut III, count of Blois.
This relationship is given by Barton, by Lesmesle (p. 22), and by LoPrete (p. 577).
Spouse: Azzo II of Este.
This relationship is given by Barton (p. 124 fn.), by Lesmesle (p. 22), and by LoPrete (p. 576).
Lover: Geoffrey of Mayenne.
This relationship is given by Barton (p. 124 fn.).
Children (by Thibaut):
Étienne (died 19 May 1102 in Ramleh), count of Blois, married Adela of Normandy.
Children (by Azzo):
Fulk (died 15 December 1128).
Hugh V, count of Maine (died 1131) married a daughter of Robert “the Weasel”, duke of Apulia.
References
Barton, Richard E. Lordship in the County of Maine c. 890-1160 (Woodbridge: The Boydell Press, 2004).
Cawley, Charles. GERSENDE du Maine in Medieval Lands: A prosopography of medieval European noble and royal families.
Lesmesle, Bruno. La société aristocratique dans le Haut-Maine (Presses Universitaires de Rennes, 1999).
LoPrete, Kimberly A. Adela of Blois: Countess and Lord (c. 1067 - 1137) (Dublin: Four Courts Press, 2007).