Herbert “Wake Dog”, count of Maine

Events

Date of Birth: unknown.

Place of Birth: unknown.

Date of Death: about 1035.

Place of Death: unknown.

The date is given by Barton (p. 122 fn). Lesmesle (p. 22) gives between 1032 and 1038.

Relationships

Father: Hugh III, count of Maine.

This relationship is given by Barton and by Lesmesle (p. 22).

Mother: unknown.

Spouse: unknown.

Children:

(Complete source citations for facts about the children on this page are currently outside of the scope of this project. Most information below comes from Barton and from Cawley.)

Hugh IV (died 26 March 1051), count of Maine, married Bertha of Blois.

Gersende married (1) Thibaut III, count of Blois; married (2) Azzo II of Este.

Biota (died 1063) married Walter III, count of Vexin.

Paula married Jean of La Fleche.

References

Barton, Richard E. Lordship in the County of Maine c. 890-1160 (Woodbridge: The Boydell Press, 2004).

Cawley, Charles. HERIBERT 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).