Hugh III, count of Maine

Events

Date of Birth: unknown.

Place of Birth: unknown.

Date of Death: about 1017.

Place of Death: unknown.

The date is given by Barton. Cawley argues that he died before 6 July 1016. Le Jan (p. 451) and Lesmesle (p. 22) give 1014/15.

Relationships

Father: Hugh II, count of Maine.

This relationship is given by Barton, by Lesmesle (p. 22), and by Le Jan (p. 451). Lesmesle (p. 22) makes Hugh II the son of Hugh I and the grandson of Roger and Rothilde, the daughter of Charles the Bald.

Mother: unknown.

Spouse: unknown.

Children:

Herbert I “Wake-Dog”, count of Maine.

References

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

Cawley, Charles. HUGH III du Maine in Medieval Lands: A prosopography of medieval European noble and royal families.

Le Jan, Régine. Famille et pouvoir dans le monde franc (VII^e - X^e siècle): essai d’anthropologie sociale (Publications de la Sorbonne, 1995).

Lesmesle, Bruno. La société aristocratique dans le Haut-Maine (Presses Universitaires de Rennes, 1999).