- The
Rorgonids were a
powerful Frankish family dating from the
eighth century. They are
sometimes referred to as the
first Mayennaise dynasty, referring...
- blood. Were this the case, he
would have come from the same
stock as his
Rorgonid rivals, with whom he
disputed the
county of Maine.
Christian Settipani...
-
descended from
Rorgon I,
Count of Maine, and
therefore part of the Rogonid/
Rorgonid dynasty.
Little is
known about Geoffrey,
other than he was
closely ****ociated...
- Strong. Charles'
patronage of the
family provoked the
jealousy of the
Rorgonids, the most
powerful family local to Neustria,
which controlled the ducatus...
- This is a list of
consorts of Maine, a
former province of France. Joan the Lame and Joan I,
Countess of Auvergne,
became Queen of
France following the...
- The
county of
Perche was a
medieval county lying between Normandy and Maine. It was held by a
continuous line of
counts until 1226. One of these, Geoffroy...
-
Gauzlin II (died 914) was
Count of
Maine from 893 to 895. He was from the
Rorgonid family, the son of Gauzfrid,
Count of
Maine and
Margrave of Neustria. Upon...
- 16 June 839 or 840) was the
first count of
Maine and
progenitor of the
Rorgonid dynasty,
which is
named for him. He was
count of
Rennes from 819 and of...
-
extended over the
county of Le Mans and he was
immediately opposed by the
Rorgonids, who
controlled the city. They
intrigued against him and his relatives...
-
beginning of the 9th century. He was the
oldest known ancestor of the
Rorgonid family. On
onomastic considerations, he
could be a
descendant of the 8th-century...
