Hugh V, Coont o Maine
| Hugh V | |
|---|---|
| Coont o Maine | |
 | |
| Predecessor | Alberto Azzo |
| Successor | Elias I, Coont o Maine |
| Born | c. 1050/1055 |
| Dee'd | c. 1131 (aged c. 77) |
Hugh V wis the Coont o Maine atween 1069 an 1072.
He wis the son o Alberto Azzo II, margrave o Milan, an Gersendis, a sister o Hugh IV o Maine.[1] In 1070, the fowk o Le Mans an some o the Manceaux barons revoltit agin Norman control.[2] Efter makin the soothren mairch o Normandy siccar an herryin oot the Normans, Hugh wis inveetit tae become the neist Coont o Maine. Houaniver, he shawed hissel tae be a puir ruler an the fowk began tae detest him. Oderic Vitalis said o him, "he was, indeed, an imbecile, a coward, and an idler, and totally unfit to hold the reins of government in so high a station."[3] Efter a short while haudin the coortship, his cousin Elias bocht the coonty frae Hugh.[4]
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In 1077 Hugh mairret Gersent, mistress o Geoffroy de Mayenne[1]. She wis a dochtor o Robert Guiscard. Efter findin that he cudnae manage her, he abandoned her, wis excommunicatit bi Pape Urban II, an dee'd wioot sirin bairns.[3]
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- ↑ a b Detlev Schwennicke, Europäische Stammtafeln: Stammtafeln zur Geschichte der Europäischen Staaten, Neue Folge, Band III Teilband 4 (Verlag von J. A. Stargardt, Marburg, Germany, 1989), Tafel 692
- ↑ Ordericus Vitalis, The Ecclesiastical History of England and Normandy,Trans. Thomas Forester, Volume II (Henry G. Bohn, London, 1854), pp. 481-2
- ↑ a b Ordericus Vitalis, The Ecclesiastical History of England and Normandy,Trans. Thomas Forester, Volume II (Henry G. Bohn, London, 1854), p 482
- ↑ Ordericus Vitalis, The Ecclesiastical History of England and Normandy,Trans. Thomas Forester, Volume II (Henry G. Bohn, London, 1854), p 483
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