Vice County Maine

The Vice-County Maine , more precisely: the office of the Vice-Count of Maine ( Viscount du Maine ) existed as deputy of the Count of Maine from the Second House of Maine in Le Mans until the middle of the 11th century .

After the Rollonids came to power , the office was no longer held, the Vice Counts of Maine henceforth bear the title of Vice Count of Beaumont-sur-Sarthe or Vice-Count of Beaumont-au-Maine , but are occasionally referred to in the literature as Vice Counts of Maine designated.

Vice Counts of Maine (Viscounts du Maine)

• Raoul III, Vice Count of Maine before 967-997
• Raoul IV, Vice Count of Maine, † before 1040, his son
• Raoul V., Vice-Count of Beaumont-sur-Sarthe etc., 1061 Vice-Count of Maine, probably his son
• Hubert, Vice Count of Maine in 1062, † before 1095, his son

Vice-Count of Beaumont

• Raoul VII, Vice Count of Fresnay and Beaumont, † 1120/25
• Roscelin, Vice Count of Beaumont in 1112/68, whose son married Constance, illegitimate daughter of King Henry I of England .
• Richard I, Vice Count of Beaumont, † after 1199, their son
• Raoul VIII, Vice Count of Beaumont, † 1239, his son
• Richard II, Vice Count of Beaumont, † 1242, his son
• Agnes, Vice Countess of Beaumont, † 1301, his daughter ∞

House Brienne

• Ludwig von Brienne , called Ludwig von Akko, † after 1297, Vice Count of Beaumont-au-Maine
• Johann von Brienne, † 1306, his son
• Robert von Brienne, † 1327, his son
• Johann von Brienne, † before 1355, his son
• Ludwig II., † 1364, Vice Count of Beaumont, his son
• Maria von Brienne, † 1372, mistress of Beaumont, his sister; ∞
• Wilhelm von Chamaillart, † 1391, Vice Count of Beaumont-au-Maine
• Maria von Chamaillard, Vice Countess of Beaumont-au-Maine, † 1425, heirloom of Wilhelm; ∞

House Valois-Alençon

• Peter II. (Pierre II.) (* Probably 1340, † 1404) 1361 Count of Alençon, 1367 Vice Count of Domfront , 1370 Vice Count of Beaumont-au-Maine, 1377 Count of Porhoet and Le Perche ;
• John II the Handsome (Jean II. Le Beau) (* 1409, † executed 1476) 1415 Duke of Alençon, Vice Count of Beaumont
• René (* probably 1454, † 1492) 1476 Duke of Alençon, Count of Le Perche, Vice-Count of Beaumont
• Charles IV (* 1489, † 1525) probably count of Le Perche in 1489, Duke of Alençon in 1492, sovereign Count of Armagnac and Rouergue in 1497 , Count of Rodez , Fézensac , Lomagne , Brillois , Cressez and Aurillac , 1515 1. Prince of the Blood ("Premier Prince de Sang"), 1517 Duke of Berry;
• Françoise (* 1490/91, † 1550) 1543 Duchess of Beaumont ; ∞ I 1505 François II. D'Orléans , † 1512, 1491 Count of Dunois , 1505 Duke of Longueville ( House of Orléans-Longueville ); ∞ II 1513 Charles I de Bourbon , † 1537, Count and 1515 Duke of Vendôme

Françoise von Alençon is the mother of Antoine de Bourbon, duc de Vendôme and thus the grandmother of King Henry IV.

Literature and web links

• Abbé Angot: Les vicomtes du Maine. In: Bulletin de la Commission historique et archéologique de la Mayenne. 1914, No. 30, pp. 180-232, 320-342, 404-424.
• Viscounts du Maine et de Beaumont-sur-Sarthe at fmg.ac