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County of Maine
Origins
Counts of Maine appear in the mid-10th century, ruling from Le Mans between the stronger principalities of Anjou, Normandy and Brittany. Count Herbert I, known as Wakedog, defended it against Fulk Nerra of Anjou in the early 11th century.
Rule and society
Maine was a land of farming and forests, with a strong bishop and an assertive town: Le Mans formed one of the first urban communes in France around 1070. William the Conqueror took the county in 1063, but Count Elias of La Flèche recovered it, and his daughter's marriage to Fulk V joined it to Anjou.
Decline and legacy
After Philip II seized it in 1204, Maine became part of the royal domain and was granted as an appanage to the Anjou princes. On the death of Charles of Maine in 1481 it returned permanently to the Kingdom of France.
Lineage
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- County of Maine was a vassal of Duchy of Normandy1063 CE – 1110 CE
- County of Maine was part of County of Anjou1110 CE – 1204 CE
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- The Epoch Institute. (2026). County of Maine. In The Epoch Institute States Register. https://the-epoch-institute.org/state/county-of-maine
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