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Birth:          ABT  960 Le Mans, Sarthe, France
Death:          1015 

Notes
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hugh_III_of_Maine
Hugh III (c. 960 – c. 1015) became Count of Maine on his father Hugh II's death, c. 
991.
Life[edit]

He was the son of Hugh II, Count of Maine and succeeded his father as Count of 
Maine c.?991[1] He constructed the fortress at Sablé[2] but by 1015 it ended up being 
held by the viscounts of Maine.[3] He was a supporter of Richard II, Duke of 
Normandy.[a][4] Allied with Odo, Count of Blois, he fought against the kings Hugh 
Capet and Robert II of France, but he was forced to acknowledge the Count of Anjou 
as his suzerain. During the siege of Tillières, Hugh narrowly escaped from the Norman 
forces pursuing him by disguising himself as a local shepherd.[5] Throughout the tenth 
century the dynasty of counts of Maine, of which Hugh III, his father Hugh II, and 
grandfather Hugh I were all members struggled to control both the city of Le Mans and 
church investitures[6] and in that effort were in near constant warfare with the 
Bishops of Le Mans, notably Segenfridus and Avesgaudus.[7] Between 995 and 1015 
Hugh III donated several properties including four vineyards and three mills in Le 
Mans to the monks of Mont Saint-Michel In Normandy.[8] When approached by Abbot 
Hildebert in 1014 in requesting more land in the area of Le Mans, Hugh III generously 
gave the land of Voivres and personally placed the offering on the altar at Mont 
Saint-Michel.[8] Hugh died c.?1014–1015.[1]


 


 Map of the county of Maine
Issue[edit]

While the name of his wife is not known it is very probable she was a sister of Judith 
of Rennes wife of Richard II, Duke of Normandy.[9] Their son was:
Herbert I, Count of Maine[1] who succeeded him.
http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=jweber&id=I06215

Parents
____ Hugh II (ABT  925 - ABT  992)
----- ----- ()

Siblings
____ Hugh III (Hugh I) (ABT  960 - 1015)

Marriage To ----- ----- ()
    m.  

Notes

Parents
____ Conan I "Le Tort" (ABT  950 - 27 Jun  992)
D'ANJOU Ermengarde-Gerberga (ABT  956 - ABT 1024)

Children by ----- ----- 
____ Herbert I ("Eveillechien") (ABT  984 - 13 Apr 1036)

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