List of consorts of Maine explained

See also: Counts and Dukes of Maine. 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 ascension of their husbands to the throne.

Countess of Maine

First Creation

Picture	Name	Father	Birth	Marriage	Became Countess	Ceased to be Countess	Death	Spouse
	Adeltrude	–	–					Gauzlin I
	Bilichild	–	–					Rorgon I
	Rothilde	Charles the Bald (Carolingian)	871	890	–		928/29	Roger

Disputed (1051–1069)

Picture	Name	Father	Birth	Marriage	Became Countess	Ceased to be Countess	Death	Spouse
	Matilda of Château-du-Loir	Gervais, Lord of Château-du-Loir)	–	–	1093 husband's accession	10/25 March 1099		Elias I
In 1109, says Orderic Vitalis, Elias remarried to Agnes, the daughter of 'William of Poitou' and relict of Alfonso VI of Castile. This is perhaps confused, as the name and parentage match that of Alfonso's first wife, but she last appears thirty years earlier. It has been suggested that the true bride was Alfonso's widow Beatrice.								Elias I

Picture	Name	Father	Birth	Marriage	Became Countess	Ceased to be Countess	Death	Spouse
	Matilda of England	Henry I of England (Normandy)	7 February 1101	17 June 1128		7 September 1151 husband's death	10 September 1167	Geoffrey
	Philippa of Perche	Rotrou III, Count of Perche (Châteaudun)	It is possible but unlikely that his father left him the county of Maine; his elder brother, Geoffrey Plantagenet was ruler of Anjou, Maine and the Touraine. Elias revolted in 1145, but was captured and imprisoned indefinitely by his brother. John of Marmoutier, writing in the 1170s, states that Geoffrey released Elias, but that he died from a fever contracted during his incarceration.^[1] Few medieval sources name Elias as count of Maine.					Elias II
	Eleanor, Duchess of Aquitaine	William X, Duke of Aquitaine (Ramnulfid)	1122	18 May 1152		6 July 1189 husband's death	1 April 1204	Henry I
	Margaret of France	Louis VII of France (Capet)	November 1157	2 November 1160	June 1170 husband's accession	11 June 1183 husband's death	August/September 1197	Henry II
	Berengaria of Navarre	Sancho VI of Navarre (Jiménez)	between 1165 and 1170	12 May 1191		6 April 1199 husband's death	23 December 1230	Richard I
<	-- Deleted image removed: -->	Isabella of Angoulême	Aymer Taillefer, Count of Angoulême (Taillefer)	1188	24 August 1200		1203 France annexed Maine	31 May 1246	John

Second creation

Picture	Name	Father	Birth	Marriage	Became Countess	Ceased to be Countess	Death	Spouse
	Beatrice of Provence	Raymond Berenguer IV of Provence (Barcelona)	1234	31 January 1246	1247 husband's ascension	23 September 1267		Charles I
	Margaret of Burgundy	Eudes of Burgundy, Count of Nevers and Auxerre (Burgundy)	1250	18 November 1268		7 January 1285 husband's death	4 September 1308	Charles I
	Maria of Hungary	Stephen V of Hungary (Árpád)	1257	May/June 1270	7 January 1285 husband's ascension	1290 husband's death	25 March 1323	Charles II

Fourth creation

Picture	Name	Father	Birth	Marriage	Became Countess	Ceased to be Countess	Death	Spouse
	Bonne of Bohemia	John of Bohemia (Luxembourg)	20 May 1315	6 August 1332		11 September 1349		John II
	Joan I, Countess of Auvergne	William XII, Count of Auvergne (Auvergne)	8 May 1326	13 February 1349		22 August 1350 became Queen of France	29 September 1360	John II

Fifth creation

Picture	Name	Father	Birth	Marriage	Became Countess	Ceased to be Countess	Death	Spouse
	Marie of Blois-Châtillon	Charles of Blois-Châtillon, Duke of Brittany (Châtillon)	1343/5	9 July 1360		20 September 1384 husband's death	12 November 1404	Louis I
	Yolande of Aragon	John I of Aragon (Barcelona)	11 August 1384	2 December 1400		29 April 1417 husband's death	14 November 1442	Louis II
	Margaret of Savoy	Amadeus VIII, Duke of Savoy (Savoy)	1410s or 7 August 1420	1424/31 August 1432		12 November 1434 husband's death	30 September 1479	Louis III
	Covella Ruffo	Carlo Ruffo, 5th Count of Montalto, 3th Count of Corigliano (Ruffo)	c. 1400	1st March 1434	12 November 1434 husband's ascension	1442		Charles IV
	Isabelle of Luxembourg	Peter of Luxembourg, Count of Saint-Pol (Luxembourg)	–	May 1444		10 July 1480 husband's death	1472, or after	Charles IV
	Jeanne de Lorraine	Frederick II of Vaudémont (Lorraine)	1458	21 January 1474	10 July 1480 husband's ascension	25 January 1480		Charles V

Sixth Creation

Picture	Name	Father	Birth	Marriage	Became Countess	Ceased to be Countess	Death	Spouse
	Henriette of Savoy, Marquess of Villars	Onorato II di Savoia	1541	6 August 1576		3 October 1611 husband's death	14 November 1611	Charles, Duke of Mayenne
	Marie Henriette Gonzaga	Louis Gonzaga, Duke of Nevers (Gonzaga)	3 September 1571	February 1599	3 October 1611 husband's accession	3 August 1614		Henri, Duke of Mayenne

Duchess of Maine

Legitimised branch of the House of Bourbon, 1673–1736

See also

Notes and References

John of Marmoutier, Historia Gaufredi ducis Normannorum et comitis Andegavorum, in Chroniques des comtes d'Anjou et des seigneurs d'Amboise, ed. L. Halphen & R. Poupardin (Paris, 1913), pp.170–231: 207.