Counts and dukes of Maine

The capital of Maine was Le Mans. In the thirteenth century it was annexed by France to the royal domain.
==Dukes of Maine (duces Cenomannici)==
* Charivius (fl. 723) – appears as dux in a document of 723. Controlled twelve counties and the Diocese of Le Mans
* Grifo (748–749) – given the twelve counties of Maine by his brother, Pepin the Short, as appeasement, but rebelled the next year.
* Charles the Younger (790–811) – given the ducatus Cenomannicus to govern by his father, Charlemagne.
* Lothair I (817–831) – given the ducatus as part of a division of the realm by his father, Louis the Pious.
* Pepin I (831–838) – given the ducatus as part of a re-division of the realm by his father, Louis the Pious.
* Charles the Bald (838–851) – given the ducatus on the death of Pepin by their father, Louis the Pious.
* Robert the Strong (851/3–856) – given Maine, Anjou, and Touraine as dux and missus dominicus. Rebelled in 856.
* Louis the Stammerer (856–858) – granted the twelve counties and a court at Le Mans by his father, Charles the Bald, until chased away by Breton rebels.
==Counts of Maine==
* Banzleibs (fl. 830s)
* Rorgon I (832–839)
* Gauzbert (839–849)
* Rorgon II (849–865)
* Gauzfrid (865–878)
* Reginald (878–885)
* Roger (886–893)
* Gauzlin II (893–895)
* Roger (restored) (895–900)
* Hugh I (900–950)
* Hugh II (950–992)
* Hugh III (992–1015)
* Herbert I Wakedog (1015–1032)
* Hugh IV (1036–1051)
* under Angevin rule (1051–1063)
** Herbert II (1058–1062)
* Walter of Mantes (1062–1063)
** Robert Curthose (1063–1069)
* Hugh V (1069–1093)
* Elias I (1093–1110), in opposition
* Eremburga and Fulk V of Anjou (1110–1126), in opposition
* Geoffrey of Anjou (1126–1151)
* Elias II (1151)
* Henry II of England (1151–1189)
** Henry the Young King (1169–1183)
* Richard the Lionheart (1189–1199)
* John Lackland (1199–1204)
** Arthur I, Duke of Brittany pretender (1199–1203)
* annexed by France in 1204
* John Tristan (1219–1232)
* Charles I (1246–1285)
* Charles II (1285–1290)
* Charles III (1290–1314)
** Margaret (1290–1299), Countess suo jure
* Philip (1314–1328)
* royal domain in 1328
* Louis I (1339–1384)
* Louis II (1384–1417)
* Louis III (1417–1434)
* Charles IV (1434–1472)
* Charles V (1480–1481)
* royal domain
* Charles VI (?–1611)
* Henry (1611–1621)
* Charles VII (1621–1631)
* Ferdinand (1631–1632)
* Charles VIII (1632–?)
* royal domain
==Dukes of Maine (ducs du Maine)==
In 1673, the title began to be used again. It was revived by Louis XIV for his first illegitimate son by his chief mistress, Françoise-Athénaïs, marquise de Montespan. He used it until his death and also founded the semi-royal house of Bourbon du Maine, named after his title.
* Louis Auguste, Duke of Maine (1673–1736)
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