- the
Norman March of Neustria. The
Rorgonids controlled the
County of
Maine throughout the
ninth century. The
Rorgonids and the
Widonids competed for control...
-
extended over the
county of Le Mans and he was
immediately opposed by the
Rorgonids, who
controlled the city. They
intrigued against him and his relatives...
- it
against the Vikings. However, he soon
incited the
jealousy of the
Rorgonids, then the most
powerful clan in Maine.
Allied with Salomon, King of Brittany...
- made a
claim to the
throne of
France on that basis. The
Widonids and the
Rorgonids competed for
control of the
Breton March through much of the
ninth century...
-
whose son
Charivius has been
speculated to have been an
ancestor of the
Rorgonids Ragobert (d. 678) Folchaid,
married Theodo of Bavaria.
Settipani identifies...
-
Neustria and
Count of
Maine was
killed by the Normans. The
surviving Rorgonids were teenagers, and King
Charles the Fat
preferred to
entrust the march...
-
refer to:
Gauzlin I of Maine [fr] (died c. 820), count,
founder of the
Rorgonids Gauzlin of
Paris (died 886), archchancellor,
bishop of
Paris Gauzlin II...
- The
county of
Perche was a
medieval county lying between Normandy and Maine. It was held by an
independent line of
counts until 1226. One of these, Geoffroy...
-
until 771.
Charivius is
postulated by
Settipani to be an
ancestor of the
Rorgonids. Smith,
Julia M. H.
Province and Empire:
Brittany and the Carolingians...
- Strong. Charles'
patronage of the
family provoked the
jealousy of the
Rorgonids, the most
powerful family local to Neustria,
which controlled the ducatus...
