Herbert II of Maine Count of Maine [12724] ²⁴

  General Notes:

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  Noted events in his life were:

• Acceded: Count of Maine, 1051. was Count of Maine from 1051 to 1062 but under Angevin rule (1051-1063)

On the death of Hugh IV Geoffrey Martel, Count of Anjou occupied Maine, expelling Berthe de Blois and Gervais de Château du Loir , Bishop of Le Mans, who fled to the court of Normandy.

In 1056, Herbert escaped from Le Mans, and himself went to the court of William, duke of Normandy. There his sister Marguerite was betrothed to Robert Curthose. Herbert paid homage to William for his domain of Maine, and made him his heir.

so Herbert II was count (1058-1062) then Walter of Mantes (1062-1063)
then to his sister Margaret's husband Robert Curthose (1063-1069)
finaly coming back to when in 1069 when the county revolted and reverted to Hugh V of Maine . Count of Maine (1069\endash 1131)

Herbert married Emma of Blois [12723] [MRIN: 5910], daughter of Stephen II Henry of Blois Count of Blois [7509] and Adela of Normandy Countess of Blois [3887].