County of Maine

E156014

feudal territory former administrative territorial entity medieval county

The County of Maine was a medieval feudal territory in western France that became a key strategic possession contested by the counts of Anjou and the Norman and English kings.

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All labels observed (1)

Label	Occurrences
County of Maine canonical	8

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	feudal territory ⓘ former administrative territorial entity ⓘ medieval county ⓘ
associatedWith	Geoffrey II of Anjou ⓘ Henry II of England ⓘ William the Conqueror ⓘ
borders	Anjou ⓘ Brittany ⓘ Normandy ⓘ Perche ⓘ Touraine ⓘ
capital	Le Mans ⓘ
contestedBy	Counts of Anjou ⓘ Duke of Normandy ⓘ surface form: Dukes of Normandy English monarchs ⓘ surface form: Kings of England Kings of France ⓘ
continent	Europe ⓘ
existsDuring	10th century ⓘ 11th century ⓘ 12th century ⓘ 13th century ⓘ
feudalStatus	county held in vassalage from the King of France ⓘ
historicalEra	Middle Ages ⓘ
incorporatedInto	royal domain of the King of France ⓘ
incorporationCentury	13th century ⓘ
languageUsed	Old French ⓘ
locatedIn	historical province of Maine ⓘ western France ⓘ
militaryRole	frontier zone between Angevin and Norman power ⓘ
modernTerritoryOverlap	French department of Sarthe ⓘ parts of Mayenne ⓘ
partOf	Kingdom of France ⓘ
predecessor	Carolingian pagi around Le Mans ⓘ
religion	Roman Catholicism ⓘ
ruler	Capetian dynasty ⓘ Herbert I of Maine ⓘ Herbert II of Maine ⓘ House of Anjou ⓘ surface form: House of Ingelger (Angevin counts) House of Normandy ⓘ House of Plantagenet ⓘ Hugh III of Maine ⓘ Hugh III of Maine ⓘ surface form: Hugh IV of Maine
significantEvent	contested succession after death of Herbert II of Maine ⓘ occupation by William the Conqueror ⓘ recovery by the counts of Anjou ⓘ
strategicImportance	access route between Normandy and the Loire valley ⓘ buffer between Anjou and Normandy ⓘ
successor	Province of Maine ⓘ

Referenced by (8)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Anjou → associatedWith → County of Maine ⓘ

Le Mans → historicalAffiliation → County of Maine ⓘ

Duchy of Anjou → borderedBy → County of Maine ⓘ

Henry II of England → birthPlace → County of Maine ⓘ

Maine → wasCounty → County of Maine ⓘ

subject surface form: Maine (historical province)

Angevin Empire → territoryIncludes → County of Maine ⓘ

County of Anjou → borderedBy → County of Maine ⓘ

Plantagenet Empire → territoryIncludes → County of Maine ⓘ