du Maine, Count Rorgon

770 - 840  (70 years)

• Name	du Maine, Rorgon  [1, 2, 3]
  Title	Count
  Birth	770	Maine (Historical), France   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Appointments / Titles	Between 819 and 840	Rennes, Ille-et-Vilaine, Bretagne, France
  	Comte de Rennes
  Appointments / Titles	Between 832 and 840	Maine (Historical), France   [1]
  	Count
  House	Rogonid
  FSID	LDSS-H8K  [1]
  Death	1 Mar 840	Maine (Historical), France   [1]
  Person ID	I34356	The Thoma Family
  Last Modified	20 Sep 2023

  
  

  Father	du Maine, Gauzlin,   b. 745, Maine-et-Loire, Pays de la Loire, France d. 16 Jun 839, Dijon, Côte-d'Or, Bourgogne, France (Age 94 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	de Bourges, Aldetrude,   b. 750, Frencq, Pas-de-Calais, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France d. 825, France (Age 75 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Marriage	769	France   [1]
  Family ID	F13530	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	de Poitiers, Bilichilde I,   b. 783, Maine (Historical), France d. 1 Mar 839, Maine (Historical), France (Age 56 years)
  Marriage	820	Maine (Historical), France
  Children	1. du Maine, Blichilde,   b. 815, Maine (Historical), France d. 865, France (Age 50 years)  [natural]
  Family ID	F13528	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	20 Sep 2023

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 770 - Maine (Historical), France Appointments / Titles - Comte de Rennes - Between 819 and 840 - Rennes, Ille-et-Vilaine, Bretagne, France Marriage - 820 - Maine (Historical), France Appointments / Titles - Count - Between 832 and 840 - Maine (Historical), France Death - 1 Mar 840 - Maine (Historical), France  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Notes

  Rorgon I or Rorico(n) I (also Rorgo or Rorich; died 16 June 839 or 840) was the first Count of Maine and progenitor of the Rorgonid dynasty, which is named for him. He was Count of Rennes from 819 and of Maine from 832 until his death. He was a son of count Gauzlin I of Maine[1] and Adeltrude, both of whom are named as his parents in a charter of 839 by Rorgo I to the Abbey of Saint-Maur de Glanfeuil.[2] Between 819 and 832 Rorgon became count of Maine and at some point, possibly at the bidding of his wife Bilechilde who may have owned the property, undertook to restore the Abbey of Glanfeuil. An Abbot Ingelbert of Saint-Maur-des-Fossés allegedly assisted Rorgon and sent monks including Rorgon's brother Gausbert.[a][3] Gausbert (Gauzbert) was the name of an Abbot at St. Maur.[4] Count Rorgon had been a retainer at the court of Charlemagne, with whose daughter Rotrude he had a sexual relationship.[5] The couple had at least one illegitimate child, Louis, Abbot of Saint-Denis, Saint-Riquier, and Saint-Wandrille,[5] who was also chancellor to his cousin Charles the Bald from 841.[4] Rorgon became the second Count of Maine in 832 when his predecessor Banzleibs was made Margrave of the Saxons. He remained Count of Maine until his death in 840, at which time he was succeeded by his brother Gauzbert. His own son, Rorgon II, succeeded Gauzbert in 853 and upon his death in 865 his other son Gauzfrid became Count. Marriage and issue[edit] Rorgon married a lady named Bilechilde,[4] and had three sons and two daughters: • Rorgon II of Maine[4] • Gauzfrid of Neustria[4] • Gauzlin, Bishop of Paris[4] • Bilechilde, who married Bernard II, Count of Poitiers[4] • Adaltrude, who married Ramulf, Count of Poitiers[4] Rorgon and Rotrude had one illegitimate son—Louis, Abbot of Saint-Denis, Saint-Riquier, Saint-Wandrille, and Chancellor to King Charles the Bald.

  
  

• Sources

  [S789] WORLD: Family Search, Family Tree. https://www.familysearch.org/search/tree/name [S327] WORLD: Find-a-Grave. https://www.findagrave.com/ [S818] NETHERLANDS: GenealogieOnline Trees Index 1000-Current. https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/9289/