About Herbert II, Count of Maine
Lived 1047 – 1062 (aged 14–15). Herbert II, Count of Maine was an aristocrat.
Herbert II (died 9 March 1062) was Count of Maine from 1051 to 1062. He was a Hugonide, son of Hugh IV of Maine and Bertha of Blois.
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 went to the court of William II, Duke of Normandy. There his sister Marguerite was betrothed to Robert Curthose, but died before the marriage could take place. Herbert paid homage to William for the county of Maine, was to marry, Adelida, a daughter of William, but died in 1062.
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Who was Herbert II, Count of Maine?
French noble
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Herbert II, Count of Maine was born in 1047.
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Herbert II, Count of Maine died on 9 March 1062.
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Herbert II, Count of Maine was an aristocrat.
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