HUGUES [III] du Maine ([960/75]-[1014/6 Jul 1016]). "Sigefredus Cinnomannicæ….episcopus" donated property to Tours-Saint-Julien, with the consent of "senioris nostri Hugonis…ac filiorum eiusdem…Hugonis et Fulchonis", by charter dated Feb 971[79]. Hugues [III]'s birth date range is estimated by working back from the birth date range estimated for his grandson Comte Hugues [IV], which is reasonably robust as shown below. "Hugo comes Cenomannus cum filiis meis ac filiabus" donated property to the abbey of Saint-Pierre-de-la-Cour du Mans by charter dated to [971/997], subscribed by "Hugonis filii eius"[80]. He succeeded as Comte du Maine. "Hugo comes Cenomannus" [one manuscript reading "Hugo David"] donated "terras...Bernationum" to Saint-Pierre de la Couture "cum...filiis meis ac filiabus" by charter dated to 990, subscribed by "Hugonis comitis, Hugonis filii eius..."[81]. "Hugo Cinomannensis comes" donated property to the abbey of Saint-Victeur du Mans with the consent of "Hugonis filii Herbrannis" (not yet identified), by charter dated to [1000/15] which is subscribed by "Herbertus frater comitis"[82]. William of Jumièges recounts that "Hugues du Mans et Galeran de Meulan" were among those who joined the army of Eudes Comte de Blois in attempting to capture the château de Tillières {Verneuil, Eure} from Richard II Duke ofNormandy, and that Hugues escaped after hiding in a sheep's stable anddisguising himself as a shepherd before regaining Le Mans, an event dated tothe early 1000s[83]. "Hugo Cenomannensis comes" donated property to the abbey of Mont-Saint-Michel by charter dated 1014, witnessed by "Roscelini vicecomitis, Hameli de Leido Castello, Haymonis de Medano, Herberti fratris comitis, Droci filii Milonis, Odilarii Drudi"[84]. He is assumed to have died before 6 Jul 1016, the date of a charter in which "Herbertus Evigilans canem cognomine" donated property to the abbey of Saint-Pierre-de-la-Cour du Mans[85]. m ---. The name of Hugues's wife is not known. Hugues [III] & his wife had [four or more] children
Hugues III, né vers 960, mort en 1014, fut comte du Maine de la mort de son père, survenue avant 992 à 1014, de la famille des Hugonides. Il était fils d'Hugues II, comte du Maine.
Allié au comte Eudes II de Blois, il combattit durant son gouvernement les rois Hugues Capet et Robert II, ainsi que Foulque III Nerra, comte d'Anjou. Il est cependant contraint d'accepter en 996 la suzeraineté du comté d'Anjou.
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