Roricon, i comte du Maine

GAUSLIN, son of --- . He is named as father of Rorico in the charter dated 1 Mar 839, quoted below.

x ADELTRUDIS, daughter of ---. She is named as mother of Comte Rorico in the following charter: “Rorgo comes” donated “predium...in pago Andecavo in condita Maciacense...in Valegia...loco...Maisnisias”, which “genitor meus Gauzlinus et mater mea Adeltrudis habuerunt”, to the abbey of Saint-Maur-sur-Loire, confirmed by Dodon Bishop of Anjou by charter dated 1 Mar 839[28]. Her inclusion in the document suggests that she had a direct interest in the property donated in her own right, which if correct indicates that Adeltrudis originated in the county of Anjou.

Gauslin & his wife had two children:

1. RORICO [Rorgo [I]] (-16 Jun [839/40], bur Abbaye de Saint-Maur de Glanfeuil, Anjou). His relationship with one of the daughters of Emperor Charlemagne suggests that Rorico probably lived at the emperor's court in the early 9th century, but no confirmation of this suggestion has been found in contemporary documentation. Comte du Maine. The Actus pontificum Cenomannis names "Cenomannis…comite eiusdem parrochie Rorigone", in a passage which records the enthronement of bishop Aldric in 832[29]. Considering that Guy was named as comte du Maine in [832/34], one possibility is that this enthronement was incorrectly dated in this source. Another possibility is that two counts held power in the county at the same time, although no other primary source indication has been identified which suggests that this is correct. Emperor Louis I confirmed the donation made by "comes Rorigo…cum sue coniuge Bilechilde" to "cœnobium Glannafoliense Fossatensi in pago Andegavo" by charter dated 833[30]. “Rorgo comes” donated “predium...in pago Andecavo in condita Maciacense...in Valegia...loco...Maisnisias”, which “genitor meus Gauzlinus et mater mea Adeltrudis habuerunt”, to the abbey of Saint-Maur-sur-Loire (later known as Glanfeuil) in which “germanus noster Gausbetus...et filium nostrum Gauslinum” followed the religious life, confirmed by Dodon Bishop of Anjou by charter dated 1 Mar 839, signed by “Rortgonis comitis, Bilechildis uxoris eius, Gausberti fratris eius...”[31].
x (after 800) BILICHILDIS, daughter of --- (-after 1 Mar 839). Emperor Louis I confirmed the donation of "comes Rorigo…cum sue coniuge Bilechilde" to "cœnobium Glannafoliense Fossatensi in pago Andegavo" by charter dated 833[32]. “Rorgo comes” donated property to the abbey of Saint-Maur-sur-Loire, confirmed by Dodon Bishop of Anjou by charter dated 1 Mar 839, signed by “Rortgonis comitis, Bilechildis uxoris eius...”[33].

a) RORICO [II] (-866). His parentage is confirmed by reading the two references to the parentage of his brothers Gauzlin and Geoffroy [Gauzfrid] (see below), together with the Annales Bertiniani which record the death of "Rorigus frater Gauzfridi"[41]. Charles II "le Chauve" King of the West Franks entrusted the administration of ducatus Cenomannicus to Rorico, but the latter instigated the revolt of the king's son Louis ("le Bègue") in 862, resulting in the confiscation of the appointment which was awarded to Robert "le Fort" [Capet][42]. It is not clear whether this appointment amounted to Rorico's installation as Comte du Maine or whether it was an administrative delegation, with rights and duties similar to those of a vicomte. The Annales Bertiniani record that King Charles II pardoned "Gozfridum et Roricum atque Heriveum" in 863[43], but no record has been found of Rorico’s reappointment in Maine. The Annales Bertiniani record that the Vikings killed "Rorigus frater Gauzfridi" in 866[44].
b) GEOFFROY [Gauzfrid] (-[878]). The Annales Bertiniani record that "Guntfridus et Gozfridus" defected to "Salomonem, Britonum ducem" in 861, and persuaded Louis ("le Bègue"), son of Charles II "le Chauve" King of the West Franks, to join them in 862, although they also record that King Charles II pardoned "Gozfridum et Roricum atque Heriveum" in 863[45]. The Annales Bertiniani record that "Hugo abba et Gauzfridus cum Transsequanis" fought "Nortmannis in Ligeri" in 869, and that "Hugo abba monasterii sancti Martini et Gozfridus cum ceteris Trans-Sequanis" attacked “Nortmanni” at their stronghold in “insulam Ligeris” in 871 but were defeated[46]. No record has yet been identified which links Geoffroy with the administration of the county of Maine or accords him the title count. The Annales Bertiniani record that in 878 "filii Gozfridi" attacked "castellum et honores filii Odonis" which King Louis “le Bègue” granted to "isdem Gozfridus...[et] filios suos" who abandoned “partem Brittonibus” and swore allegiance to the king[47]. Flodoard's Historia Remensis Ecclesiæ names "Gozlino…Bernardo nepote ipsius…fratrem…suum Gozfridem", referring to Bernard Marquis of Septimania and his rebellion dated to [877], from the context implying that Gauzfrid had recently died[48]. m ---. The name of Geoffroy’s wife is not known. Geoffroy & his wife had children:

i) sons . The Annales Bertiniani record that in 878 "filii Gozfridi" attacked "castellum et honores filii Odonis" which King Louis “le Bègue” granted to "isdem Gozfridus...[et] filios suos" who abandoned “partem Brittonibus” and swore allegiance to the king[49]. No further information has been found concerning these sons.

c) BILICHILDIS. The origin of the wife of Comte Bernard is deduced from the Historia Inventionis Sanctii Baudelli which names "Gothorum princeps Bernardus cum avunculo suo Gauzleno tunc inclito Abbate, futuro autem episcopo"[50]. Flodoard's Historia Remensis Ecclesiæ also names "Gozlino…Bernardo nepote ipsius", referring to Bernard Marquis of Septimania and his rebellion dated to [877][51]. She is named in the record of the excommunication by Pope John VIII of "Bernardum filium Bernardi et Belihildis" in 879[52]. m BERNARD Comte, son of --- (-killed in battle [844/45]).
d) NN [daughter . Abbo's De Bellis Parisiacæ names "Ebolus…Abba" as nepos of "Gauzlinus…pontificis"[53], the latter being reported in other sources as the son of Comte Rorico [I] (see below). It is possible that the wife of Comte Rainulf was the same person as the daughter named [Bilichildis] (see above), who would have been recently widowed at the time of Rainulf's marriage. m ([845]%29 as his second wife, RAINULF I Comte de Poitou, son of GERARD I Comte d'Auvergne & his first wife --- ([815]-near Brissarthe Jul 866).]
e) GAUSLIN (-16 Apr 886[54]). “Rorgo comes” donated property to the abbey of Saint-Maur-sur-Loire in which “germanus noster Gausbetus...et filium nostrum Gauslinum” followed the religious life, confirmed by Dodon Bishop of Anjou by charter dated 1 Mar 839[55]. The Annales Bertiniani record that "Ludowicum abbatem monasterii Sancti Dyonisii cum fratre ipsius Gauzleno" captured a Viking force in 858[56]. Abbé de Saint-Germain, Paris. Bishop. The necrology of the abbey of Saint-Denis records the death "XVI Kal Apr" of "Gauzlinus episcopus"[57].

xx Mistress (1): ([800]%29 HROTHRUDIS [Rotrud]], daughter of Emperor CHARLES I King of the Franks & his second wife Hildegard [Udalrichinger ([775]-6 Jun 810[34]). "Hruodrudem et Bertham et Gislam" are named as daughters of King Charles and Hildegard by Einhard[35]. Rotrud's relationship with Rorico [I] is confirmed by the Annales Bertiniani which record the death "867 V Id Ian" of "Hludowicus abbas monasterii et nepos Karoli imperatoris ex filia maiori natu Rohtrude"[36], read together with an earlier part of the same source in which her son Louis is named "Ludowicum abbatem monasterii Sancti Dyonisii cum fratre ipsius Gauzleno"[37], Gauzlin being named in other sources cited below as the son of Rorico. The Gesta Francorum records the death "810 VIII Id Iun" of "Hruoddrud filia imperatoris quæ natu maior erat"[38]. Einhard records the death "VIII Id Iun 810" of "Hruodtrud filia imperatories"[39]. The necrology of the abbey of Saint-Denis records the death "III Non Jun" of "Rotrudis filia Karoli imperatoris"[40]. Comte Rorico & his wife had [five] children (the order of birth of these children is approximate): Comte Rorico had one illegitimate son by Mistress (1):

f) LOUIS ([800]-9 Jan 867). Abbot of Saint-Denis Oct 840. Arch-Chancellor (Protonotar) of Charles II “le Chauve” King of the Franks from 840 until his death[58]. His parentage is confirmed by the Annales Bertiniani which record that "Ludowicum abbatem monasterii Sancti Dyonisii cum fratre ipsius Gauzleno" captured a Viking force in 858[59]. The Annales Bertiniani record the death "867 V Id Ian" of "Hludowicus abbas monasterii et nepos Karoli imperatoris ex filia maiori natu Rohtrude"[60].

2. GAUSBERT (-after 1 Mar 839). “Rorgo comes” donated property to the abbey of Saint-Maur-sur-Loire in which “germanus noster Gausbetus...et filium nostrum Gauslinum” followed the religious life, confirmed by Dodon Bishop of Anjou by charter dated 1 Mar 839, signed by “Rortgonis comitis, Bilechildis uxoris eius, Gausberti fratris eius...”[61].

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Rorgon I., auch Rorico oder Rorich genannt (* um 770; † 839) war ein neustrischer Adliger, der um 800 Rotrud († 6. Juni 810), die Tochter Karls des Großen heiratete. Mit ihr hatte er einen Sohn, Ludwig († 867), den späteren Abt von Saint-Denis und Kanzler Karls des Kahlen.

Später heiratete er ein zweites Mal, eine ansonsten unbekannte Bilchilde, mit der er weitere Kinder hatte:

   * Gauzfried († 886), Graf von Maine ∞ NN

* Bilchilde ∞ Bernhard von Poitiers, X 844/845 (Gellone)
* Gauzlin, Bischof von Paris, Erzkanzler Karls des Kahlen
* Rorgon II. (* um 808; † 865), Graf von Maine (839).
* Gauzbert II., Graf von Maine
Rorgon I. war bis zum Jahr 832 Graf von Rennes, das er in diesem Jahr gegen die Grafschaft Maine eintauschte.

Nach ihm wird die Familie der ersten Grafen von Maine Rorgoniden genannt.From:www.celtic-casimir.com

Rorgon (Roricon) I, Comte du MAINE et de Rennes
Married: Died: 16 Jun 839-840

Research Notes:

He lived in the court of the emperor Charlemagne, and Louis I the Pious entrusted him the county of Rennes in 819. He founded in 824 the abbey Saint-Maur de Glanfeuil. In 832 he received the county of Maine. The obituary lists of the abbey of Saint-Denis mention his death on June 16 without precision of the year, which must be placed in 839 or 840 .... When he lived in Charlemagne's court, he had a relationship with Rotrude (v.775 † 810), daughter of Charlemagne and Hildegarde. From this connection was born an illegitimate son:

• Louis, (v. 800 † 867), who became abbot of Saint-Denis and chancellor of Charles the Bald.
• Perhaps a girl, who could be named Adeltrude, married to Gerard, Count of Auvergne and mother of Ramnulf I, Count of Poitiers (v.815 † 866). After the end of his relationship with Rotrude, he married Bichilde, of unknown origin, and had:
• Rorgon II († 866), count of Maine.
• Gauzfrid († 877), Count of Maine and Marquis of Neustria.
• Bilchide, married to Count Bernard the Poitevin († 844) Count of Poitiers
• Gauzlin (834-886), bishop of Paris, Chancellor of Charles the Bald.

Marriage Information:

Rorgon married Bilichilde.Glanfeuil Abbey  From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia 

The Abbey of St. Maurus , better known as Glanfeuil Abbey (French : Abbaye de Glanfeuil, Abbaye Saint-Maur de Glanfeuil, Abbaye de Saint-Maur-sur-Loire[a]) was a French Benedictine monastery in the village of Saint-Maur-sur-Loire , located in what is now the commune of Le Thoureil , Maine-et-Loire , which dated back to the 9th century. It was dissolved in 1908. Traditional account According to the legendary account attributed to Faustus, a student of St. Benedict, Innocentius, Bishop of Mans, sent his vicar, Adenard, to Monte Cassino to ask St. Benedict to send some monks to Gaul. Benedict dispatched twelve monks, including St. Maurus and Faustus. Maurus then established Glanfeuil Abbey, thus making it the original Benedictine foundation in Gaul. The story is based in part on the account of St. Maurus in Gregory the Great 's Dialogues. The modern common view is that while St. Maurus was a historical person, the Vita of Faustus is a fabrication by Abbot Odo from around 868. History There are no reliable records regarding the initial founding of Glanfeuil Abbey. Excavations at the end of the nineteenth century disclosed a possible Merovingian monastery built on the ruins of a Roman villa. The first mention of Glanfeuil is around the middle of the eighth century when it was in the possession of Gaidulf of Ravenna, who depleted its resources until the monastery itself was little more than a ruin. By about 830, the abandoned monastery had come into the possession of Rorgon I, Count of Maine , possibly through his wife, Bilichilde. Together, they undertook to restore the abbey. Abbot Ingelbert of Saint-Pierre-des-Fossés sent some monks, including the count's brother, Gausbert. In 835 Ebroin's cousin, Count Rorgon petitioned King Pippin of Aquitaine for the monastery of Glanfeuil on behalf of his relative Ebroin . Glanfeuil had been placed under the authority of another relative of Ebroin's, Abbot Ingelbert of Saint-Pierre-des-Fossés, by the Emperor Louis the Pious in 833. Ebroin became Bishop of Poitiers , and in 844 bestowed the office of abbot on Gausbert's son Gauslin. On 14 July 847 Charles confirmed Ebroin's right of possession of the abbey, apparently without oversight from Fossés, and its heritability in his family. It was during the tenure of Abbot Gauslin that, around 845, the supposed remains of Saint Maurus were discovered. In 862, under threat of Norman attacks, Abbot Odo and the monks left Glanfeuil, taking the relics of St. Maurus with them. They eventually wound up at Saint-Pierre-des-Fossés, where Odo was chosen to succeed the recently deceased Abbot Geoffrey. "He pretended to have discovered at the time of the evacuation of Glanfeuil, a Life of Saint Maur, written by St. Maur's companion Faustus, another pupil of St. Benedict." The original monastery was rebuilt and flourished. It was suppressed in 1790 in the wake of the French Revolution . Eventually it was refounded in the surviving structures in 1890, by Louis-Charles Couturier , O.S.B., the Abbot of Solesmes Abbey , as part of his program of revival of monasticism in post-revolutionary France In 1901, however, the monks were compelled to leave France due to the anti-clerical laws of the Third French Republic . After finding refuge in Baronville, Belgium (now part of the municipality of Beauraing ), the monks began to search for a permanent home. After various inquires failed, they finally settled upon Clervaux , Luxembourg. In 1908, a vote was taken by the monastic chapter, which made the decision to dissolve the existing monastery, and to found a new monastery there, dedicated to St. Maurice. Notes not to be confused with the Abbey of Saint-Maur-des-Fossés References Roman Martyrology : "Saint Maurus, Abbot" - Martyrologium Romanum (Libreria Editrice Vaticana 2001 ISBN 88-209-7210-7 ), on 15 January Bloch, Herbert. Monte Cassino in the Middle Ages, Harvard University Press, 1988 ISBN 9780674586550 Wood, Susan. The Proprietary Church in the Medieval West. (2006) Oxford: Oxford University Press, p. 343 Ott, Michael. "Louis-Charles Couturier." The Catholic Encyclopedia Vol. 4. New York: Robert Appleton Company, 1908. 5 November 2017 "Histoire" . Abbaye Saint-Maurice de Clervaux (in French).