Counts and dukes of Maine

• Charivius (fl. 723) – appears as dux in a document of 723. Controlled twelve counties and the Diocese of Le Mans • Grifo (748–749) – given the twelve counties of Maine by his brother, Pepin the Short, as appeasement, but rebelled the next year. • Charles the Younger (790–811) – given the ducatus Cenomannicus to govern by his father, Charlemagne. • Lothair I (817–831) – given the ducatus as part of a division of the realm by his father, Louis the Pious. • Pepin I (831–838) – given the ducatus as part of a re-division of the realm by his father, Louis the Pious. • Charles the Bald (838–851) – given the ducatus on the death of Pepin by their father, Louis the Pious. • Robert the Strong (851/3–856) – given Maine, Anjou, and Touraine as dux and missus dominicus. Rebelled in 856. • Louis the Stammerer (856–858) – granted the twelve counties and a court at Le Mans by his father, Charles the Bald, until chased away by Breton rebels. ==Counts of Maine==

• Banzleibs (fl. 830s) • Rorgon I (832–839) • Gauzbert (839–849) • Rorgon II (849–865) • Gauzfrid (865–878) • Reginald (878–885) • Roger (886–893) • Gauzlin II (893–895) • Roger (restored) (895–900) • Hugh I (900–950) • Hugh II (950–992) • Hugh III (992–1015) • Herbert I Wakedog (1015–1032) • Hugh IV (1036–1051) • under Angevin rule (1051–1063) • Herbert II (1058–1062) • Walter of Mantes (1062–1063) • Robert Curthose (1063–1069) • Hugh V (1069–1093) • Elias I (1093–1110), in opposition • Eremburga and Fulk V of Anjou (1110–1126), in opposition • Geoffrey of Anjou (1126–1151) • Elias II (1151) • Henry II of England (1151–1189) • Henry the Young King (1169–1183) • Richard the Lionheart (1189–1199) • John Lackland (1199–1204) • Arthur I, Duke of Brittany pretender (1199–1203) • annexed by France in 1204 • John Tristan (1219–1232) • Charles I (1246–1285) • Charles II (1285–1290) • Charles III (1290–1314) • Margaret (1290–1299), Countess suo jure • Philip VI of France (1314–1328) • royal domain in 1328 • John II of France (1332–1350) • royal domain in 1350 - 1356 • Louis I (1356–1360) • Louis II (1384–1417) • Louis III (1417–1434) • Charles IV (1434–1472) • Charles V (1480–1481) • royal domain • Charles VI (?–1611) • Henry (1611–1621) • Charles VII (1621–1631) • Ferdinand (1631–1632) • Charles VIII (1632–?) • royal domain ==Dukes of Maine (ducs du Maine)==

In 1673, the title began to be used again. It was revived by Louis XIV for his first illegitimate son by his chief mistress, Françoise-Athénaïs, marquise de Montespan. He used it until his death and also founded the semi-royal house of Bourbon du Maine, named after his title. • Louis Auguste, Duke of Maine (1673–1736)