Gersende (Maine) du Maine (1030 - aft. 1071)

Born 1030 in Maine, France

Ancestors

Wife of Thibault (Blois) Champagne — married about 1045 (to 1048) in France [uncertain]

Descendants

Died after 1071 after age 41 in Maine, France

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Biography

Gersend du Maine (b. 1025/35).[2]

Gersende-Berthe, Countess du Maine was born in 1019 in Maine, Charente, Poitou-Charentes, France. She was the daughter of Herbert I, Eveille-chien, Comte de Maine.

Gersende married Theobald III Comte De Blois, De Champagne, [Thibaud I Comte De CHAMPAGNE (III) De Blois], son of Count Of Blois Eudes II Comte De Champagne and Blois, and Ermengarde De Auvergne. Theobald was born about 1012/3 in Blois, Loir-Et-Cher, Orleanais/Centre, France, died in 1089 in Champagne, about age 76, and was buried in St. Martins, Epernay, Marne, Champagne. He was count of Blois, Meaux and Troyes. He was the son of Odo II of Bloisand Ermengarde of Auvergne.

Maybe Thibaud III, Comte de Blois was the son of Eudes I, Comte de Champagne and Bertha de Bourgogne, before 1045.

Theobald III of Blois (French: Thibaut) (1012 - 1089) was count of Blois, Meaux and Troyes. He was son of Odo II of Blois and Ermengarde of Auvergne.

Theobald inherited amongst others the counties of Blois, Tours, Chartres. Chateaudun and Sancerre, and also in Champagne: Chateau-Thierry, Provins and St. Florentin. His brother Stephen inherited the counties of Meaux, Troyes and Vitry.

Theobald had a position of considerable power, that increased when he married the daughter of Raoul de Valois. From 1074 onward, he left his son Henry in control of Blois, Chateaudun and Chartres.

They had one child together, Stephen II Henry, Comte de Blois b. c 1045, d. 19 May 11021, originally he was named Henry, later he adopted the name of Stephen. Stephen "Le Sage" Comte De Champagne & BLOIS was born about 1046 in Blois, Loir-Et-Cher, Orleanais/Centre, France and died on 27 May 1102 in Ramlah, Palestine (On Crusade Of 1101) 1526, about age 56. Another name for Stephen was Stephen "Le Sage" Comte De Blois & CHAMPAGNE.

Gersende had divorced Thibaud by 1048. Gersende's separation from her 1st husband supposedly didn't happen until 1048, but alternative theories place it earlier than 1045. She and Thibaud III, Comte de Blois were divorced in 1049.

Gersende next married Alberto Azzo II Marquis D' ESTE,2341 son of Albert Azzo I Of Tuscany, Marquis D' ESTE and Valdrada Of VENICE, after 1048 in 2ND Husband 2ND Wife. Alberto was born on 10 July 1009 in Este, Tuscany, Italy and died on 20 August 1097 at age 88.

Gersenda, aged 80-81, died on 10 May 1100 at Maine, Charente, Poitou-Charentes, France.

Alternatively, Gersende Du MAINE, was born about 1019 in Le Mans, Sarthe, Maine/Pays-DE-La-Loire, France and died before 1096.

Sources: Garsinde du Maine (1025 - 1074)

SOURCES: LDS FHL Ancestral File # (familysearch.org)

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The wars

Theobald conspired against the king of France Henry I, was beaten in 1044 and had to give up the county of Tours to regain his freedom. From then on the centre of power for the House of Blois moved to Champagne. Theobald found ways to become close to the royal court again and gain influence. He got the title of Count Palatine, which his father had used before. He used this influence to get control over his brother's possessions in Champagne that were inherited by his minor nephew Odo III [of Troyes?]. Odo later joined the army of William the Conqueror, participated in the battle of Hastings, married a sister of William and became count of Aumale and Holderness.

Theobald's second wife Adèle of Valois, daughter of Raoul II of Valois and Adélaide of Bar sur Aube, bore 3 children.

The First Crusade was launched in 1095 by Pope Urban II to regain control of the sacred city of Jerusalem and the Christian Holy Land from Muslims. What started as an appeal to the French knightly class quickly turned into a wholesale migration and conquest of territory outside of Europe. Both knights and peasants from many different nations of western Europe, with little central leadership, travelled over land and by sea towards Jerusalem and captured the city in July 1099, establishing the Kingdom of Jerusalem and the other Crusader states. Although these gains lasted for fewer than two hundred years, the Crusade was a major turning point in the expansion of Western power, and was the only crusade-in contrast to the many that followed-to achieve its stated goal and capture Jerusalem.

Maine Arms

Parents

• Father: Heribert I "Euigilans Canis/Eveille-chien," Comte du Maine.[3]
• Mother: UNKNOWN.[4]

Marriage

m. (repudiated 1048) Thibaut III, Comte de Blois. Issue: 0 - 3 possible.[5]

• Etienne "Henri" de Blois (d. 19 May 1102 Ramleh).

• (unproven) 3 more possible^[1]

m. (1049/51) Alberto Azzo II, Marchese d'Este (996 - after 13 Apr in 1097 Vangadizza monastery). Issue: 2

• Ugo d'Este a.k.a. Hugues V, Comte du Maine (d. 1131)

m. (1078, repudiated) Eria of Apulia (p. Robert "Guiscard/Weasel," Duke of Apulia and Sichelgaita di Salerno.)

• Folco I d'Este. (d. 15 Dec 1128). [6]

Sources

1. ↑ Eudes, Philippe and Hugh are either the children of Thibaut's 2nd or 3rd wife.[1]

• Cawley, Charles. "Medieval Lands": A prosopography of medieval European noble and royal families © by Charles Cawley, hosted by Foundation for Medieval Genealogy (FMG). See also WikiTree's source page for MedLands.

See also:

• Herbert I
• Battle of Ramla can refer to a number of battles in the early years of the crusader Kingdom of Jerusalem. Ramla was an important town on the road from Jerusalem to Ascalon, the latter of which was the largest Fatimid fortress in Palestine. From Ascalon the Egyptians could launch an attack into the newly-founded kingdom every year, and it was often the case that the two armies met each other at Ramla.

1. Battle of Ramla
2. Battle of Ramla
3. Battle of Ramla

• People's Crusade
• Crusade of 1101

Albert of Aix, Historia Hierosolymitana

Anna Comnena, Alexiad

Guibert of Nogent, Dei gesta per Francos

Fulcher of Chartres, Historia Hierosolymitana

Gesta Francorum et aliorum Hierosolimitanorum (anonymous)

Peter Tudebode, Historia de Hierosolymitano itinere

Raymond of Aguilers, Historia Francorum qui ceperunt Iherusalem

Ibn al-Qalanisi, The Damascus Chronicle of the Crusades

Selected letters by Crusaders: Anselme of Ribemont, Anselme of Ribemont, Letter to Manasses II, Archbishop of Reims (1098)

Stephen, Count of Blois and Chartres, Letter to his wife, Adele (1098)

Daimbert, Godfrey and Raymond, Letter to the Pope , (1099)

Online primary sources from the Internet Medieval Sourcebook

Peter the Hermit and the Popular Crusade: Collected Accounts .

The Crusaders Journey to Constantinople: Collected Accounts .

The Crusaders at Constantinople: Collected Accounts .

The Siege and Capture of Nicea: Collected Accounts .

The Siege and Capture of Antioch: Collected Accounts .

The Siege and Capture of Jerusalem: Collected Accounts .

Fulcher of Chartres: The Capture of Jerusalem , 1099.

Ekkehard of Aura: On the Opening of the First Crusade .

Albert of Aix and Ekkehard of Aura: Emico and the Slaughter of the Rhineland Jews .

Soloman bar Samson : The Crusaders in Mainz , attacks on Rhineland Jewry.

Ali ibn Tahir Al-Sulami (d. 1106): Kitab al-Jihad (extracts). First known Islamic discussion of the concept of jihad written in the aftermath of the First Crusade.

Asbridge, Thomas. The First Crusade: A New History. Oxford: 2004. ISBN 0195178238.

Dead links Royal Genealogies Website (ROYAL92.GED), online ftp://ftp.cac.psu.edu/genealogy/public_html/royal/index.html