Counts of Maine - Dukes of Maine (duces Cenomannicus)

Dukes of Maine (duces Cenomannicus)

• 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 brothers, Pepin the Short and Carloman, as appeasement, but rebelled the next year.
• Charles the Younger (790–811) — given the ducatus Cenomannicus to govern, along with the title rex Francorum 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 Main, 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.