Gauzlin I of Maine was a lord of Maine in the beginning of the 9th century. He was the oldest known ancestor of the Rorgonid family. On onomastic considerations, he could be a descendant of the 8th-century Duke of Maine, Charivius.[1]
He is named in a document as being in the Spanish March on 2 April 812 with Charlemagne at a meeting of the Counts.[2]
He is also known from a charter on 1 March 839 signed by his son Rorgon sent to the Abbey of Saint-Maur de Glanfeuil. In it, Rorgon names his family there: "My father Gauzlin and my mother Adeltrudis, and my brother Gauzbert."[2]
He married Adeltrude of Bourges, daughter of the Count of Bourges. Their children were:
- Rorgon I, Count of Maine (d. 839)
- Gauzbert, Count of Maine (d. 853)
References
edit- ^ Christian Settipani, Addendum to the Ancestors of Charlemagne
- ^ a b Christian Settipani, "Les origines des comtes de Nevers" in Onomastique et Parenté dans l'Occident médiéval, Oxford, Linacre College, Unit for Prosopographical Research, series Prosopographica and Genealogica / 3, 2000, 310 p. (ISBN 1900934019), pp. 85–112