Gauzlin I of Maine

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
  1. Christian Settipani, Addendum to the Ancestors of Charlemagne
  2. 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
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