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Hugh V, Coont o Maine
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Hugh V wis the Coont o Maine atween 1069 an 1072.
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Predecessor | Alberto Azzo |
Successor | Elias I, Coont o Maine |
Born | c. 1050/1055 |
Dee'd | c. 1131 (aged c. 77) |
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He wis the son o Alberto Azzo II, margrave o Milan, an Gersendis, a sister o Hugh IV o Maine.[1] In 1070, the fowk o Le Mans an some o the Manceaux barons revoltit agin Norman control.[2] Efter makin the soothren mairch o Normandy siccar an herryin oot the Normans, Hugh wis inveetit tae become the neist Coont o Maine. Houaniver, he shawed hissel tae be a puir ruler an the fowk began tae detest him. Oderic Vitalis said o him, "he was, indeed, an imbecile, a coward, and an idler, and totally unfit to hold the reins of government in so high a station."[3] Efter a short while haudin the coortship, his cousin Elias bocht the coonty frae Hugh.[4]