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Hugh V wis the Coont o Maine atween 1069 an 1072.
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]
In 1077 Hugh mairret Gersent, mistress o Geoffroy de Mayenne[1]. She wis a dochtor o Robert Guiscard. Efter findin that he cudnae manage her, he abandoned her, wis excommunicatit bi Pape Urban II, an dee'd wioot sirin bairns.[3]
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