Rotger comté du Maine
- Marriage: Rothildis des Francs
- Died: Bef 1 Nov 900, Maine, France
Other names for Rotger were Roger Count of Maine and Rorgon I comté du Maine.
Noted events in his life were:
• Web Reference: Charles Cawley's Medieval Lands, Comtes du Maine
Rorgon was the son of thesister of Hugues comté du Bourges. Rorgon married Rothildis, daughter of emperor Charles II "le Chauve" King of the West Franks and his second wife Richildis de Provence. "Charles III "le Simple" King of the West Franks confirmed donations of property "in comitatu quoque Cœnomannico" made by "Hugo comes et mater sua Rothildis", at the request of "genitrix nostra Adeleidis et…comes Hugo consanguineus, necnon et…comes Ecfridus" by charter dated 1 Nov 900 [RHGF, Tome X, p. 489]. The charter dated 929 subscribed by "Hugonis comitis filii Rotgerii comitis" suggests that Rothildis must have been the wife of Roger[Latouche (1910), p. 15 footnote 4, quoting 'Catalogue des actes des évêques du Mans jusqu'à la fin du XIII siècle', Revue historique et archéologique du Maine, t. 63 (1908) 2, pp. 32-63 and 144-185]."
Rotger married Rothildis des Francs, daughter of Charles II "le Chauve" Carolingien King of the West Franks, Holy Roman Emperor and Richaut of Metz. (Rothildis des Francs was born about 871 in France and died about 22 Mar 928 in Maine, France.)
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