Hugh V, Coont O Maine

Hugh V
Coont o Maine
Predecessor	Alberto Azzo
Successor	Elias I, Coont o Maine
Born	c. 1050/1055
Dee'd	c. 1131 (aged c. 77)

He wis the son o Alberto Azzo II, margrave o Milan, an Gersendis, a sister o Hugh IV o Maine. In 1070, the fowk o Le Mans an some o the Manceaux barons revoltit agin Norman control. 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." Efter a short while haudin the coortship, his cousin Elias bocht the coonty frae Hugh.

In 1077 Hugh mairret Gersent, mistress o Geoffroy de Mayenne. 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.