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CHAPTER IV. traces the intertwined histories of Maine, Anjou, and the early Capetian monarchy from the renewed revolt of the Cenomannians under Elias of La Flèche through the Battle of Tinchebray and the eventual union of Anjou with Maine via the marriage of Aremburg and young F…
Maine in Revolt under Elias of La Flèche
By 1093, Maine was once more in revolt, led initially by young Elias of La Flèche, son of John and Paula.…
Count Elias and the Spirit of Cenomannian Freedom
During his roughly six-year rule, Elias embodied Cenomannian freedom for his people, whose appreciation needed no words.…
Anjou’s Domestic Troubles under Fulk Rechin
While Cenomannia flourished, Anjou left it largely alone: Fulk Rechin was overwhelmed with domestic and ecclesiastical troubles.…
Elias’s Captivity and the Angevin Intervention
Urban then moved on to Tours and Le Mans. Elias of Maine was stirred to take the cross, but his request to William Rufus for crusader’s protection was rebuffed with a declaration…
Surrender to William Rufus and Renewed Defiance
Elias, however, saw through the Angevin design and frustrated it by negotiating with the Norman king.…
Recovery of Maine and the Battle of Tinchebray
In spring Elias fought back to Le Mans to popular acclaim, but withdrew before William’s approach, and Maine waited two more years until word came of the Red King’s death in Augus…
Union of Anjou and Maine through Aremburg
The union of Anjou and Maine did not proceed exactly as first planned: Aremburg became the wife of an Angevin count, but not Geoffrey Martel the Second.…
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