Rorgon I of Maine

Ror(i)gon I or Rorico(n) I (also "Rorgo" or "Rorich"; d. 16 June 839 or 840) was the first Count of Maine of the Rorgonid dynasty, which he founded. He was Count of Rennes from 819 and of Maine from 832.

He was a son of Gauzlin I and Adeltrude.

He was a retainer at the court of Charlemagne, where he had a sexual relationship with his daughter Rotrude. They had at least one illegitimate child, Louis, who became chancellor to his cousin Charles the Bald. They may have had an illegitimate daughter named Adeltrude who married Gerard I of Auvergne.

Louis the Pious conferred on Rorgon the countship of Rennes in 819. In 824, he founded the Abbey of Saint-Maur de Glanfeuil. Rorgon married a lady named Bilichild. He had three sons:
*Rorgon II of Maine
*Gauzfrid of Neustria
*Joscelin, Bishop of ParisHe also had a daughter, possibly named after her mother, who married Bernard of Poitou.

The necrologies of the Abbey of Saint-Denis give the date of his death, but do not specify a year.

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*Riché, Pierre. "Les Carolingiens, une famille qui fit l'Europe". 1983.
*Volkmann, Jean-Charles. "Bien Connaître les généalogies des rois de France". ISBN 2-877472086