Hugh IV, Count of Maine

[2] The bishop of Le Mans, Gervais de Château-du-Loir, was a partisan of the opposing Blois family.

[3] Gervais then proclaimed Hugh to have reached his majority, and arranged a marriage for him, with Berthe of Blois.

[5] Hugh, no doubt in support of his bishop, engaged in a number of wars with Count Geoffrey Martel of Anjou in the Loir valley.

[3] Shortly after Hugh's death, 26 March 1051,[6] Gervais sought refuge in Normandy after being driven out of Maine.

[4] Gervais' success in strengthening the Bishopric of Le Mans served to downgrade the countship of Maine, which led to the county being absorbed into the domains of Anjou and Normandy.