Rorrick was the Count of Maine, which included part of modern-day Brittany at the time. His daughter married Count Ranulf of Poitiers.

He is my 31 x great-grandfather.

Rorrick, also known as Rorick¹ , or Rorgo², was born in Maine, France, the son of Gauslin of Maine and his wife Adeltrudis². There is no information on when he was born.

Titles

Rorick was the Count of Maine^{1 2} and part of modern-day Brittany¹. It’s not clear if these were two independent counties at the time. He inherited this title from his father.

Family

Sometime after the year 800, Rorick married Bilihildis^{1 2}, and had four or five children together²:

1. Rorrick, later Rorrick II of Maine.
2. Geoffrey, who fought the Vikings.
3. An unnamed daughter, who the Pope excommunicated.
4. A daughter, Bilichildis¹ who married Ranulf I of Poitiers.
5. A son, Gauslin, who was a religious man.

Notable events

In 833, Rorrick donated a monastery in Anjou to Emperor Louis I².

Louis is also an ancestor of mine. Rorrick’s daughter Bilihilde married Louis’ grandson Ranulf.

Death

I don’t know when he died, of what or where they buried him.

Lineage

He is my 31 x great-grandfather.

References

1. Stuart, R.W. (1995). Royalty for Commoners[↩][↩][↩][↩][↩]
2. Fmg.ac. (2024). MAINE – COUNTS. [online] Available at: http://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/MAINE.htm [Accessed 20 Sep. 2024][↩][↩][↩][↩][↩][↩]