Gersende was born about 1023 in Amiens,Somme,France. She died on May 10th, 1100.
General Notes
Gersende was the widow of Theobald of Blois. She had a son byAdalbert AzzoII (d.1097), Hugh V count of Maine 1070/92. Hugh V married aGersendemistress of Geoffrey de Mayenne. In 1093 Hugh sold the county toHelias dela Fleche (ES III(4):692). Michel Bur *La formation du comte deChampagnev.950 - v.1150* (Nancy, 1977) discusses Gersende de Maine butoffers nofurther genealogical information than that just given. VolkerReinhardt *Diegrossen Familien Italiens* (Stuttgart, 1992) p.244 merelydistinguishes hisdescendants by Cunigunde situated in Germany and his Italiandescendants by(?) situated in the region of Padua and Ferrara. VR does notmention themarriage with Gersende, but some of his accounts of the familieshe coverscan be a bit thin at the early end. DATE 13 MAR 1999