Eremburga of Maine
Countess suo jure of Maine and Lady of Château-du-Loir
Eremburga (French: Erembourg; died 1126) was, in her own right, the countess of Maine and lady of Château-du-Loir from 1110 to 1126 as well as the countess of Anjou by marriage.
Eremburga was born in the early to mid-1090s. She was the sole daughter and heir of Count Elias I of Maine and Matilda, daughter and heir of Gervais II of Château-du-Loir. Before the end of the First Crusade (1096–1099), Eremburga was betrothed to Geoffrey IV, son and heir apparent of Count Fulk IV of Anjou. After Eremburga's mother died in late March 1099, Elias considered Geoffrey to be his heir in right of Eremburga. Geoffrey was killed in May 1106 while dealing with a rebellion. By 29 July 1108, Eremburga had married Fulk V, half-brother of Geoffrey and new heir apparent to the County of Anjou. Fulk IV died on 14 April 1109, leaving Anjou to Eremburga's husband. Although Elias remarried that year, he had no further children and Eremburga's claim to Maine remained uncontested. When he died on 11 July 1110, Fulk became count of Maine in her right.
“Eremburga of Maine” enters the record as countess suo jure of Maine and Lady of Château-du-Loir. Crown Archives preserves that source wording while asking what Eremburga, Maine and Countess can confirm, complicate or overturn.
Why this record matters
“Eremburga of Maine” is worth following because a concise public description often conceals a longer documentary argument. Here, Eremburga, Maine and Countess provides the most credible route into that argument.
Named sources, stable identifiers and responsible institutions provide the strongest route from overview to verifiable evidence. The source revision retrieved here is dated Aug 6, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q2506063. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 1 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1126, 1110, 1096 and 1099.
Overview language is designed for orientation and should not be treated as a substitute for the evidence cited beneath it. The source lead contains qualifying language; that uncertainty should survive quotation, summary and reuse. Authority statements aid reconciliation but still require their own references, qualifiers and ranks to be checked.
How to read it
Use the entry as an orientation point, then follow its citations and revision history. Names, dates and institutional relationships should be checked against the original record.
- Subject orientation
- Search vocabulary
- Locating named sources
The closest primary source, responsible institution and strongest cited specialist reference.
Three-step research path
- Establish the record: confirm the title “Eremburga of Maine”, its source revision and the description used here.
- Expand the search: follow Eremburga of Maine primary sources, Eremburga of Maine archive and Eremburga research across catalogues and specialist indexes.
- Test the account: compare the strongest cited source with the responsible institution’s current record and note any disagreement.
Questions for further research
- Which source most directly establishes the central claim about “Eremburga of Maine”?
- Which cited source is closest to the event, object or claim?
- Which institution is responsible for the underlying evidence?
Search terms from this dossier
This entry incorporates text from “Eremburga of Maine” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.