Mauger de Normandie "Count of Corbeil"

Mauger de Normandie, styled Count of Corbeil, was reportedly a son of Richard I “the Fearless,” Duke of Normandy. He is said to have acquired the title of Count of Corbeil through his marriage to Germaine of Corbeil. He was born about 967 and died in 1040, according to the supplied dates.

Mauger de Normandie, later known as Count of Corbeil, was reportedly born about 967. The family-tree notes describe him as the second son of Richard I, surnamed “the Fearless,” Duke of Normandy. Although later material calls him Count of Corbeil, the notes state that Norman records do not disclose another title for him beyond “de Normandie.”

He married Germaine de Corbeil. The principal notes identify her as a daughter of Aymon, Count of Corbeil, and Elizabeth; another supplied account calls her the daughter and heir of Albert, Count of Corbeil. The same material maintains that Mauger held the county of Corbeil in right of his wife. It also suggests that he must have possessed an estate of substantial importance in his own right, but this is presented as an inference rather than a documented title.

Mauger and Germaine are credited in the supplied notes with sons named Guillaume, also called Werlac; Hamon, surnamed Dentatus; and Hugh, Bishop of Bayeux. A Burke’s Peerage account differs concerning Guillaume, describing him as an elder son who died without issue as a monk of the Abbey of St. Maur, while naming Hamon as Count of Corbeil. This variation leaves the claimed descent through Guillaume uncertain.

A passage attributed to Guillaume de Jumièges states that Robert II, Duke of Normandy, sent “son oncle paternal Mauger comte de Corbeil” to assist King Henri I of France during the rebellion of Queen Constance in 1031 or 1032. The supplied material attributes this statement to Mauger, Count of Corbeil, but its stated family relationship requires further verification.

Mauger is said to have died in 1040.

Historical context

The family-tree notes place Mauger within the Norman ducal family descended from Richard I. They also recount events in Richard I’s early life: after the death of his father, Richard was allegedly taken from Normandy by the King of France, later returned to Normandy with the aid of Osmon the Dane, and protected by Bernard of Senlis. The notes further state that war followed in 945 between the French king and the Normans, ending in peace and a further territorial grant to Richard. These details provide family background but are not direct evidence for Mauger’s own life.

Sources & research

Burke’s Peerage, p. 1603.

Burke’s Peerage, supplied extract stating that Mauger, Count of Corbeil in right of his wife, married Germaine, daughter and heir of Albert, Count of Corbeil; it identifies Hamon as Count of Corbeil and says an elder son, William, died without issue as a monk in the Abbey of St. Maur.

Ordericus Vitalis, Ecclesiastical History of England & Normandy, vol. 2, p. 416.

Guillaume de Jumièges, supplied statement that Robert II, Duke of Normandy, sent “son oncle paternal Mauger comte de Corbeil” to aid King Henri I of France in 1031 or 1032.