Gauzlin I of Maine was a lord of

Maine Maine ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the New England region of the United States, and the northeasternmost state in the Contiguous United States. It borders New Hampshire to the west, the Gulf of Maine to the southeast, and the Provinces and ...

in the beginning of the 9th century. He was the oldest known ancestor of the Rorgonid family. On onomastic considerations, he could be a descendant of the 8th-century Duke of Maine, Charivius.Christian Settipani, ''Addendum to the Ancestors of Charlemagne''
/ref> He is named in a document as being in the

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on 2 April 812 with

Charlemagne Charlemagne ( ; 2 April 748 – 28 January 814) was List of Frankish kings, King of the Franks from 768, List of kings of the Lombards, King of the Lombards from 774, and Holy Roman Emperor, Emperor of what is now known as the Carolingian ...

at a meeting of the Counts.

Christian Settipani Christian Settipani (born 31 January 1961) is a French genealogist, historian and IT professional, currently working as the Technical Director of a company in Paris. Biography Settipani holds a Master of Advanced Studies from the Paris-Sorb ...

, "Les origines des comtes de Nevers" in ''Onomastique et Parenté dans l'Occident médiéval'', Oxford, Linacre College, Unit for Prosopographical Research, series ''Prosopographica and Genealogica / 3'', 2000, 310 p. (), pp. 85–112 He is also known from a charter on 1 March 839 signed by his son Rorgon sent to the Abbey of Saint-Maur de Glanfeuil. In it, Rorgon names his family there: ''"My father Gauzlin and my mother Adeltrudis, and my brother Gauzbert."'' He married Adeltrude of Bourges, daughter of the Count of

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. Their children were: *

Rorgon I, Count of Maine Rorgon I or Rorico(n) I (also ''Rorgo'' or ''Rorich''; died 16 June 839 or 840) was the first count of Maine and progenitor of the Rorgonid dynasty, which is named for him. He was count of Rennes from 819 and of Maine from 832 until his death. ...

(d. 839) *

Gauzbert, Count of Maine Gauzbert (; died 853) was Count of Maine from 840 to 853. He was a member of the Rorgonide family, son of Gauzlin I of Maine, lord of Maine, and Adeltrude. He is recorded for the first time in 839 in a charter of his brother Count Rorgon I of Mai ...

(d. 853)

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