Hugh II (920–before 992),

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, son of

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, and an unknown mother, probably a daughter of Gauzlin II, Count of Maine. He was, like his father, a vassal of his uncle

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. After the death of Hugh the Great, Hugh II allied himself Fulk II the Good, Count of Anjou, and Theobald the Trickster, Count of Blois. Hugh later joined Theobald’s son

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against Seinfroy,

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. Hugh and Odo had to flee and seek refuge with Bouchard I,

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, in the areas that form the

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. In 939 he fought alongside

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and

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against the

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at the

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.Kim Hjardar & Vegard Vike. ''Vikings at War.'' Casemate Publishers & Book Distributors, LLC, 2016. p 334 Hugh had by his unknown wife: Hugh III, Count of Maine, Fulk of Maine, (d. after 992) and Herbert “Baco” of Maine (d. after 1046), regent of

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. Hugh was succeeded as Count of Maine by his son Hugh III.

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*Riché, Pierre, ''The Carolingians; A Family who Forged Europe'', Trans. Michael Idomir Allen, University of Pennsylvania Press, Philadelphia, 1993 *K.S.B. Keats-Rohan, ''Two Studies in North French Prosopography'', Journal of Medieval History, Vol. 20 (1994), p. 10 *{{cite book , last=Barton , first=Richard E. , title=Lordship in the County of Maine, c. 890-1160 , publisher=The Boydell Press , year=2004 Counts of Maine