Ragenold (or Raino) (killed 25 July 885) was the Count of Herbauges from 852 and

Count of Maine This is a list of counts and dukes of Maine. The capital of Maine was Le Mans. In the thirteenth century it was annexed by France to the royal domain. Dukes of Maine (''duces Cenomannici'') * Charivius ( fl. 723) – appears as ''dux'' in a docu ...

and

Margrave of Neustria The Marches of Neustria (french: Marches de Neustrie; br, Marz Neustria; Norman language, Norman: ''Maurches de Neûtrie'') were two March (territory), marches created in 861 by the Carolingian dynasty, Carolingian king of West Francia Charles the ...

(positioned against the

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) from 878. His family is unidentified, but he may have been a son of Reginald of Herbauges. In 878, on the death of Gauzfrid,

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conferred the Neustrian march and the county of Maine on Ragenold, because Gauzfrid's children were too young to succeed. On 25 July 885, the Vikings pillaged

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. Ragenold came up and surprised the Viking raiders, but was killed in the ensuing action.

Sources

*Guillotel, Hubert. "Une autre marche de Neustrie." in

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and Katharine S. B. Keats-Rohan, ''Onomastique et Parenté dans l'Occident médiéval''. 2000. 885 deaths Margraves of Neustria Year of birth unknown {{France-noble-stub