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The Rorgonids were a powerful Frankish family dating from the eighth century. They are sometimes referred to as the first Mayennaise dynasty, referring to the city of Mayenne, and are the original counts of Maine. The Rorgonids were named after Rorgon I, Count of Maine, who was the progenitor of the dynasty.
On March 12, Maine announced the state's first confirmed case of the coronavirus, a Navy reservist in her 50s from Androscoggin County who had returned from duty in Italy. [107] [108] On March 27, 2020, Maine reported its first death due to coronavirus, which was a man in his 80s from Cumberland County. [109]
The first colony was St. Croix Island, near what is now the town of Calais. (St. Croix Island was settled initially in June 1604, then moved in 1605 by Samuel de Champlain to the Bay of Fundy). [1] Popham was abandoned after only 14 months, apparently more due to the death of patrons and the first colony president than lack of success in the ...
Jenna Bush Hager signs a copy of her new children's book, "Love Comes First," for a fan at the Louis T. Graves Memorial Public Library in Kennebunkport, Maine, on Saturday, Dec. 9, 2023.
The first known progenitor of this family is Yves de Bellême who was probably the son of Yves de Creil, [a] [1] The caput of the lordship was the castle of Bellême, constructed "a quarter of a league from the old dungeon of Bellême" in Maine. [2]
Shipping during the eighteenth century was the lifeblood of most of Boston's first families. Joseph's sons, Joseph Cabot Jr. (born 1746 in Salem), [ 7 ] George Cabot (born 1752 in Salem), [ 8 ] and Samuel Cabot (born 1758 in Salem), [ 9 ] left Harvard to work their way through shipping, furthering the family fortune [ 6 ] and becoming ...
The House of Laval is a family of barons, later counts, coming from the town of Laval, located in Northwestern France, part of the province of Maine before the French Revolution. The Laval were one of the most powerful families of Maine during the Middle Ages and also had a presence in Brittany, where their prestige was similar to that of the ...
Maine's government is going to cover the cost of funerals for families who lost loved ones in the deadliest mass shooting in the state's history, the office of Gov. Janet Mills said Wednesday. An ...