Élie [II] d'Anjou Comte du Maine

   Cause of his death was Fever contracted during his imprisonment.

   Another name for Élie was Elias II d'Anjou.

  General Notes:

HELIAS d'Anjou (-15 Jan 1151). His parentage is specified by Orderic Vitalis. The Gesta Consulum Andegavorum names "Gosfridum…alium filium Heliam" as the children of "Fulco" & his first wife. Comte du Maine. The necrology of the Prieuré de Fontaines records the death "15 Jan" of "Elias miles, frater domini Mathildis abbatissæ". "…Helias frater ducis…" witnessed the charter dated to [end 1150/early Sep 1151] under which "H. dux Normannorum" granted privileges to the citizens of Rouen. The Chronicon Vindocinense records the death in 1151 of "Helias frater…Gosfridi comitis".

m ([1120]) PHILIPPA du Perche, daughter of ROTROU [I] "le Grand" Comte du Perche & his wife Mathilde [illegitimate daughter of Henry I King of England]. William of Tyre names her and her father when he records her marriage. "Perticensis comes Rotrocus" donated property to the abbey of Sainte-Trinité de Tiron with the consent of "genere mei Helie filiique mee Philippe" by charter dated [1120] witnessed by "Juliane soror mea".

Helias & his wife had one child: Beatrice. ¹

Élie married Philippa du Perche.¹