Elias II, Count of Maine

Who was Elias II, Count of Maine?

Elias was the younger son of Fulk V of Anjou and his first wife, Eremburga, daughter of Elias I of Maine. There is debate as to whether he was ever count of Maine.

It is possible but unlikely that his father left him the county of Maine; his elder brother, Geoffrey Plantagenet was ruler of Anjou, Maine and the Touraine. Elias revolted in 1145, but was captured and imprisoned indefinitely by his brother. John of Marmoutier, writing in the 1170s, states that Geoffrey released Elias, but that he died from a fever contracted during his incarceration. Few medieval sources name Elias as count of Maine.

He had married Philippa, daughter of Rotrou III of Perche. Their daughter, Beatrix, married John I of Alençon, by whom she had issue.