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Freeman-Smith History and Ancestry
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 Abt 0965 - Abt 1028 (63 years)
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| Name |
BELLÊME Guillaume |
| Birth |
Abt 0965 |
France  |
| Gender |
Male |
| Death |
Abt 1028 |
Orne, Normandy, France |
| Notes |
- He married Maud de Ganelon & had children:
Robert
Guillaume II
Yves Bishop of Seez
Guerin Seigneur de Domfront; his daughter Adèle married Rotrou II, Vicomte de Chateaudun, Seigneur de Nogent & Mortagne. From him descend the Comtes du Perche.
Guillaume spent a good part of his time fighting against the Count of Maine in order to protect the Saosnois (country of Mamers). At the beginning, he took the side of Richard II, Duke of Normandy (who gave him Alencon) against his younger brother Robert. In 1028 Richard II died, and Robert (the Devil) became the Duke of Normandy in his turn. Guillaume I refused to pay homage & Robert besieged him and took Alencon. Guillaume was forced to capitulate.
Later, with his two sons, Foulques and Robert, he fought against Normandy again but was overcome by the troops of Robert 'the Devil' in the battle of Blavon. Foulques was killed, and his brother Robert was taken prisoner.
Guillaume I had the castle of Domfront built. His sons Robert, Guillaume, & then Yves succeeded to the Seigniory of Belleme.
Guillaume I Talvas was a friend of Robert 'the Pius' King of France & accompanied him to Arles for his marriage to Constance of Arles. When Hugues, the son of King Robert, revolted against his father, he took refuge in le Perche. Guillaume de Belleme arrested him and delivered him to the King. Research note: Mamers.
Note: ES III:636 identifies her as Dame de Conde-sur-Noireau, perhaps a Norman (a.d.H. Normandie) [Ref: ES III:636] Note: an der Herr Normandy is fairly obtuse, meaning her father was a minor functionary, unlikely associated with the 'county of Noireau' which I've not elsewhere seen.
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Attestâe en 997. Il fit construire le chãateau de Domfront.
Sources
Cawley, Charles: Medieval Lands, Normandy: Guillaume I de Bellême
http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=jweber&id=I02045
https://www.ancestry.com/family-tree/person/tree/6676093/person/-1236856786/facts
Roderick W. Stuart, "Royalty for Commoners."
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| Person ID |
I60009 |
Freeman-Smith |
| Last Modified |
27 Jan 2026 |
| Father |
BELLÊME Yves, b. Abt 0935, Oise, Picardy, France d. 0997, Belleme, , Perche, France (Age 62 years) |
| Relationship |
natural |
| Mother |
UNKNOWN Godehilde, b. Abt 0950, Ponthieu, Ain, Rhone-Alpes, France d. Aft 1005 (Age > 56 years) |
| Relationship |
natural |
| Marriage |
0950 |
Alencon, Bell, Orne, France |
| Family ID |
F26646 |
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