Guillaume
"Seigneur de Bellême and d'Alecon"
de Bellême
formerly Bellême
Born about in France
Ancestors 
Brother of
Avesgaud (Bellême) de Bellême, Godehilde (Bellême) de Beaumont, Yves (Bellême) de Bellême and Hildeburge D (Bellême) de Château-du-Loire
Husband of
Matilde (Condé-sur-Noireau) de Bellême
— married
before 0988 in France
Descendants 
Died about
at about age 63
in Orne, Normandy, France
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Biography
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.
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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