Yves d'Alençon (died c. 1005), Seigneur de

Bellême Bellême () is a commune in the Orne department in northwestern France. It is classed as a Petites Cités de Caractère. The musicologist Guillaume André Villoteau (1759–1839) was born in Bellême, as was Aristide Boucicaut (1810–1877), ...

, the first known progenitor of the

House of Bellême The House of Bellême also referred to as the Family of Bellême was an important seigneurial family in Kingdom of France, France during the 10th through the 12th centuries. Members of this family held the important castles of Bellême, Alenço ...

Life

Yves was probably the son of Yves de Creil,Yves de Criel and Yves de Bellême are confused by several sources and thought to be the same person by some. Yves de Criel, who was instrumental in saving young Richard I of Normandy would not chronologically be possible to be the same as Yves de Bellême, the subject of this article, who died c. 1005. Geoffrey White believed Yves de Criel was probably the father of Yves de Bellême, which was also accepted by all the French writers, but was of the opinion it should not be stated as fact as it was by Prentout. See: Geoffrey H. White, The First House of Bellême, ''TRHS'', Vol. 22 (1940), pp. 70-71.Geoffrey H. White, The First House of Bellême, ''Transactions of the Royal Historical Society'', Fourth Series, Vol. 22 (1940), p. 73 one of those who saved young Duke

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from death or mutilation at hand of King

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. Yves de Bellême held the castle and lands of Bellême, of the

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, as well as the Sonnois and part of the

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. That he held part of the march-lands of Passais is known from his having given abbot Gauzlin of

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the lands of Magny-le-Désert. His wife was named Godeheut and although her parentage is unknown, she was the sister of Seinfroy,

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.Geoffrey H. White, The First House of Bellême, ''Transactions of the Royal Historical Society'', Fourth Series, Vol. 22 (1940), p. 72Detlev Schwennicke, '' Europäische Stammtafeln: Stammtafeln zur Geschichte der Europäischen Staaten'', Neue Folge, Band III Teilband 4 (Verlag von J. A. Stargardt, Marburg, Germany, 1989), Tafel 636 Yves was the founder of a church dedicated to the Virgin Mary in his castle of Bellême and endowed it with a church in the Sonoisis, another at Vieux Bellême plus a vill and three other churches in the Hiesmois. Yves died sometime after 1005.Geoffrey H. White, The First House of Bellême, ''Transactions of the Royal Historical Society'', Fourth Series, Vol. 22 (1940), p. 74 & n. 2

Family

Yves de Bellême and his wife Godeheut had five children: *

William of Bellême William of Bellême (960/5 – 1028) called William ''Princeps'', was the Seigneur of Bellême and a member of the House of Bellême. Life William was the son of Yves de Bellême and his wife Godeheut.Detlev Schwennicke, '' Europäische St ...

(960/5 - 1028), succeeded his father as seigneur de Bellême. * Yves de Bellême (d. 1030), Abbot of Fleury. * Avesgaud de Bellême (d. 1036), Bishop of Le Mans. * Hildeburg, abt. 1006 married Aimon, Seigneur de Chateau-du-Loir. * Godehilde, married Hamon-aux-Dents or Hamon Le Dentu, he was the 1st Baron of Le Creully and he was Lord over Creully, Torigni, Évrecy & St. Scolasse-sur-Sarthe, but he lost all his lands, after trying to kill William the bastard, in the battle of Val-ès-Dunes, Normandy, France

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Yves de Belleme 1000s deaths Year of birth unknown Year of death uncertain 10th-century French people