William Talvas, Comte de Ponthieu

Abt 1093 - 1172  (~ 79 years)

• Name	William Talvas, Comte de Ponthieu  [1, 2]
  Suffix	Comte de Ponthieu
  Born	Abt 1093  [2]
  Gender	Male
  Died	1172  [2]
  Notes	William Talvas, Comte de Ponthieu gained the title of Comte d'Alençon. He gained the title of Comte de Montreuil-sur-Mer. He gained the title of Comte de Ponthieu. William III of Ponthieu (c.1093 - 1172) was son of Robert II of Bellême and Agnes of Ponthieu. He is also called William (II; III) Talvas. He was seigneur de Montgomery in Normandy. Life He succeeded his father as count of Ponthieu some time between 1105 and 1111, when he alone as count made a gift to the abbey of Cluny. His father Robert de Bellême had turned against Henry I on several occasions, had escaped capture at the battle of Tinchebrai in 1106 commanding Duke Robert's rear guard and later, while serving as envoy for King Louis of France, he was arrested by Henry I and imprisoned for life. William was naturally driven by this to oppose King Henry. In June of 1119, however, Henry I restored all his father's lands in Normandy. Sometime prior to 1126, William resigned the county of Ponthieu to his son Guy but retained the title of count. In 1135 Henry I again confiscated all his Norman lands to which William responded by joining count Geoffrey of Anjou in his invasion of Normandy after Henry I's death Family His married, abt. 1115, Helie of Burgundy, daughter of Eudes I, Duke of Burgundy. The Gesta Normannorum Ducum says that they had five children, three sons and two daughters. Europäische Stammtafeln, however, shows eleven. The five both agree on are: Guy II. He assumed the county of Ponthieu during his father Talvas' lifetime, but died in 1147 predeceasing his father. William, Count of Alençon. John I, Count of Alençon, married Beatrix d'Anjou, daughter of Elias II, Count of Maine and Philippa, daughter of Rotrou III, Count of Perche. Clemence married (abt. 1189) Juhel, son of Walter of Mayenne. Adela (aka Ela) married William de Warenne, 3rd Earl of Surrey.
  Person ID	I385	Bosdet Genealogy
  Last Modified	16 May 2013

  
  

  Father	Robert de Bellême, Earl of Shrewsbury,   b. 1052,   d. Aft 1130  (Age > 79 years)
  Relationship	Natural
  Mother	Agnes of Ponthieu,   b. Abt 1080,   d. Between 1105 and 1111  (Age ~ 25 years)
  Relationship	Natural
  Family ID	F1904	Group Sheet

  
  

  Family	Helie of Burgundy,   b. Abt 1080,   d. 28 Feb 1140/41, France  (Age ~ 61 years)
  Married	1115	France   [3]
  Children	1. Ela Talvas,   d. 10 Oct 1174
  Family ID	F1364	Group Sheet

  
  

• Sources

  [S202] Plantagenet Ancestry, Douglas Richardson, (Name: Genealogical Publishing Company; Location: Baltimore, Maryland, U.S.A.; Date: 2004;). [S377] England and Normandy in the Middle Ages, Kathleen Thompson, (Name: Hambledon Press; Location: London; Date: 1994;). [S371] Europäische Stammtafeln: Stammtafeln zur Geschichte der Europäischen Staaten, Detlev Schwennicke, (Name: Verlag von J. A. Stargardt; Location: Marburg, Germany; Date: 1984;).