The Skaggs-Files

# Occupation: Domfort
# Note: Title: The Plantagenet Ancestry, by William Henry Turton, 1968
# Note: Page: 6, 13
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# Note: provided by curt_hofemann@yahoo.com
# Note: Seigneur de Belleme, Count of Alençon and Domfront [Ref: Moriarty p12]
# Note: Yves I de Creil, Seigneur de Belleme and d'Alencon, d. 997 [Ref: David B. Boles <bolesd@cortez.its.rpi.edu> 12 Feb 1995 msg to SGM citing: Stokvis] Research note: find Stokvis
# Note:
# Note: More from FranceBalade (beware my translation):
# Note: Les Seigneurs de Belleme
# Note: Yves de Creil (ca 930-ca 997)
# Note:

Yves de Creil was a vassal of Hugues Capet, Duke of France and was also close to the Duke of Normandy. In 960 he was with Richard I (Duke) of Normandy when he defeated the armies of Thibault of Blois, taking & mostly destroying the towns of Chartres and Corbon (Mortagne).

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The Seigniory of Belleme was then created for Yves, by Hugues Capet, at the expense and opposition of Thibault 'le Tricheur/the Cheat' Count of Chartres and Blois. Yves de Belleme was immediately in conflict with Hugues I Count of Maine, who managed to take part of the Saosnois, and, with the Count du Perche allied with Thibault of Blois in common opposition & protection in particular against the Dukes of Normandy. Yves had the feudal fortress of Belleme built.

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Yves married Godehilde, the sister of Sigefroi, Bishop du Mans & by her had three sons and two daughters: Guillaume, Yves, Avesgaud Bishop du Mans, Hildeburge who married Haimon, Seigneur de Chateau du Loir and Godehilde who was the mother of Albert, Abbot of Micy (and father of Arnoul, Archbishop of Tours). Yves died towards 997.

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Note: Moriarty p11 & 12 indicates he was living 1005, but unfortunately I did not note Moriarty's source of this & think it suspect.

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