Mabel Talvas d'Alençon Bellême

Female 1026 - 1092  (66 years)


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  • Name Mabel Talvas d'Alençon Bellême  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13
    Birth 1026  Alençon, Orne, Basse-Normandie, France Find all individuals with events at this location  [3, 11
    Gender Female 
    Burial 5 Dec 1082  Abbey of Troarn, Troarn, Calvados, Basse-Normandie, France Find all individuals with events at this location  [3, 6, 8, 11
    de Belleme, Mabel Talvas (1026-1079)
    de Belleme, Mabel Talvas (1026-1079)
    Created by: Audrey DeCamp Hoffman
    Record added: Jun 04, 2012
    Find A Grave Memorial# 91338293
    Death 2 Dec 1092  Dives, Calvados, Basse-Normandie, France Find all individuals with events at this location  [3, 4, 6, 8, 11
    Cause: Murdered by Hugh Bunel 
    • Bures Castle
    Notes 
    • Background Information.
      Mabel, who married Roger de Montgomerie in 1048, was the daughter and heiress of William de Talvas, Cout of Bellême and Alençon. These lands became part of his lands in Normandy. Mabel was killed by Hugh Seigneur de la Roche Igé, of whom Mabel had deprived of his castle. On the night of 2 Dec 1082, Hugh entered her chamber at the Châtequ de Bures, on the Dive, near troarn, and killed her with his sword. Her mutilated body was buried three days after the convent of Troarn. Her murder and his brothers left Normandy, and were never caught by Mabel's sons who pursued them.
      ~A Genealogical History of the Family of Montgomery, pg. 20

      After her murder, she was buried in Troarn Abbey. the tomb survived until the early 18th century, but by 1752 it no longer existed
    Person ID I1613  MontyHistNotes_II
    Last Modified 16 Mar 2024 

    Father Comte de Alençon William Talvas de Alençon, II,   b. Abt 995   d. 1060 (Age 65 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Mother Helie de Beaumont,   b. Abt 995 
    Relationship natural 
    Family ID F1332  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 6th Count of Montgomerie Roger II Montgomerie,   b. 1022, Saint-Germain-de-Montgommery, Calvados, Normandy, France Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 27 Jul 1094, Shrewsbury, Shropshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 72 years) 
    Marriage 1048  La Perche, Cher, Centre, France Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 8, 10
    Children 
     1. Matilda Maud Montgomerie,   b. 1041, Mortagne, Orne, Basse-Normandie, France Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1085, Mortagne, Orne, Basse-Normandie, France Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 44 years)  [Father: natural]
    +2. 2nd Earl of Shrewsbury Hugh Montgomerie,   b. 1042, Saint-Germain-de-Montgommery, Calvados, Normandy, France Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 31 Jul 1098, Montgomeryshire, Wales Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 56 years)  [Father: natural]
    +3. 3rd Earl of Shrewsbury Robert II de Bellême de Talvas Montgomerie,   b. 1056, La Perche, Cher, Centre, France Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 8 May 1119, Dorset, England Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 63 years)  [Father: natural]
    +4. Phillip Montgomerie,   b. 1056, Saint-Germain-de-Montgommery, Calvados, Normandy, France Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Jun 1098, Hatay, Turkey Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 42 years)  [Father: natural]
    +5. Comte de la Marche Roger III Montgomerie,   b. 1058, Saint-Germain-de-Montgommery, Calvados, Normandy, France Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1123, Darley Abbey, Derbyshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 65 years)  [Father: natural]
     6. Sybill Montgomerie,   b. 1058, Saint-Germain-de-Montgommery, Calvados, Normandy, France Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1107, Fatouville, Eure, Haute-Normandie, France Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 49 years)  [Father: natural]
    +7. Earl of Pembroke Arnulph Cimbricus Montgomerie,   b. 1060, Saint-Germain-de-Montgommery, Calvados, Normandy, France Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1130, France Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 70 years)  [Father: natural]
     8. Abbess of Almenêches Emma Montgomerie,   b. 1061, Montgomeryshire, Wales Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 4 Mar 1112, France Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 51 years)  [Father: natural]
     9. Mabel Montgomerie,   b. 1064, Montgomeryshire, Wales Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1085, France Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 21 years)  [Father: natural]
    Family ID F642  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 16 Mar 2024 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 1026 - Alençon, Orne, Basse-Normandie, France Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - 1048 - La Perche, Cher, Centre, France Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - Cause: Murdered by Hugh Bunel - 2 Dec 1092 - Dives, Calvados, Basse-Normandie, France Link to Google Earth
     = Link to Google Earth 

  • Folios
    T H Montgomery - Pages 009-013   ; -I-V
    T H Montgomery - Pages 009-013 ; -I-V
    Genealogical History of the Family of Montgomery
    [I - V] Earliest Ancestors
    T H Montgomery - Pages 013-026   ; VI
    T H Montgomery - Pages 013-026 ; VI
    Genealogical History of the Family of Montgomery
    [VI] Roger de Montgomerie

  • Sources 
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    2. [S323] thePeerage.com, Montgomerie Roger II #106700 http://www.thepeerage.com/p10670.htm#i106700.

    3. [S845] Ancestry.com, Web: International, Find A Grave Index, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2013;).

    4. [S273] Montgomery, Bo-Gabriel de, Origin and History of the Montgomerys, (Name: William Blackwood and Sons, Ltd; Location: Edinburgh and London; Date: 1948;), Chapter (Page 044) Roger II - Montgomerys of Normandy.
      This book is available electronically on ancestry.com


    5. [S3755] Biographical Information from Wikipedia, (Name: Wikipedia; Location: en.wikipedia.org;), Montgomerie, Robert II (1022-1094) Accessed KRM 10 Nov 2020 11:16am https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roger_de_Montgomery en.wikipedia.org.
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    6. [S3767] De Boever, Luc, The Montgommerys from the Vikings to our Present Day, (Name: l'Imprimerie Moderne de Bayeux; Location: Bayeux, France; Date: 2018;), Part 2, Section 8 Pages 35-40 Roger II Montgomerie.

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    9. [S3755] Biographical Information from Wikipedia, (Name: Wikipedia; Location: en.wikipedia.org;), Montgomerie, Roger III le Poitevin(1058-1123) Accessed KRm 14 Nov 2020 6:48am https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roger_the_Poitevin en.wikipedia.org.
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    10. [S2784] Barns-Graham, Peter, Stirnet, (Name: Stirnet; Location: stirnet.com;), Montgomery 01 Accessed KRM 14 Nov 2020 8:45am https://www.stirnet.com/genie/data/british/mm4fz/montgomery01.php.
      Roger Montgomerie II
      Montgomery of Arundel, Montgomery of Shrewsbury, Counts of Alencon, Counts of Belesme, Counts of Ponthieu
      https://www.stirnet.com/genie/data/british/mm4fz/montgomery01.php

    11. [S3769] Abbey of Troarn, (Name: Findagrave; Location: Troarn, Calvados, Basse-Normandie, France;), Talvas d'Alençon Bellême Montgomerie, Mabel (1026-1092) Memorial # 91338293 After her murder, she was buried in Troarn Abbey. the tomb survived until the early 18th century, but by 1752 it no longer existed Accessed KRM 15 Nov 2020 6:11am https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/91338293/mabille-montgomery.
      Abbey of Troarn
      Troarn, Departement du Calvados, Basse-Normandie, France
      https://www.findagrave.com/cemetery/2319903/abbey-of-troarn
      https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/91338293/mabille-montgomery

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      https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_I_Talvas

    13. [S3772] Wikipedia Listing of Counts and Lords, (Name: Wikipedia;), House of Bellême Accessed KRM 18 Nov 2020 8:03am https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/House_of_Bell%C3%AAme en.wikipedia.org.
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