Mabel Talvas d'Alençon Bellême

1026 - 1092  (66 years)

• 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   [3, 11]
  Gender	Female
  Reference Number	https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Bellême-14
  Burial	5 Dec 1082	Abbey of Troarn, Troarn, Calvados, Basse-Normandie, France   [3, 6, 8, 11]
  		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   [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	6 Sep 2025

  
  

  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 d. 27 Jul 1094, Shrewsbury, Shropshire, England (Age 72 years)
  Marriage	1048	La Perche, Cher, Centre, France   [8, 14]
  Children	> 1. Matilda Maud Montgomerie,   b. 1041, Mortagne, Orne, Basse-Normandie, France d. 1085, Mortagne, Orne, Basse-Normandie, France (Age 44 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural] + 2. 2nd Earl of Shrewsbury Hugh Montgomerie,   b. 1042, Saint-Germain-de-Montgommery, Calvados, Normandy, France d. 31 Jul 1098, Montgomeryshire, Wales (Age 56 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural] + 3. 3rd Earl of Shrewsbury Robert II de Bellême de Talvas Montgomerie,   b. 1056, La Perche, Cher, Centre, France d. 8 May 1119, Dorset, England (Age 63 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural] + 4. Phillip Montgomerie,   b. 1056, Saint-Germain-de-Montgommery, Calvados, Normandy, France d. Jun 1098, Hatay, Turkey (Age 42 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural] + 5. Comte de la Marche Roger III Montgomerie,   b. 1058, Saint-Germain-de-Montgommery, Calvados, Normandy, France d. 1123, Darley Abbey, Derbyshire, England (Age 65 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural] > 6. Sybill Montgomerie,   b. 1058, Saint-Germain-de-Montgommery, Calvados, Normandy, France d. 1107, Fatouville, Eure, Haute-Normandie, France (Age 49 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural] + 7. Earl of Pembroke Arnulph Cimbricus Montgomerie,   b. 1060, Saint-Germain-de-Montgommery, Calvados, Normandy, France d. 1130, France (Age 70 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   8. Abbess of Almenêches Emma Montgomerie,   b. 1061, Montgomeryshire, Wales d. 4 Mar 1112, France (Age 51 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural] > 9. Mabel Montgomerie,   b. 1064, Montgomeryshire, Wales d. 1085, France (Age 21 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
  Family ID	F642	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	6 Sep 2025

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 1026 - Alençon, Orne, Basse-Normandie, France Marriage - 1048 - La Perche, Cher, Centre, France Death - Cause: Murdered by Hugh Bunel - 2 Dec 1092 - Dives, Calvados, Basse-Normandie, France  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Folios		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 Genealogical History of the Family of Montgomery [VI] Roger de Montgomerie

  
  

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