William (Guillaume) III (Talvas) of Ponthieu, Count of Ponthieu

Male 1093 - 1172  (~ 79 years)


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  • Name William (Guillaume) III (Talvas) of Ponthieu 
    Suffix Count of Ponthieu 
    Born ca 1093  Abbeville, Picardie, France Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Died 1172  Abbeville, Picardie, France Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Notes 
    • Wikipedia
      https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_III,_Count_of_Ponthieu

      He was seigneur de Montgomery in Normandy and Count of Ponthieu. William was son of Robert II of Bellême and Agnes of Ponthieu. He succeeded his father as count of Ponthieu some time between 1105 and 1111.

      His father Robert de Bellême had turned against Henry I on several occasions, had escaped capture at the battle of Tinchebrai in 1106. 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.

      He 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.


      1. Guy II. He assumed the county of Ponthieu during his father Talvas' lifetime, but died in 1147 predeceasing his father.

      2. William, Count of Alençon.

      3. 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.

      4. Clemence married (abt. 1189) Juhel, son of Walter of Mayenne.

      5. Adela (aka Ela) married William de Warenne, 3rd Earl of Surrey. She married, secondly, Patrick of Salisbury.


    Person ID I36070  Master File
    Last Modified 2 Oct 2016 

    Father Robert of Bellême, 3rd Earl of Shrewsbury, Count of Ponthieu,   b. ca 1056,   d. Aft 1130  (Age ~ 75 years) 
    Mother Agnes of Ponthieu, Countess of Ponthieu,   b. ca 1080, Abbeville, Picardie, France Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Aft 1105, Abbeville, Picardie, France Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 26 years) 
    Family ID F14877  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Helie of Burgundy,   b. ca 1080, County of Burgundy, France Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 28 Feb 1141, Perseigne Abbey, Neufchâtel-en-Saosnois, France Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 61 years) 
    Children 
     1. Guy II of Ponthieu,   b. 1120, Abbeville, Picardie, France Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 25 Dec 1147, Ephesus, Turkey Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 27 years)
     2. Adela (Ela) of Ponthieu,   b. ca 1118, France Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 10 Oct 1174, Wiltshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 56 years)
    Last Modified 2 Oct 2016 
    Family ID F14869  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart