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The possessions of Ivo in Leicestershire passed into the hands of the faithful Robert, Count of Meulan faithful to Henry if not to the rebel who sought his help and somewhat later became the foundation of the earldom of Leicester. Against the most powerful and most dangerous of the traitors, Robert of Belleme, Henry felt strong enough to take steps in the spring of 1102.
However this may be, he soon found himself in open conflict all along his southern border with the king of France and the Count of Anjou, with Robert of Belleme and other barons of the border to aid them.
This inheritance he does not seem to have obtained, at least not permanently; but there was no quarrel between him and William at that time. In the autumn he returned to Normandy, taking with him Robert of Belleme.
So little has the church of Notre-Dame-sur-l'Eau altered in its appearance since it was built by the Duc de Belleme that, were he to visit the ruins of his castle, he would marvel no doubt that the men of the nine centuries which have passed, should have consistently respected this sturdy little building.
In the case of Maine and of Britanny this was the recognition of long-standing claims and of accomplished facts, for Count Alan Fergant of Britanny, as well as Fulk of Anjou, had already become the vassal of Henry, and had obtained the hand of a natural daughter of the king for his son Conan, who in this year became count. But the important lordship of Belleme was a new cession.
William Talvas, the son of Robert, while himself going to defend his mother's inheritance of Ponthieu, had left directions with the vassals of Belleme for its defence, but the campaign was a short one. Henry, assisted by his new vassal, the Count of Anjou, and by his nephew, Theobald of Blois, speedily reduced city and lordship to submission.
A few days later a treaty was made at Gisors, with the king of France. Louis formally conceded to Henry the overlordship of Belleme, which had not before depended upon the duchy of Normandy, and that of Maine, and Britanny.
Then Robert of Bellême, looking on the abbey as a hostile fortress, comes down on Almenèches, burns the church and all the buildings of the monastery, and leaves his sister and her nuns to find shelter where they can. The Duke's followers, who fall into his hands, he deals with after his manner; they are killed, mutilated, or kept in hard bonds.
They are like the things we do in nightmares." The nymphs of the tapestries smiled vainly in their faded beauty at the guests, who did not see them. Madame Martin served the coffee with her young cousin, Madame Belleme de Saint-Nom. She complimented Paul Vence on what he had said at the table. "You talked of Napoleon with a freedom of mind that is rare in the conversations I hear.
One unsought-for result of the conquest of Normandy was that Ranulf Flambard, who was in charge of the bishopric of Lisieux, succeeded in making his peace with the king and obtained his restoration to Durham, but he never again became a king's minister. Only Robert of Belleme thought of further fighting.
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