Robert de Montgomery de Bellême comte d'Alençon
- Born: Abt 1054, Wareham Castle
- Christened: St. Martin of Sées
- Marriage: Agnes Comtesse de Ponthieu before Sep 1101
- Died: After 8 May 1131, Wareham Castle
- Buried: Wareham Castle
 Noted events in his life were:
• Titles.
--Earl of Belesme
--3rd Earl of Shrewsbury
--Earl of Arundel and Shrewsbury before 1102
• Dates & Events.
When Robert's mother, Mable, was killed in 1802, he inherited her property. Ths was a hilly border region inbetween Nomany and Maine.
He was was exiled from England by Henry I, and lost his English lands, and forfeited his titles to the crown in 1102
He was imprisoned in 1112 at Warham Castle and later died there.
• Dates & Events. 489
Robert is referred to as his mother's "first-born son" by Orderic Vitalis, who says his "name is now a byword for his cruelty to the wretched peasantry". He witnessed a charter for Saint Martin de Sées with his brother Roger, and a charter for Saint Aubin of Angers in (1060/62) without Roger, suggesting that the latter had died by then.
He succeeded his mother in 1079 as Sire de Bellême et d'Alençon. He rebelled against William II King of England in 1088, crossed to England but was besieged at Rochester Castle and in Jun 1088 forced to surrender.
He succeeded his father in 1094 in all his possessions in Normandy[286]. He succeeded his younger brother in 1098 as Earl of Shrewsbury after a payment of £3000. He succeeded his father-in-law in Oct 1100 as Comte de Ponthieu. He rebelled against Henry I King of England in 1102, was deprived of all his honours and estates in England, and retired to Normandy.
He fought with Robert Duke of Normandy against his brother Henry I King of England at the battle of Tinchebrai in 1106, escaping by flight after the Duke's forces were defeated.
He helped Helias de Saint-Saens protect Guillaume, son of Robert "Curthose" ex-Duke of Normandy, after Henry I King of England ordered the arrest of the boy. He was arrested in 1112, imprisoned at Cherbourg and all his lands and honours forfeited. He was imprisoned at Wareham Castle, Dorset from Jul 1113 and was still there in Nov 1130.
Robert married Agnes Comtesse de Ponthieu, daughter of Gui I Comte de Ponthieu and (Madame) Ada *de Pontieu, before Sep 1101. (Agnes Comtesse de Ponthieu was born about 1065 and died after 1103 in Ponthieu, France.)
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