Family
By Hildeburg, his first wife, William had two children:
- Arnulf de Bellême, who deprived his father of his estates and wealth and was dead by 1049.
- Mabel de Bellême, who married Roger de Montgomerie, 1st Earl of Shrewsbury and was murdered 2 Dec 1079
His second wife, a daughter of Ralf de Beaumont, may have been the mother of his son:
- Oliver who after long service in the wars, became a monk at Bec.
William Talvas is said to have cursed the infant William, later to become William the Conqueror, in his cradle predicting the child would be the downfall of the house of Bellême.
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