Avesgaud de Bellême
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Avesgaud (955-1035) was a French nobleman, and Bishop of Le Mans. He was from the house of Bellême, a son of Yves I de Bellême. His life is said to have been passed hunting, building and quarrelling (with Count Herbert Wake-Dog)[1].
He founded the town of La Ferté-Bernard around the year 1000[2]. He was succeeded as bishop by his nephew Gervais de Bellême.
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- ^ Kate Norgate, England Under the Angevin Kings (1887), p. 204.
- ^ Louth Lincolnshire Capital of The Wolds
