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Sealed charter of 'Count Robert son of Count John' (Count Robert of Alençon, d.1217) for the abbey of St-André-en-Gouffern (undated, 1191 x 1200). Caen, AD Calvados, H 6512, no. 4 (reproduced by permission of the Archives du Calvados).

Count Robert was the heir of one of the most powerful baronial dynasties in Normandy and Maine, the Talvas, who had dominated the southern borders of Normandy since the 10th century. In 1203 his betrayal of Alençon to the French was a major factor in the collapse of John's control of Normandy, Maine and Anjou. Caen, AD Calvados, H 6512, no. 4 (reproduced by permission of the Archives du Calvados).