Château de Bellencombre

The Château de Bellencombre, also named Castle of Bellencombre, was founded in Bellencombre, Normandy, France in 1050 by William de Warenne, later the 1st Earl of Warenne and Surrey.[1][2]

The Château was built in a traditional Norman motte and bailey style.[3]

References

  1. ^ "Bellencombre Castle – Château de Bellencombre". Château de Bellencombre. Association de Sauvegarde du Château de Bellencombre (A.S.C.B.). Retrieved 2025-10-29.
  2. ^ Lower, Mark Antony (1850). "On the Castle of Bellencombre, the original seat of the Family of De Warenne in Normandy (English)". Sussex Archaeological Collections. 3: 29–34.
  3. ^ Round, J. H. (January 29, 1902). "XII.—The Castles of the Conquest". Archaeologia. 58 (1): 313–340. doi:10.1017/S0261340900008973 – via Cambridge University Press.
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