sentences:  Gervais, unlike his uncle who he succeeded, Avesgaud de Bellême (who was an adherent of the Counts of Anjou) was allied to the Counts of Blois.Hugh, no doubt in support of his bishop, engaged in a number of wars with Geoffrey Martel, Count of Anjou, in the Loir valley.Shortly after Hugh's death, 25 March 1051, Gervais sought refuge in Normandy after being driven out of Maine.