Gervais de Château-du-Loir

Gervais de Château-du-Loir (1007–1067) was a French nobleman, bishop, and a powerful figure of his time in Northern France.

[2] His maternal uncle, Avesgaud de Bellême, Bishop of Le Mans,[3] raised Gervais and groomed him to succeed to the Bishopric of Le Mans.

[1] He was a strong supporter of the family of Blois, and opposed to the Angevins.

At one point, he had to seek refuge at the court of William, Duke of Normandy.

Philip's father, Henry I of France, was then alive but died in 1060.