 In 1111 Henry I ordered Robert de Beauchamp, Viscount of Arques to capture his nephew, William Clito, at the castle of Saint-Saens.Helias was absent from the castle at the time but before the Viscount arrived the boy had been taken out of Normandy to join Helias.The boy and his protector eventually found safe haven at the court of Baldwin VII, Count of Flanders.