 Secure in his victory Henry encountered young William Clito, Duke Robert's son, at Falaise.To show he was compassionate, he placed the boy, then about three years old, under the protection of Count Helias.By the time William Clito was seven or eight, he had become the focal point of resistance to Henry I's rule of Normandy and support was growing for William to be Henry's rival for Normandy and perhaps even England.