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House Of Montfort
House of Montfort was a medieval French noble house that eventually found its way to the Kingdom of England and originated the famous Simon de Montfort, 6th Earl of Leicester; although his father Simon de Monfort the Elder, leader of the French Crusaders during the Albigensian Crusade, is far more notorious in France and among military medievalists. The family began when Hugh Capet granted a petty lordship to Guillaume de Montfort in the Île-de-France. His successors were to be the vassals of the counts of Beaumont. Guillaume's son, Amaury began building a castle that would eventually become the eponymous Montfort-l'Amaury. The project, however, was incomplete when he died circa 1053, but his son, Simon was able to finish it in 1067. His great-grandson, Simon IV would eventually marry the heiress of Leicester and their son, Simon V would become the first Montfort earl of Leicester. During the 13th century the family lost their ancestral seat of Montfort-l'Amaury to the Ho ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Montfort-l'Amaury
Montfort-l'Amaury () is a commune in the Yvelines department in the Île-de-France region, north central France. It is located north of Rambouillet. The name comes from Amaury I de Montfort, the first ''seigneur'' (lord) of Montfort. Geography Montfort-l'Amaury lies north of the Rambouillet Forest. It is located at the foot of low hills, at about 130 m above sea level. History King Robert II built a castle in 996 in the hills of Montfort. Montfort-l'Amaury was the stronghold of the Montfort family from the start of the 11th century. Amaury I built the ramparts. The Comté de Montfort was related to the Duchy of Brittany following the marriage of Yolande de Dreux-Montfort with Arthur of Brittany in 1294. It returned to the crown of France when Brittany became a part of France under Francis I. The castle was destroyed by the English during the Hundred Years' War. Sites of interest *Ruins of the castle * Maison de Maurice Ravel, which is now a museu. Maurice Ravel lived ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Simon I De Montfort
Simon I de Montfort ( 1025 – 25 September 1087) was a French nobleman. He was born in Montfort l'Amaury, in the Duchy of Normandy, and became its lord. He was the son of Amaury I de Montfort and Bertrade. At his death he was buried about away in Épernon, because it was the site of the fortress he was instrumental in constructing. Progeny Simon I first married Isabel de Broyes (b. 1034 in Broyes, Marne), daughter of Hugh Bardoul. Their children were: *Amaury II de Montfort (c. 1056 – 1089), lord of Montfort * Isabel (Elizabeth) de Montfort (b. 1057), who married Raoul II de Tosny, a companion of William the Conqueror. Simon I's second marriage was to Agnes d'Evreux (b. 1030), daughter of Richard, Count of Évreux. Their children were: * Bertrade de Montfort (c. 1059 – 1117), became queen of France. *Richard de Montfort (c. 1066 – 1092), lord of Montfort, slain in attack on abbey at Conches. *Simon II de Montfort (c. 1068 – 1104), lord of Montfort * Amaury III de Mo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Amaury De Montfort (died 1241)
Amaury de Montfort, Lord of Montfort-l'Amaury, (1192 – 1241) was the son of Simon de Montfort, 5th Earl of Leicester and Alix de Montmorency, and the older brother of Simon de Montfort, 6th Earl of Leicester. Amaury inherited his father's French properties while his brother Simon inherited the English title of Earl of Leicester. Biography The Albigensian Crusade His father departed on the Albigensian Crusade in 1209. It is unknown when Amaury joined him in the south, but he could possibly arrive in spring 1210, when his mother came there bringing reinforcements for his father. He was knighted on 24 June 1213 in Castelnaudary in the course of a particularly solemn ceremony and continued to fight under his father's command until his death at Toulouse on 25 June 1218. As his father's successor, he inherited the County of Toulouse The County of Toulouse ( oc, Comtat de Tolosa) was a territory in southern France consisting of the city of Toulouse and its environs, ruled by t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Amaury III Of Évreux
Amaury III (died c. 1191) was the Count of Évreux in Duchy of Normandy, Normandy from 1181 until his death.Daniel Power, "The End of Angevin Normandy: The Revolt at Alençon (1203)", ''Historical Research'', 74, 186 (2001): 444–464. He belonged to the elder line of the Montfort family,Daniel Power, ''The Norman Frontier in the Twelfth and Early Thirteenth Centuries'' (Cambridge University Press, 2004), pp. 63, 216, 294–295, 332 and 498. and is sometimes known as Amaury V de Montfort. Amaury was the eldest son of Simon III de Montfort, Simon III, lord of Montfort-l'Amaury and count of Évreux, and his wife Matilda. On Simon's death in 1181, the Montfort inheritance was divided. Amaury retained the county of Évreux and lands in Kingdom of England, England, but his younger brother Simon de Montfort (died 1188), Simon (IV) inherited Montfort in Île-de-France. Amaury was also related by marriage to Saher de Quincy, who was in Évreux in 1181 to witness an act of Amaury's.Melissa A. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Simon III De Montfort
Simon III de Montfort (1117 – 13 March 1181), called the Bold, was count of Évreux from 1140 until 1181 and the seigneur de Montfort-l'Amaury from 1137 to 1181. He was the son of Amaury III the seigneur de Montfort-l'Amaury and count of Evreux and Agnès de Garlande, daughter of Anseau de Garlande. Life The Montforts were the vassals of the king of France for Montfort and also vassals to the king of England (in their capacity as Dukes of Normandy) for Évreux. Due to this, the Montforts were caught between the rivalry of the two kingdoms. Amaury III had attempted to solve this problem by leaving Évreux to his eldest son Amaury IV and Montfort to his youngest son Simon III. However, Amaury IV died three years after his father, which resulted in the reunification of the two domains. Simon III chose to side with the English king and gave him the strongholds of Montfort, Rochefort and Epernon. Because of this, Louis VII, King of France, "''could not come and go freely ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Amaury IV De Montfort
Amaury IV de Montfort (d.1140) was Count of Évreux as Amaury II from 1137 to 1140. He was the son of Amaury III de Montfort, lord of Montfort l'Amaury Montfort-l'Amaury () is a commune in the Yvelines department in the Île-de-France region, north central France. It is located north of Rambouillet. The name comes from Amaury I de Montfort, the first ''seigneur'' (lord) of Montfort. Geogra ... and count of Évreux, and Agnes of Garlande. The Montforts were the vassals of the king of France for Montfort and also vassals to the king of England (in their capacity as Dukes of Normandy) for Évreux. Due to this, the Montforts were caught between the rivalry of the two kingdoms. Amaury III had attempted to solve this problem by leaving Évreux to his elder son Amaury IV and Montfort to his younger son Simon III. Amaury IV accordingly succeeded his father as Count of Évreux, but survived him by only three years, dying unmarried and without children. He was succeeded his brot ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Amaury III De Montfort
Amaury III de Montfort ( † April 18 or 19, 1137) was a French nobleman, the seigneur de Montfort-l'Amaury, Épernon, and Houdan in the Île-de-France (1101–) and Count of Évreux in Normandy (1118–). Life Amaury was the son of Simon I, seigneur de Montfort, and his wife Agnès d'Évreux, daughter of Richard, Count of Évreux.Detlev Schwennicke, ''Europäische Stammtafeln: Stammtafeln zur Geschichte der Europäischen Staaten'', Neue Folge, Band III Teilband 4 (Marburg, Germany: J. A. Stargardt, 1989), Tafel 642 In 1098, William Rufus was campaigning in France and crossed into the French Vexin. One of the first castles Rufus attacked was that of Houdan which Amaury III defended.Frank Barlow, ''William Rufus'' (Berkeley: University of California Press, 1983), p. 393 But Amaury quickly surrendered and joined William's army. He then aided William II against his brother Simon II de Montfort's castles of Montfort-l'Amaury and Épernon.George Edward Cokayne, ''The complete peerage; ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Simon II De Montfort
Simon II de Montfort (, Montfort l'Amaury, Ile de France, France – 25 September 1104) was the son of Simon I de Montfort (c. 1025–1087) and Agnès d'Évreux (c. 1030–c. 1087). He succeeded his brother Richard de Montfort in 1092 as lord of Montfort-l'Amaury. In 1098, he had to sustain a siege led by William II Rufus, King of England and guardian of Normandy in the absence of Robert Curthose, gone to crusade The Crusades were a series of religious wars initiated, supported, and sometimes directed by the Latin Church in the medieval period. The best known of these Crusades are those to the Holy Land in the period between 1095 and 1291 that were i ..., and Simon successfully fought it off.Frank Barlow, ''William Rufus'', (University of California Press, 1983), 394. He died without an heir and left Montfort to his brother, Amaury III. References Simon 02 1060s births 1104 deaths 11th-century French people 12th-century French people People from Yvelines ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard De Montfort
Richard de Montfort (, Montfort l'Amaury, Ile de France, France – 1092), was the son of Simon I de Montfort, Count of Évreux (c. 1025–1087) and Agnès d'Évreux (c. 1030 – c. 1087), daughter of Richard, Count of Évreux. He succeeded his half brother Amaury II in 1089 as lord of Montfort-l'Amaury. In November 1092, he was killed in battle. Orderic Vitalis records that he succeeded his half-brother in 1089 and "was relentless in his attempts to take vengeance on William of Breteuil for Amaury's fate". He was mortally wounded in an attack on Conches-en-Ouche''The Way Vengeance Comes: Rancorous Deeds and Words in the World of Orderic Vitalis'', Thomaas Roche, ''Vengeance in the Middle Ages: Emotion, Religion and Feud'', edited Susanna A. Throop and Paul R Hyams, (Ashgate, 2010), 123. during the war between Raoul III de Tosny and William, Count of Évreux triggered by the enmity between their wives. He died without an heir and left Montfort to his brother, Simon II. He ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bertrade De Montfort
Bertrade de Montfort (c. 1070 – 14 February 1117) was Queen of France by her marriage to Philip I of France. Initially married to Fulk IV, Count of Anjou, she left him and married Philip. Later she founded a daughter house of Fontevraud Abbey at Haute-Bruyeres. Life She was the daughter of Simon I de Montfort and Agnes of Evreux. Her brother was Amaury de Montfort. In 1089, Bertrade and Fulk, Count of Anjou were married, and they became the parents of a son, Fulk. In 1092 she left her husband to live with King Philip I of France. Philip married her on 15 May 1092, despite the fact that they both had spouses living. He was so enamoured of Bertrade that he refused to leave her even when threatened with excommunication. Pope Urban II did excommunicate him in 1095, and Philip was prevented from taking part in the First Crusade. According to Orderic Vitalis, Bertrade was anxious that one of her sons succeed Philip, and sent a letter to King Henry I of England asking him to arrest ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Isabel Of Conches
Isabel of Conches, (fl. 1090) wife of Ralph of Tosny, rode armed like a knight during a conflict in northern France during the late 11th century and was born in Montfort sur Risle, Eure, Normandy, in 1057. Early life She was the daughter of Simon I de Montfort. Marriage and issue Isabel married Raoul II of Tosny, they had: *Roger, died young. * Raoul IV de Conches, married Alice of Huntingdon, daughter of Waltheof, Earl of Northumbria, and Judith of Lens. *Godehilde married Baldwin I of Jerusalem The legend The chronicler Orderic Vitalis in the Ecclesiastical history describes Isabel in some detail. Orderic describes Isabel "joyful, generous, daring and well loved by all." He describes her in the hall of Conches, listening to knights talk about their dreams. Isabel unfortunately also had a conflictual relationship with her sister-in-law, Helewise of Evreux. The disagreement reached a point that her husband took up arms against William, Count of Évreux William, Count o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Amaury II De Montfort
Amaury II (d. 1089) was the fourth lord of Montfort l'Amaury, a castle in the territory that eventually became modern-day France. He was the son of Simon I, Lord of Montfort, and Isabel de Broyes. He succeeded his father and died soon after. He, in turn, was succeeded by his half brother Richard de Montfort Richard de Montfort (, Montfort l'Amaury, Ile de France, France – 1092), was the son of Simon I de Montfort, Count of Évreux (c. 1025–1087) and Agnès d'Évreux (c. 1030 – c. 1087), daughter of Richard, Count of Évreux. He succeeded his .... Bibliography * 1089 deaths House of Montfort Seigneur of Montfort Year of birth unknown {{france-noble-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |