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Montfort - Adieux De Napoleon A La Garde Imperiale
Montfort can refer to: Feudal fiefs and houses * House of Montfort, Montfort-l'Amaury, a French noble house, extinct in the 14th century * Montfort of Brittany, descendants in the female line, reigning house of the Duchy of Brittany in the 14th and 15th centuries * Counts of Montfort, German noble dynasty in medieval Swabia * Baron Montfort, English peerage 1295–1367, British peerage 1741–1851 People House of Montfort-l'Amaury * Amaury de Montfort (other), several individuals, including: ** Amaury III de Montfort (died 1137), Lord of Montfort l'Amaury and Count of Évreux ** Amaury de Montfort (died 1241) (1195–1241) ** Amaury de Montfort (priest) (1242–1301) * Bertrade de Montfort (c.1059–1117), Queen of France * Guillaume de Montfort (other), several individuals, including: ** Guillaume de Montfort of Hainaut ** Guillaume de Montfort (bishop of Paris) * Guy de Montfort (other), several individuals, including: ** Guy de Montfort, Lord of Sid ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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] |