House of Montfort was a medieval French noble house that eventually found its way to the

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and originated the famous

Simon de Montfort, 6th Earl of Leicester Simon de Montfort, 6th Earl of Leicester ( – 4 August 1265), later sometimes referred to as Simon V de Montfort to distinguish him from his namesake relatives, was a nobleman of French origin and a member of the English peerage, who led the ...

; although his father Simon de Monfort the Elder, leader of the French Crusaders during the

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, is far more notorious in France and among

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. The family began when

Hugh Capet Hugh Capet (; french: Hugues Capet ; c. 939 – 14 October 996) was the King of the Franks from 987 to 996. He is the founder and first king from the House of Capet. The son of the powerful duke Hugh the Great and his wife Hedwige of Saxony, h ...

granted a petty lordship to Guillaume de Montfort in the

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. 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 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. Geograp ...

. The project, however, was incomplete when he died

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1053, but his son,

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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

House of Dreux The House of Dreux was a cadet branch of the Capetian dynasty. It was founded by Robert I, Count of Dreux, a son of Louis VI of France, who was given the County of Dreux as his appanage. The Counts of Dreux were relatively minor nobles in Franc ...

Genealogy

Guillaume * Amaury I ** Simon I *** Amaury II ***

Isabel Isabel is a female name of Spanish origin. Isabelle is a name that is similar, but it is of French origin. It originates as the medieval Spanish form of '' Elisabeth'' (ultimately Hebrew ''Elisheva''), Arising in the 12th century, it became popul ...

*** Bertrade ***

Richard Richard is a male given name. It originates, via Old French, from Old Frankish and is a compound of the words descending from Proto-Germanic ''*rīk-'' 'ruler, leader, king' and ''*hardu-'' 'strong, brave, hardy', and it therefore means 'stron ...

*** Simon II *** Amaury III **** Amaury IV **** Simon III ***** Amaury V ***** Simon IV ****** Simon V ******* Amaury VI ********

John I John I may refer to: People * John I (bishop of Jerusalem) * John Chrysostom (349 – c. 407), Patriarch of Constantinople * John of Antioch (died 441) * Pope John I, Pope from 523 to 526 * John I (exarch) (died 615), Exarch of Ravenna * John I o ...

********* Beatrice ******** Marguerite ******** Laure ******** Adela ******** Pernelle ******* Simon V ******** Henry ********

Simon VI Simon VI may refer to: * Simon de Montfort, 6th Earl of Leicester ( – 1265) * Simon de Montfort the Younger (1240–1271) * Simon VI, Count of Lippe Count Simon VI of Lippe (15 April 1554 in Detmold – 7 December 1613 in Brake (now part of ...

******** Amaury ******** Guy of Nola *********

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********* Tomasina ******** Joanna ******** Richard ********

Eleanor Eleanor () is a feminine given name, originally from an Old French adaptation of the Old Provençal name ''Aliénor''. It is the name of a number of women of royalty and nobility in western Europe during the High Middle Ages. The name was introd ...

******* Guy of Bigorre ******** Alice ******** Pernelle of Bigorre ****** Guy I of Sidon *******

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********

Philip II Philip II may refer to: * Philip II of Macedon (382–336 BC) * Philip II (emperor) (238–249), Roman emperor * Philip II, Prince of Taranto (1329–1374) * Philip II, Duke of Burgundy (1342–1404) * Philip II, Duke of Savoy (1438-1497) * Philip ...

*********

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********* Laure ********* Eleonore ********* Jeanne ******** John of Tyre ********

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********* Amaury of Montfort ********* Rupen of Montfort ******* Pernelle ******* Alicia ******* Agnes ******* Guy II of Sidon ****** Petronilla ***** Bertrade **** Agnès *** Guillaume *** Adeliza * Mainier * Eva

References

{{Reflist French noble families