Jean de Montfort (died December 1300) was
count of Squillace
Prince of Squillace was a noble title created in 1494, by King Alfonso II of Naples (House of Trastamara) for Gioffre Borgia on the occasion of his wedding with the king's daughter Sancha of Aragon, Sancia d'Aragona. He was also created Count of C ...
, seigneur of
la Ferté-Alais
La Ferté-Alais () is a commune in France, commune in the Essonne Departments of France, department in Île-de-France in northern France. It is south of Paris. It used to be a fortress closing the access to the French royal estate from the Esson ...
, of
Bréthencourt, and
of Castres-en-Albigeois from 1270 to 1300. He was the son of
Philippe II de Montfort, count of Squillace, Lord of La Ferté Alais, of Bréthencourt and of Castres, and of Jeanne de Lévis-Mirepoix.
He succeeded his father on his death in 1270 in
Tunis
''Tounsi'' french: Tunisois
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in the course of the
Eighth Crusade
The Eighth Crusade was the second Crusade launched by Louis IX of France, this one against the Hafsid dynasty in Tunisia in 1270. It is also known as the Crusade of Louis IX against Tunis or the Second Crusade of Louis. The Crusade did not see ...
. He went to the
kingdom of Naples
The Kingdom of Naples ( la, Regnum Neapolitanum; it, Regno di Napoli; nap, Regno 'e Napule), also known as the Kingdom of Sicily, was a state that ruled the part of the Italian Peninsula south of the Papal States between 1282 and 1816. It was ...
where he was named captain-general of Calabria, in 1299. He died the following year, having had no issue despite marrying three times:
# Isabella Maletta, daughter of Manfred Maletta,
# Giovanna di Fasanella,
dame
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de Genzano, daughter of Pandolfo di Fasanella,
#Marguerite de Beaumont-en-Gâtinais, daughter of Pierre de Beaumont, count of Montescaglioso et d'Alba, and of Filippa de Ceccano. On Jean's death she remarried to Robert II of Dreux, seigneur of Beu.
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1300 deaths
Jean
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Year of birth unknown
Counts of Squillace
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