John of Montfort (french: Jean; died 27 November 1283) was

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from 1257 to 1266 and

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from 1270 to 1283. He was the son of Philip of Montfort (lord of

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, of Bréthencourt, of Castres, of Toron and of Tyre), and his second wife

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(the elder daughter of Raymond-Roupen of Antioch and hence Lady of Toron and pretender of Armenia). When he came of age, he received the lordship of Toron from his father, but the

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s conquered it in 1266. On 22 September 1268 he married Margaret, daughter of

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and of

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. Margaret was the sister of king

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, who later became

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and negotiated a certain number of alliances with the nobility of the kingdom in order to shore up his pretence against

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. On the occasion of this marriage, Hugh III confirmed Montfort's possession of Tyre but reserved the throne's right to retake the fiefdom if John and Margaret died without issue. In 1270 his father was killed by the

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, and John succeeded to the lordship and governed Tyre until his death in 1283. He had no children, so Hugh III allowed

Humphrey of Montfort Humphrey of Montfort (died 12 February 1284) was a nobleman of the Kingdom of Jerusalem. Humphrey was the second son of Philip of Montfort, Lord of Tyre by his second wife Maria of Antioch-Armenia, Lady of Toron. On 1 October 1274, Humphrey ma ...

to succeed his brother.

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