Milo II of Montlhéry (died 1118) was lord of Bray and
Montlhéry
Montlhéry () is a commune in the Essonne department in Île-de-France in northern France. It is located from Paris.
History
Montlhéry lay on the strategically important road from Paris to Orléans. Under the Merovingians, it was owned by the ...
, and viscount of
Troyes. He was the son of
Milo I the Great and Lithuise, and younger brother of
Guy III of Montlhéry.
He initially held the lordship of
Bray-sur-Seine
Bray-sur-Seine (, literally ''Bray on Seine'') is a commune in the Seine-et-Marne department in the Île-de-France region in north-central France.
Demographics
The inhabitants are called ''Braytois''.
Natives
* Nicholas of Bray (fl. 1226), Fre ...
, in
Champagne
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. In 1105, he attacked his brother's castle of Montlhéry, where his cousin
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* Lucienne Bisson
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, fiancée of
Louis VI of France, lived. He invested the castle, but could not succeed in capturing the ''
donjon
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''.
Louis VI soon arrived to relieve the siege, and Milo was obliged to retire.
On the death of his brother, both Milo and his cousin
Hugh of Crecy asserted their rights to the lordship. Louis VI allotted it to Milo, who in 1113 revolted against him with
Thibaut IV of Blois. He married Adela of Blois, daughter of the crusader
Stephen, Count of Blois
Stephen Henry (in French, ''Étienne Henri'', in Medieval French, ''Estienne Henri''; – 19 May 1102) was the Count of Blois and Count of Chartres. He led an army during the First Crusade, was at the surrender of the city of Nicaea, and direc ...
and his widowed countess,
Adela of Normandy
Adela of Normandy, of Blois, or of England (c. 1067 – 8 March 1137),LoPrete, Kimberly. "Adela of Blois." ''Women and Gender in Medieval Europe: An Encyclopedia.'' Ed. Margaret Schaus. New York: Routledge, 2006. 6–7. also known as in Roman ...
. This marriage was the result of a treaty negotiated by countess Adela. Milo was to support Adela against King Louis, and in return, he would marry Adela. Due to this connection, Milo was made viscount of Troyes. However, Milo was still married so the marriage to Adela was annulled. In 1118 Hugh of Crecy took revenge for his loss of Montlhéry by having Milo assassinated; Louis VI then made Montlhéry part of the royal domain of
France
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.
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1118 deaths
Year of birth unknown
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