Simon III de Montfort (1117 – 13 March 1181), called the Bold, was
count of Évreux
The Count of Évreux was a French noble title and was named for the county of Évreux in Normandy. It was successively used by the Norman dynasty, the Montfort-l'Amaury family, the Capetians as well as the House of La Tour d'Auvergne. The title is ...
from 1140 until 1181 and the seigneur de
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.
Geogra ...
from 1137 to 1181. He was the son of
Amaury III the seigneur de Montfort-l'Amaury and count of Evreux and Agnès de Garlande, daughter of
Anseau de Garlande.
Life
The Montforts were the vassals of the king of France for Montfort and also vassals to the king of England (in their capacity as Dukes of Normandy) for Évreux. Due to this, the Montforts were caught between the rivalry of the two kingdoms. Amaury III had attempted to solve this problem by leaving Évreux to his eldest son Amaury IV and Montfort to his youngest son Simon III. However, Amaury IV died three years after his father, which resulted in the reunification of the two domains.
Simon III chose to side with the English king and gave him the strongholds of Montfort, Rochefort and Epernon. Because of this,
Louis VII,
King of France
France was ruled by monarchs from the establishment of the Kingdom of West Francia in 843 until the end of the Second French Empire in 1870, with several interruptions.
Classical French historiography usually regards Clovis I () as the first ...
, "''could not come and go freely from Paris to Orleans or to Etampes because the Normans had been established by
King Henry in the castles of the counts of Evreux''
[Robert de Torigni, ''Chronique'']".
Later, Simon III was reconciled with Louis VII, who gave him custody of the Castle of
Saint-Léger-en-Yvelines
Saint-Léger-en-Yvelines () is a commune in the Yvelines department in the Île-de-France region in north-central France.
Geography
The commune of Saint-Léger-en-Yvelines is in the centre of the department and in the heart of the Forest of Ra ...
.
Marriage and Children
Simon married Matilda, and had:
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Amaury III (
† c. 1190), count of Évreux
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Simon
Simon may refer to:
People
* Simon (given name), including a list of people and fictional characters with the given name Simon
* Simon (surname), including a list of people with the surname Simon
* Eugène Simon, French naturalist and the genus ...
(
† 1188), lord of Montfort
*Bertrade, married to
Hugh de Kevelioc, 5th Earl of Chester
Hugh of Cyfeiliog, 5th Earl of Chester (1147 – 1181), also written Hugh de Kevilioc, was an Anglo-French magnate who was active in England, Wales, Ireland and France during the reign of King Henry II of England.
Origins
Born in 1147, he was ...
References
Bibliography
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1181 deaths
Counts of Évreux
Seigneur of Montfort
1117 births