Guy de Montfort (died 1220) was the
Count of Bigorre from 6 November 1216 to 1220 in right of his wife,
Petronilla. He was a son of
Simon de Montfort, 5th Earl of Leicester
Simon de Montfort, 5th Earl of Leicester ( – 25 June 1218), known as Simon IV (or V) de Montfort and as Simon de Montfort the Elder, was a French nobleman and knight of the early 13th century. He is widely regarded as one of the great militar ...
and Alice of Montmorency.
Guy joined his father on the
Albigensian Crusade
The Albigensian Crusade (), also known as the Cathar Crusade (1209–1229), was a military and ideological campaign initiated by Pope Innocent III to eliminate Catharism in Languedoc, what is now southern France. The Crusade was prosecuted pri ...
while still quite young. Late in 1216, he married Petronilla, the heiress to Bigorre and the through her mother
Stephanie
Stephanie is a female name that comes from the Greek name Στέφανος (Stephanos) meaning "crown, wreath, garland". The male form is Stephen. Forms of Stephanie in other languages include the German "Stefanie", the Italian, Czech, Pol ...
, and a daughter of .
He fought at his father's side at the
siege of Toulouse in 1218, but his father died: crushed by the projectile of a
siege engine
A siege engine is a device that is designed to break or circumvent heavy castle doors, thick city walls and other fortifications in siege warfare. Some are immobile, constructed in place to attack enemy fortifications from a distance, while othe ...
. Guy's oldest brother
Amaury de Montfort inherited their father's command, but not his strategic vision. The Occitan lords rebelled against him and Guy was killed in a conflict at
Castelnaudary
Castelnaudary (; ) is a commune in the Aude department in the Occitanie region of southern France. It is located in the former province of the Lauragais and famous for cassoulet of which it claims to be the world capital, and of which it ...
in 1220, either on 4 April or in July.
[Sismondi, Jean-Charles-Léonard Simonde, ''History of the crusades against the Albigenses in the thirteenth century'', (B.B.Mussey, 1833), 160.]
Guy left a daughter,
Alice
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* Alice (name), most often a feminine given name, but also used as a surname
Literature
* Alice (''Alice's Adventures in Wonderland''), a character in books by Lewis Carroll
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, who succeeded Petronilla as Countess of Bigorre. He also left a daughter named Pernelle, who married Raoul de la Roche-Tesson.
Notes
References
*
* Sismondi, Jean-Charles-Léonard Simonde, ''History of the crusades against the Albigenses in the thirteenth century'', B.B.Mussey, 1833.
* Treharne, Reginald Francis and Ivor John Sanders, ''Documents of the baronial movement of reform and rebellion, 1258-1267'', Oxford University Press, 1973.
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1220 deaths
Guy
People of the Albigensian Crusade
Year of birth unknown
Younger sons of earls
Jure uxoris counts