Guy de Montfort (died 31 January 1228) was the younger son of

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and

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, sister of Robert FitzPernel,

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Crusade

In 1189 he took part in the

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, and probably remained in the Holy Land until 1192, when

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returned home. By 1200 or 1201 Guy was acting with his elder brother Simon. By 1202 he held the lordships of Ferté-Alais, Castres-en-Albigeois, and Brétencourt. In that year he and his brother Simon left on the

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, but they disagreed with the

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(an attack on a Christian city), and refused to take part in the plan to restore

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Isaac II Angelus in return for Byzantine money and troops. They deserted to Emeric,

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, and eventually the two continued on to

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. After arriving at Jaffa, they took part in King

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's expedition into Galilee. Amalric rewarded Guy's service by arranging his marriage to ''la dame de Saete'' (the lady of Sagette), Helvis of Ibelin, the widow of Reginald,

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(which the French called ''Saete''/''Sagette''). He exercised the

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of Sidon on behalf of his minor stepson Balian until 1210, probably when Balian came of age. Guy then assisted at the coronation of

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as King of Jerusalem that year.

Albigensian Crusade

Guy later returned home and took part in the

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led by his brother,

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. In 1212 they led an unsuccessful siege against

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, and in 1213 they participated in the

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. They also besieged Beaucaire in 1216. Simon was aiding Guy, who had been injured by a

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bolt, at the Siege of Toulouse on 25 June 1218 when he was struck in the head by a stone from a

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and killed. The death of Simon and the incompetence of his son Amaury de Montfort invigorated the Albigensian lords. In 1224 Amaury ceded all his territory to

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, who soon arrived to stake his claim. Guy assisted him at the Siege of Avignon, after which Louis died on the way home. Later in the Crusade, Guy himself was killed in battle at

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near

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in 1228.''The Encyclopædia Britannica:'', Vol.18 , Ed. Hugh Chisholm, (1911), 781. He was taken to the abbey of Haute-Bruyère for burial and the

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there records a ''conte Gui de Sagette'' (count Guy of Sidon).

Marriage

By his first wife, Helvis of Ibelin he had; * Philip Ι, who stayed in the Holy Land and became

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. * Pernelle, who became a nun at the abbey of Saint-Antoine des Champs in Paris. Guy remarried to Briende de Beynes, the widow of Lambert de Thury, lord of

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. With Briende he had; * Alicia, became a nun at Port-Royal * Agnes, became a nun at Port-Royal * Guy II of Montfort, died on crusade in 1254.

Notes

References

* ''The Encyclopædia Britannica:'', Vol.18, Ed. Hugh Chisholm, 1911. {{DEFAULTSORT:Montfort, Guy De, Lord Of Sidon 1228 deaths Christians of the Third Crusade Christians of the Fourth Crusade People of the Albigensian Crusade

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