Milo I the Great (died 1102) was lord of

Montlhéry Montlhéry () is a Communes of France, commune in the Essonne Departments of France, 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. U ...

from 1095 until his death. He was the son of

Guy I of Montlhéry Guy I (died 1095) was the second lord of Bray-sur-Seine, Bray and the second lord of Montlhéry (Latin: ''Monte Leterico''). He was the son of Milo of Montlhéry. He married Hodierna of Gometz, sister of William, lord of Gometz-le-Châtel, Gometz. ...

and

Hodierna of Gometz Hodierna (Hodierne) of Gometz (died 1108), sister of William, Lord of Gometz, and wife of Guy I of Montlhéry. She made great donations to the new religious of the order of Saint-Benoît, installed in the Notre-Dame-de-Bonne-Garde Basilica of Long ...

. The identity of his first wife is unknown. His second wife was Lithuise de Blois, Vicomtesse de Troyes, daughter of

William Busac, Count of Soissons William Busac (c. 1020–1076), son of William I, Count of Eu, and his wife Lesceline, was Count of Eu and Count of Soissons, '' de jure uxoris''. William was given the nickname Busac by the medieval chronicler Robert of Torigni. William appeale ...

(c. 1084–1118). Milo and Lithuise had at least nine children: * Guy III Trousseau, lord of Montlhéry * Thibaut * Milo II (died 1118), lord of Montlhéry and

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. Population The inhabitants are called ''Braytois'' in French. Natives * Nicholas of Bray (fl. ...

, viscount of Troyes * Adelaide * Elizabeth (Isabella) of Montlhéry, married Thibaut of Dampierre. Their son was Guy I of Dampierre. * Emmeline of Montlhéry (died 1121), married Hugh II Bardoul, lord of Broyes * Renaud of

Bishop of Troyes The Diocese of Troyes (Latin: ''Dioecesis Trecensis''; French: ''Diocèse de Troyes'') is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the Catholic Church in Troyes, France. The diocese now comprises the ''département'' of Aube. Erecte ...

(1121–1122) * Marguerite, married Manasses, Viscount of Sens. Milo joined the Lombard contingent during the second wave of the First Crusade around 1100 together with his brother Guy II. He returned from the crusade "broken by the stress" and "devoid of all bodily strength".

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