Robert de Montalt, 1st Baron Montalt (1270–1329), Lord of Mold and Hawarden, was an English noble. He was a signatory of the Baron's Letter to

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in 1301. He was the son of Robert de Montalt and Joan de Mowbray, and was the younger brother of

Roger de Montalt, 1st Baron Montalt Roger de Montalt, 1st Baron Montalt (1265–1297) (aka Monte Alto) was a baron who rebelled for a time against Henry III of England. Roger was one of the sons of Sir Robert de Monaut, Knight (born 1230, married 1261, died 1275 in Arden, Ch ...

. Montalt married Emma, widow of Richard FitzJohn (died 1297) (son of John Fitz Geoffrey, Justice of Ireland).A Genealogical & Heraldic History of the Commanders of Great Britain - Vol 2 by John Burke. They had no issue. Robert served in the Scottish and Gascon wars of

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and

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. De Montalt was summoned to Parliament as Baron Montalt in 1299. His summons as Baron Montalt was not a continuation of the 1297 barony, but a new creation. At his death in 1329, the barony became extinct. He settled his lands on Queen Isabella (mother of King

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and thereafter to John of Eltham, brother of Edward III. His wife Emma survived him.

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References

* Burke, Sir Bernard. "Montalt-Barons Montalt." A Genealogical History of the Dormant, Abeyant, Forfeited, and Extinct Peerages, of the British Empire. London: Wm Clowes and Sons, Ltd., 1962. *Ormerod, George. Parentalia, genealogical memoirs.

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Genealogical essays illustrative of Cheshire and Lancashire families and A memoir on the Cheshire Domesday roll ndAdditions and index. 1851. Barons Montalt 1270 births 1329 deaths {{England-baron-stub