House Montfort-l'Amory

House Montfort-l'Amory
House Montfort-l'Amory
	; Coat of arms of seniors de Montfort
Ancestor	Guillaume I de Montfort
Nationality	England

House Montfort-l'Amoury ( French: Maison de Montfort-l'Amaury ) is a French noble family, the youngest branch of the First House of the Counts of Hainaut , who played a prominent role in the history of France and England in the XII - XIII century .

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History

The First House of Montfort-l'Amoury

The ancestor of the clan is considered Guillaume I de Montfort (d. C. 1018). He was the grandson of Count Eno Rainier II (c. 890 - until 940). The children of Rainier II fought for the duchy of Lorraine , which was lost after the death of the Duke of Giselbert . In 958, Count Rainier III was captured and expelled by order of Emperor Otto I , and members of the Rainier family fled to France, where they found refuge at the royal court. His children later returned to Lorraine, but some members of the clan remained in France.

County Evreux as part of Normandy . 12th century Evreux County Rest of the duchy of normandy

It is not completely clear which of the sons of Rainier II was the father of Guillaume I ^[1] . Guillaume, by order of the King of France Robert II the Pious, built 2 fortresses in the Yvelines forest to protect the royal domain from Count de Blois . He built one in Epernon, and the second further north. This castle was named Montfort, in its place later grew the city of Montfort-l'Amoury . He married the daughter of Hugo de Beauvais, who ruled these lands and, after his death, managed to keep them behind, transferring the possessions to his son, Amory I de Montfort (d. 1053). Amory I rebuilt the castle, replacing the wooden walls with stone ones and expanded it. His son, Simon I de Montfort (d. 1083) completed the construction of the castle, begun by his grandfather. By his second marriage, he married Richard's daughter, Count d'Evreux, thanks to which his son from this marriage, Amaury III de Montfort (d. 1137) inherited the Norman county of Evreux in 1118 .

Amory III was one of the leaders of the uprisings in Normandy against the power of the English king Henry I , which ended unsuccessfully. Before his death, he divided his possessions, bequeathing Evreux to his eldest son, Amory IV (d. 1140), and Montfort the youngest, Simon III (d. 1181). But after 3 years, Amory died childless, and his brother inherited his possessions.

Simon III, being in his possession a vassal of both the kings of England and France, chose the side of the king of England, for which he received Rochefort and Epernon, but quarreled with the king of France Louis VII . Later they were able to reconcile.

Coat of arms of Counts Amory V and Amory VI

After the death of Simon III, his possessions were divided between his sons. Amory V (d. 1182) received the county of Evreux, but he died a year later, after which the county passed to his son Amory VI (d. 1213). Since he was a supporter of the King of England John I of the Landless , the king of France in 1195 confiscated Evreux and annexed it to the royal domain. As compensation, Amory VI received the county of Gloucester from King John in 1200 . He did not leave children.

Another son of Simon III, Simon (IV) (d. 1188) ^[2] received Montfort. He married the Earl of Leicester's sister. After his death, Montfort was inherited by Simon IV de Montfort (c. 1165-1218). In addition, in 1204 he inherited the county of Leicester ^[3] . Simon became the main organizer and leader of the Albiguian Crusade, and for some time took possession of the county of Toulouse , as well as Beziers and Carcassonne in Languedoc .

Of the sons of Simon IV, the most famous is Simon V de Montfort , who played a leading role in the internal political struggle in England during the reign of Henry III . Married to the sister of Henry III, he led the uprising of the English barons, who defeated and captured the king. But in 1265, Simon was defeated and was killed in the battle of Evesham . After his death, the title and possessions of the counts of Leicester were confiscated by the king. 2 older sons died with him. The remaining children fled from England, moving to Italy. One of them, Guy de Montfort (d. 1291), Count di Nola killed in 1271 in the church of the city of Viterbo his cousin Henry, son of Richard, Earl of Cornwall . This branch died out at the beginning of the 14th century after the death of Amory, Guy's younger brother.

The eldest son of Simon IV, Amory VII de Montfort (d. 1241) inherited his father’s conquests in Languedoc (Toulouse, Narbon, Beziers and Carcassonne), but could not keep them. As a result, in 1224 he ceded to the king of France the Viscountry of Carcassonne and Beziers, in exchange for the lord of Montfort became a county. After his death, the title passed to his son Jean I (d. 1249). Jean left only the daughter Beatrice (d. 1311), who married Count Robert IV de Dreux , passing the county of Montfort to his descendants.

Another son of Simon IV, Guy II (d. 1220) married the heiress of the county of Bigor . He had only daughters, the eldest, Alice (d. 1255) inherited Bigor.

Coat of arms of Montfort Castres

Another branch of the genus came from the brother of Simon IV, Guy I (d. 1228), Senor de Castres and de La Ferte-Al. He participated in the Third and Fourth Crusades, after which he remained in the Kingdom of Jerusalem . In 1204, he married Elvis, the daughter of Balian Ibelin , Lord Nablus, widow of Count Sidon Reno de Grenier and in 1205-1210 was regent of the county. In 1211, he received Castres en Albigua. His son, Philip I (d. 1270), the lord of Castres , Tire, and Thoron, married Mary of Antioch , the heiress of Thoron. He claimed the throne of Cilician Armenia and was a very prominent figure in the Kingdom of Jerusalem. His descendants lived in the Kingdom of Jerusalem, and then in Cyprus . The branch died out after the death of Onfroix de Montfort (d.1326), the constable of Cyprus. His only daughter, Yeshiva , married King of Cyprus Peter (Pierre) I.

Second House of Montfort-l'Amoury

In 1330, the county of Montfort was inherited by Jean II the Conqueror (1294–1345), the 4th son of Duke of Brittany Arthur II and Yolanda (1263–1330), Countess de Montfort from 1311, daughter of Count Robert IV de Dreux and Beatrice, the last countess of 1 at home. He became the founder of the 2nd house de Montfort. As a result of the war for the Breton inheritance, his son Jean III the Brave de Montfort (c. 1340 - 1399 ) in 1364 received the duchy of Brittany . On the male line, the house died out in 1488 with the death of Duke Francis II of Breton , who left his only daughter Anna ( 1477 - 1514 ), the Duchess of Breton.

Genealogy

Rainier II (d. Before 932/940), Count of Hainaut (Gennegau) from 925

Amory (d. C. 973), Count of Cambrai and Valenciennes 941–959 ^[4] ; wife: Judit de Cambrai (c. 920 — c. 983), daughter of Isaac, Count of Cambrai ^[5]
- Guillaume (d. C. 1018), seigneur de Montfort; wife: daughter of Hugo de Beauvais
  - Amory I (d. 1053), Senor de Montfort; wife: from approx. 1028 Bertranda de Gomez
    - Simon I (d. 1083), seigneur de Montfort from 1053; 1st wife: from about 1055 Isabelle de Brooy , daughter of the South I Bardouil, Senor de Brooy and de Pitivier; 2nd wife: Agnes , daughter of Richard , Count of d'Evreux
      - (from 1st br.) Amory II (1056-1089), seigneur de Montfort from 1083
      - (from 1st br.) Isabelle ; husband: from approx. 1076 Raul III de Toni (d. 1102), Senior Conch
      - (from 1st br.) Guillaume (d. 1101), Bishop of Paris from 1095
      - (from the 2nd br.) Bertrad (c. 1059-1117); 1st husband: since 1089 (developed on February 15, 1092) Fulk IV (1043-1109), Count of Anjou; 2nd husband: from May 15, 1093 Philip I (1052-1108), king of France
      - (from 2nd br.) Richard (d. 1092), seigneur de Montfort from 1089
      - (from the 2nd br.) Simon II (d. 1101), seigneur de Montfort from 1092
      - (from 2nd br.) Amaury III (d. 1137), seigneur de Montfort from 1101, count d'Evreux from 1118; 1st wife: from 1115 (annulled until 1118) Ricchilda d'Enault (1095—?), Daughter of Baudouin II , Count of Hainaut; 2nd wife: Agnes de Garland (c. 1095–1143), daughter of Anso de Garland, Senor de Rochefort-en-Yvelines, from 1118
        (from 1st br.) Richard
        (from 1st br.) Lucian ; husband: Hugo de Crecy-Pomponn
        (from the 2nd br.) Agnes (d. 1181), husband: for Galeran IV de Beaumont , Count de Mélan ;
        (from the 2nd br.) Amory IV (d. 1140), Count of d'Evreux from 1137
        (from 2nd br.) Simon III the Bald (d. March 12/13, 1181), Count d'Evreux from 1140, Senor de Montfort from 1137; wife: Matilda (Mod)
        Amory V (d. 1182), Count of d'Evreux from 1181; wife: from 1170 Mabel (Maud) , daughter of William Fitz-Robert , Earl of Gloucester
        Amory VI (d. 1213), Count of d'Evreux from 1182, Count of Gloucester from 1200; 1st wife: before 1198 Agnes d'Amboise (d. After 1198), daughter of Hugo II d'Amboise; 2nd wife: from 1202, Melisenda de Gournais , daughter of Hugo IV, Senora de Gournais
        Simon (IV) († 1188), seigneur de Montfort from 1181; wife: from approx. 1165 Amicia de Beaumont (approx. 1150 - 1215), daughter of Robert III de Beaumont , Count of Leicester
        Simon IV (V) (c. 1165-1218), seigneur de Montfort from 1188, Count of Leicester from 1204, Count of Toulouse from 1215, Viscount Beziers and Carcassonne from 1213, the main organizer and leader of the Albiguian Crusade ; wife: from approx. 1190 Alice de Montmorency (after 1173-1221), daughter of Bouchard IV de Montmorency
        Amory VI (V) (1192–1241), Senor de Montfort from 1218, Count de Montfort from 1226, Duke of Narbonne 1223–1224, Count of Toulouse, Viscount Beziers and Carcassonne 1218–1224, France’s constable 1231–1235; wife: from 1222/1224 Beatrice d'Albon (1205 - after 1248), daughter of Gigue VI (Andre) d'Albon , dauphin of Vienne
        Jean I (1228–1249), Count de Montfort from 1241; wife: before 1248 Jeanne de Chateaudeau (1220 - after 1250), daughter of Geoffrey VI , Viscount de Chateaudeau
        Beatrice (c. 1249 - 1311), Countess de Montfort from 1249; husband: from 1260 Robert IV de Dreux (c. 1241-1282), Count de Dreux and de Bruin from 1249
        Margarita (d. After 1284); husband: until 1256, Jean III de Nelle (d. 1286), Count de Soissons
        Laura (d. After 1270), Dame d'Epernon and de Jambet; 1st husband: after 1256 Ferdinand de Pontieu (1238 - until 1264), Count of Omsk, Baron de Montgomery and Noyelles-sur-Mer; 2nd husband: until 1267 Henry VII (VI) de Grandpre (d. Before 1287), seigneur de Livry
        Alice (Adele) (d. 1229); husband: from 1242 Simon II de Clermont (1208–1286), senor de Nell
        Peronel (d. 1275), abbess at Port Royal
        Guy II (c. 1195-1220), Earl of Bigor from 1216; wife: from November 13, 1216, Perenelle de Commenges (c. 1181-1251), Countess of Bigora, Viscountess de Marsan, daughter of Bernard IV de Commenge
        Alice (d. 1255), Countess of Bigor from 1251; 1st husband: from 1234, Jourdain VIII (II) de Chaban (c. 1190-1247); 2nd husband: c 1247 Raul de Courtenay (1223-1271), Señor Ilier-en-Auxerre
        Perronell , Dame de Rambouillet; husband: from 1239 Raul de la Roche-Teson
        Simon V (VI) (1208-1265), 6th Earl of Leicester from 1218, Earl of Chester from 1264, head of the resistance of the barons to King of England Henry III ; wife: from January 7, 1238 Eleanor (1215-1275), daughter of John of the Landless , king of England
        Henry (1238–1265)
        Pierre (Peter) (U. 1265)
        Guy (c. 1244-1288 / 1291), Count de Nola, vicar of Florence and Tuscany; wife: Margarita Aldobraneschi , Dame di Grosetto, daughter of Aldebrandino, Count di Soano
        Tomazze ; husband: Pietro Vico, Prefect of Rome
        Anastasia , Countess di Nola; husband: from January 8, 1293 Romano Orsini (d.1326), Senator of Rome
        Simon (1240-1271)
        Amory (Eime) (c. 1222 — c. 1301)
        Richard (c. 1252 - c. 1265/1266)
        Eleanor (1252 / 1258-1282); husband: from October 13, 1278 Llywelyn up Grifid (c. 1223–1282), Prince of Wales from 1246
        Robert (d. Approx. 1218)
        Amicia (up to 1210-1253); husband: after 1223 Gaucher I (II) de Giovanni (before 1161-1237), seigneur de Châtereno
        Laura (d. 1227); husband: Gerard II de Pikigny (d.1248 / 1249), seigneur de Pikigny and types of Amiens
        Perenelle (d. Before 1237)
        Guy I (d. 1228), Senor de Castres and de La Ferte-Al, founder of the Montfort Castres line
        Perenelle (d. 1216); husband: Barthelemy de Roi (d. 1237), the Great Chamberlain of France
        Gibyurzh ; husband: Guy I de Levy (c. 1190-1230 / 1233), seigneur de Mirepua
        Bertrad , husband: Hugo de Kevilloc (1153–1181), Earl of Chester
    - Meunier (d. 1091), seigneur d'Epernon; wife: Isabelle
      - Amory (d. After 1133), Senor d'Epernon
        Simon
        Meunier
      - (?) Guillaume
    - Amory (d. Child)
    - Eva (d. Jan. 23, 1099); husband: Guillaume I Crispin (d. January 8, 1074), seigneur du Beck, Chatel of Nofle Castle

Montfort-Castres Line

Guy I (d. 1228), the lord de la Ferte-al and de Bretancourt, the lord de Castres-en-Albigeois from 1211, the regent of the county of Sidon in 1205-1210; 1st wife: since 1204 Elvis Ibelin (d. 1216), daughter of Balian Ibelin , Lord Nablus, widow of Count Sidon Reno de Grenier ; 2nd wife: since 1224 Briand Ademar de Montail (de Bein), daughter of Lambert de Montail, Baron de La Garde

(from the 1st marriage) Philip I (1202–1270), senor de La Ferte-Al, de Bretancourt and de Castres-en-Albijuas 1228–1239, senor Thoron 1239–1257, senor of Thira from 1246, pretender to the throne Armenia 1st wife: Eleanor de Courtenay (1208 - until 1230), daughter of Pierre II de Courtenay , emperor of the Latin Empire ; 2nd wife: after 1240, Maria of Antioch (b. 1215), Lady Thoron, daughter of Raimund Rupen , Prince of Antioch
- (from the 1st marriage) Philip II Young (d. 1270), senor de Bein, senor de Castres-en-Albizhua, de la Ferte-al and de Bretancourt from 1239; wife: Jeanne de Levy-Mirepua (d. 1284), daughter of Guy II de Levy, Senor Mirepua
  - Jean II (d. Before 1300), de seigneur de Castres en Albigeois, de la Ferte Al and de Bretancourt from 1270, Count de Squilache; 1st wife: Isabelle Maletta ; 2nd wife: Giovanna de Fisanella 3rd wife: from approx. 1273 Margarita de Beaumont (d. 1307), daughter of Pierre de Beaumont-en-Gatinet
  - Simon (d. C. 1272)
  - Laura (d. 1300); husband: Bernard VII (d. 1312), Count de Commenges
  - Eleanor (d. 1338), Dame de Bein and de Castres-en-Albizhua since 1301; husband: from approx. 1316 Jean V (d. After 1315), Count de Vendome
  - Jeanne (d. 1300/1306); 1st husband: since 1268 Gigue VI d'Albon (d. 1278), Count de Foret; 2nd husband: from February 2, 1278 Louis I of Savoy (1250 - after 1302), Baron de Vaud
- (from the 1st (?) marriage) Alice
- (from the 1st (?) marriage) Eloise
- (from the 2nd marriage) Jean I (c. 1240 - 1283), Count di Squillace, lord of Thoron 1257-1266, lord of Tire from 1270; wife: from September 22, 1269 Margarita de Lusignan (d. 1308), daughter of Henry de Lusignan , Prince of Antioch
- (from the 2nd marriage) Philip (d. 1284); husband: Guillaume d'Enewal
- (from the 2nd marriage) Onfroix (d. 1283), the lord of Beirut since 1282, the lord of Tire from 1283; wife: from 1264/1274 Eshiva d'Ibelin (1253-1312), daughter of Jean Ibelin , Senor Beirut
  - Amory (d. 1304)
  - Rupen (d. 1313), the lord of Thoron and Sura; wife: from November 22, 1299 Maria d'Ibelin (d. after 1340), daughter of Balian Ibelin , Seneschal of Cyprus
    - Honfroix (1305-1326), the constable of Cyprus
      - Yeshiva (d. Before 1350); husband: after June 28, 1342 Pierre I de Lusignan (1328–1369), King of Cyprus from 1359
    - Jeanette (d. Before 1325); husband: from 1322 Balian Ibelin
  - Alice (Elvis) (d. After 1295)
(from 1st marriage) Perenelle (d. after 1238), nun in the abbey of Saint-Antoine de Champs, Paris
(from 2nd marriage) Alicia (d. after 1259), nun in Port Royal
(from 2nd marriage) Agnes (d. after 1259), nun in Port Royal
(from 2nd marriage) Gwidon

Notes

↑ In some genealogies, Guillaume's father shows Summer, the youngest son of Rainier, but more often Amory is shown as the father.
↑ For a long time he was confused with his father, because of which there was a confusion in the numbering. He is often numbered as Simon IV.
↑ After the suppression of the male line of the Beaumont clan, their possessions were divided between the sisters of the 4th Earl of Leicester. The son of the eldest of them, Simon de Montfort, received the city of Leicester and the title of Count.
↑ Website of Miroslav Marek : Amaury I sn de Montfort, +983; STIRNET GENEALOGY Amaury de Montfort website (b c935, d after 02/04/1031); Website Racines et Histoire : Amaury (~ 920 +973), comte du Pays de Hainaut (947), de Cambrai et de Valanciennes (941-959), et de Mansuarie.
↑ Racines et Histoire website

Links

Montfort, graphs // New Encyclopedic Dictionary : In 48 volumes (29 volumes were published). - SPb. , Pg. , 1911-1916.
The Monfort Genealogy on MEDIEVAL lANDs
Genealogy of Monfor on the website of Miroslav Marek (English)
Monfort Genealogy on Racines et Histoire (Fr.)
Website Généalogie des rois de France (French)

[1] In some genealogies, Guillaume's father shows Summer, the youngest son of Rainier, but more often Amory is shown as the father.

[2] For a long time he was confused with his father, because of which there was a confusion in the numbering. He is often numbered as Simon IV.

[3] After the suppression of the male line of the Beaumont clan, their possessions were divided between the sisters of the 4th Earl of Leicester. The son of the eldest of them, Simon de Montfort, received the city of Leicester and the title of Count.

[4] Website of Miroslav Marek : Amaury I sn de Montfort, +983; STIRNET GENEALOGY Amaury de Montfort website (b c935, d after 02/04/1031); Website Racines et Histoire : Amaury (~ 920 +973), comte du Pays de Hainaut (947), de Cambrai et de Valanciennes (941-959), et de Mansuarie.

[5] Racines et Histoire website