Simon I de Montfort

For the first time in the sources, Simon is mentioned in the statute founded by his father, Amory I de Montfort, of the monastery of Saint-Thomas-d'Epernon, approved between April 11, 1052 and July 1053 ^[1] .

After the death of Amory I, his possessions were divided between two sons: Simon received Monfor-l'Amori , and Meunier , who founded the younger branch of the clan, got Epernon ^[1] .

Simon completed the construction of the stone castle of Monfor-l'Amori, begun by his father. His name is present on the charter dated May 29, 1067, in which King Philip I of France confirmed the property of the in Paris ^[1] .

Simon was married three times. The first marriage with Isabella de Brua is confirmed by the charter of King Philip I concerning the donation to the Abbey of Colombes near , dated 1060. She was the daughter of Hugo I Bardul , Señora de Brouat, de Beaufort, de Pitivier and de Nogent As a dowry, Simon received the castle Nogent-le-Roi. After the death of Isabella, Simon married a second time, but his wife's name was not established, the marriage was childless ^[1] .

For the third time, Simon decided to marry Agnes d'Evreau, daughter of Richard , Count d'Evreau , but Earl Richard, for some unknown reason, refused to Simon. He helped him marry Agnes, her half-brother Raul II de Tosni , who stole his sister and brought her to Montfort. In gratitude, Simon gave Raoul Isabella, his daughter from his first marriage, this marriage in the future brought Raul to Nogent-le-Roi ^[1] .

Simon died on September 25 around 1087 and was buried in Epernon. The eldest son inherited from the third marriage, Amory II , but after 2 years he died without leaving children. Since the second son, Guillaume , chose a spiritual career (in 1095 he was elected bishop of Paris ), the three sons of Simon from a third marriage consistently ruled Monfort. Two of them had no children, and the youngest son, Amory III , in 1118 also inherited the county of Evreux ^[1] .

The daughter of a third marriage, Bertrada, first married the Count of Anjou Fulka IV , but in 1092 she was abducted by the King of France Philip I, who married her. This marriage caused condemnation of the clergy, and the Pope excommunicated the king from the church. Only after Philip I agreed to part with Bertrada, the excommunication was lifted.

1st wife: Isabella de Brua , Dame de Nogent-de-Roi, daughter of Hugo I Bardul , Señora de Brua. Children:

• Amory II de Montfort (1056 - approx. 1089), lord de Montfort-l'Amori with approx. 1087;
• Isabella de Montfort , Dame de Nogent-le-Roi; husband: Raul II de Tosni (up to 1038 - March 24, c. 1102), lord de Conch-en-Ouch;
• Guillaume de Montfort (d. August 27, 1101), Bishop of Paris from 1095;

2nd wife: name not established;

3rd wife: previously 1070 Agnes d'Evreux , daughter of Richard , Count d'Evreux , and Godehilda. Children:

• Richard de Montfort (died ca. November 1092), lord de Montfort-l'Amori with approx. 1089;
• Simon II de Montfort (died after 1104), lord de Montfort-l'Amori with approx. 1092;
• Bertrada de Montfort (died 1115/1116); 1st husband: from 1089 (divorce May 15, 1092) Fulk IV Le Reshen (1043 - April 14, 1109), Count of Anjou from 1068; 2nd husband: from 1092 (divorce in 1104) Philip I (May 23, 1052 - July 29, 1108), King of France from 1060;
• Amory III de Montfort (d. April 18/19, April 1137), lord de Montfort l' Amori after 1104, comte d'Evreux since 1118

• Hadrot Marie-Huguette. Montfort l'Amaury: de l'an mil à nos jours. - Paris: Somogy, 2002. - 191 p. - ISBN 2-85056-563-6 .

• SEIGNEURS de MONTFORT-l'AMAURY (English) . Foundation for Medieval Genealogy. The appeal date is September 23, 2018.
• Seigneurs de Montfort (Unsolved) . Racines & Histoire: Lignages, Filiations, Territoires féodeaux, Biographies. The appeal date is September 23, 2018.