Amaury III de Montfort
Amaury III de Montfort | |
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Seigneur of Montfort | |
Reign | c.1101-1137 |
Predecessor | Simon II de Montfort |
Successor | Simon III de Montfort |
Died | 18 or 19 April 1137 |
Buried | Fontevraud Abbey, Priory of Haute-Bruyère, Kingdom of France |
Noble family | House of Montfort |
Spouse(s) | Richilde de Hainaut Agnès de Garlande |
Issue |
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Father | Simon I de Montfort |
Mother | Agnès d'Évreux |
Amaury III de Montfort (d.18 or 19 April 1137) was a French nobleman, the
(1118–c. 1137).Life
Amaury was the son of
When his maternal uncle
In 1119 Henry besieged the castle of Évreux anew, but Theobald II, Count of Champagne, Henry's nephew, negotiated a truce between them.[3] Amaury surrendered the castle to the King and on doing so was confirmed as count of Évreux by Henry.[3] The following year Amaury fought at the battle of Bourgtheroulde supporting William Clito against Henry I but was captured fleeing the field by William de Grandcourt.[3] Rather than turn over his prisoner to Henry, however, William decided to go into exile with Amaury.[3] Amaury made peace with the King later that same year and for the rest of Henry's reign remained on good terms with him.[3]
Marriages and children
He married firstly, Richilde de Hainaut, daughter of
In 1118 he remarried, to Agnès de Garlande, daughter of Anseau de Garlande, Count de Rochefort.[1] Their children were:
- Amaury IV (†1140), Count of Évreux
- Hugh de Kevelioc, 5th Earl of Chester.
- Agnès († 1181), Dame de Gournay-sur-Marne, married Waleran de Beaumont, 1st Earl of Worcester († 1166)[1]
Notes
References
- ^ a b c d e f Detlev Schwennicke, Europäische Stammtafeln: Stammtafeln zur Geschichte der Europäischen Staaten, Neue Folge, Band III Teilband 4 (Marburg, Germany: J. A. Stargardt, 1989), Tafel 642
- ^ a b Frank Barlow, William Rufus (Berkeley: University of California Press, 1983), p. 393
- ^ a b c d e f George Edward Cokayne, The complete peerage; or, a history of the House of lords and all its members from the earliest times, eds. H. A. Doubleday; Howard de Walden, Vol. VII (London: The St. Catherine Press, Ltd., 1929), p. 713
- ^ Ordericus Vitalis, The Ecclesiastical History of England and Normandy, trans. Thomas Forester, Vol. III (London: Henry G. Bohn, 1854), p. 212
- ^ a b François Neveux, A Brief History of The Normans, trans. Howard Curtis (London: Constable & Robinson, Ltd., 2008), p. 178
- ^ a b c d C. Warren Hollister, Henry I (New Haven; London: Yale University Press, 2003), p. 248
- ^ Ordericus Vitalis, The Ecclesiastical History of England and Normandy, trans. Thomas Forester, Vol. III (London: Henry G. Bohn, 1854), p. 441
- ^ C. Warren Hollister, Henry I (New Haven; London: Yale University Press, 2003), p. 224
- ^ Ordericus Vitalis, The Ecclesiastical History of England and Normandy, trans. Thomas Forester, Vol. III (London: Henry G. Bohn, 1854), p. 471
- ^ C. Warren Hollister, Henry I (New Haven; London: Yale University Press, 2003), p. 261