Amaury de Montfort (died 1241)
Amaury de Montfort | |
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Seigneur of Montfort | |
Born | 1192 Montfort-l'Amaury, Kingdom of France |
Died | late 1241 Otranto, Kingdom of Sicily |
Buried | St. Peter's Basilica (body), Priory of Haute-Bruyère (heart) |
Noble family | House of Montfort |
Spouse(s) | Beatrix of Viennois |
Issue |
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Father | Simon de Montfort, 5th Earl of Leicester |
Mother | Alix de Montmorency |
Amaury de Montfort, Lord of Montfort-l'Amaury, (1192[1] – 1241) was the son of Simon de Montfort, 5th Earl of Leicester and Alix de Montmorency,[2] and the older brother of Simon de Montfort, 6th Earl of Leicester. Amaury inherited his father's French properties while his brother Simon inherited the English title of Earl of Leicester.
Biography
The Albigensian Crusade
His father departed on the
In 1224, he ceded his titles and lands in Languedoc to King
County of Leicester
His father inherited the county of Leicester from his mother, Amicie de Beaumont, daughter of Robert III de Beaumont. After his death, Amaury became Earl of Leicester, but, as a liegeman of the French king, he could not be a vassal of the King of England at the same time. By 1230, Amaury and Simon, his only surviving brother, decided to split their father's inheritance: Amaury would retain Montfort-l'Amaury in France, and Simon would receive Leicester in England. However, the affair lasted for almost a decade: only on 11 April 1239 Amaury officially renounced his rights in England, and King Henry III recognised Simon as Earl of Leicester.[4]
The Barons' Crusade
In 1239 he departed for the Holy Land on a
Marriage and issue
Amaury was married to Beatrix,[2] daughter of Guigues VI of Viennois,[8] and was the father of:
- Jean (John) I[9] (d. 1249), married to Jeanne (Johanna), Lady of Châteaudun
- Marguerite (Margaret) (d. 1289 or 1290), married to John III, Count of Soissons[10]
- Laure (Laura) (d. 1270), married to Fernando (Ferdinand) II, Count of Aumale(1239–1260)
- Adela (or Alix) (1230 – 28 March 1279), married to Simon of Nesle (1220–1288)
- Pernelle (d. 5 December 1275[11]), abbess of Port-Royal-des-Champs
Gallery
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Amaury as he appeared in a window of Chartres Cathedral
References
- ^ Revue française d'héraldique et de sigillographie, 1991, Tomes n° 60-61
- ^ a b Lippiatt 2017, p. xvii.
- ^ A very detailed description can be found in the Histoire des croisades contre les Albigeois by J.J. Barrau et B. Darragon, Paris : A. Lacour, 1840
- ^ The most detailed description can be found in the book Simon de Montfort by J.R. Maddicott, Cambridge University Press, 1996.
- ^ Jacques Le Goff, Saint Louis, Folio, 31 décembre 1999, 1280 p., p. 215
- ^ Matthieu Paris, Grande chronique de Matthieu Paris, tome cinquième, Paris, Paulin, 1840
- ^ M.-J. L'Hermitte, Précis sur la ville de Montfort-l'Amaury, et histoire chronologique des seigneurs de cette ville depuis la construction de son château-fort jusqu'à la révolution de France (996-1792), Paris, Dupont et Roret, 1825, p. 88
- ^ Newman 1971, p. 297.
- ^ Maddicott 1995, p. xxvi.
- ^ Newman 1971, p. 71.
- ^ Antoine Rivet de La Grange, Nécrologe de l'abbaye de Notre-Dame de Port-Royal-des-Champs, 1723, 594 p., p. 454-455
Sources
- Lippiatt, G.E.M. (2017). Simon V of Montfort and Baronial Government, 1195-1218. Oxford University Press.
- Maddicott, J. R. (1995). Simon de Montfort. Cambridge University Press.
- Newman, William Mendel (1971). Les seigneurs de Nesle en Picardie (XIIe-XIIIe siècle): Recueil des Chartes (in French). Edition A. & J. Picard.
External links
- Media related to Amaury VII de Montfort at Wikimedia Commons