Simon I de Montfort l’Amaury

Lord of Montfort l’Amaury

Events

Date of Birth: unknown.

Place of Birth: unknown.

Date of Death: in or soon after 1087.

The date is given by Baldwin.

Place of Death: unknown.

Place of Burial: Epernon.

The place is given by the Complete Peerage (7:appendix D, p. 711).

Relationships

Father: Amaury I de Montfort.

This relationship is given by Power, by the Complete Peerage (7:appendix D, p. 708), by Rhein (p. 31), and by Baldwin.

Mother: Bertrade.

This relationship is given by Power, by Rhein (p. 31), and by Baldwin. Rhein suggests that she was the sister of Geoffroy de Gometz, since Simon calls Geoffroy his uncle.

Spouse: Isabelle, daughter of Hugues Bardoul, lord of Broyes.

This relationship is given by Power, by Rhein (p. 31), and by Baldwin.

Spouse: unknown.

This relationship is given by père Anselme (6:72), by Rhein (p. 31), and by Baldwin.

Spouse: Agnès, daughter of Richard, count of Évreux.

This relationship is given by Power, by the Complete Peerage (7:appendix D, p. 711), by Rhein (p. 31), by Bauduin, and by Baldwin.

Children (by Isabel):

(Complete source citations for facts about the children on this page are currently outside of the scope of this project. Most information below comes from Baldwin.)

Amaury (II) “le Fort” (died about 1089), lord of Montfort l’Amaury.

Isabelle married Ralph de Tosny.

Children (by Agnès):

Richard (died about 1092), lord of Montfort l’Amaury.

Simon II, lord of Montfort l’Amaury.

Amaury III, count of Évreux, lord of Montfort l’Amaury, married (1) Richilde, daughter of Baldwin II, count of Hainaut; married (2) Agnes.

Bertrade married (1) Foulques IV, count of Anjou; married (2) Philippe I, king of France.

Guillaume (died 27 August 1101), bishop of Paris.

References

Anselme de Sainte-Marie. Histoire Généalogique et Chronologique de la Maison Royale de France, des Pairs, Grands Officiers de la Couronne, de la Maison du Roy et des Anciens Barons du Royaume. 9 Volumes (Paris: 1726-1733).

Baldwin, Stewart. “Simon I de Montfort l'Amaury” in The Henry Project.

Bauduin, Pierrre. La première Normandie (X^e - XI^e siècles) (2004).

Cokayne, George Edward, and Vicary Gibbs; et al. The complete peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, extant, extinct, or dormant [2nd ed.]. (London: St. Catherine Press, 1910-59).

Power, Daniel. The Norman Frontier in the Twelfth and Early Thirteenth Centuries. (Cambridge University Press, 2004).

Rhein, A. “La Seigneurie de Montfort en Iveline (X^e -XIV^e siècles)” in Mémoires de la Société Archéologique de Rambuoillet (1910) pp. 1 - 363.