Bertrade (Montfort) de Montfort (1155 - abt. 1227)

Born 1155 in Cheshire, England

Ancestors

Descendants

Died about 1227 at about age 72 in Évreux, Eure, Haute-Normandie, France

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Biography

Bertrade Montfort was a member of the aristocracy in England.

1156 Birth and Parents

Bertrade de Montfort was born about 1156 (aged 29 in 1185) the daughter of Simon de Montfort, Count of Evreux.^[1]

Her father, Simon III de Montfort, Count of Évreux, was in turn the son of Amaury III of Montfort.^[2]

It is possible Bertrade was born at Montfort Sur Risle, Eure, Normandy, France.

Marriage and Children

In 1169 Bertrade married Hugh of Cyfeiliog. Richardson states that Hugh of Cyfeiliog was born about 1141, since he was of age in 1162.^[1] Wikipedia states that Hugh of Cyfeiliog the 5th Earl of Chester was born in 1147, possibly in Cyfeiliog, which since 1996 has been part of Gwynedd.^[3] He is sometimes called Hugh of Cyfeiliog, because, according to a late writer, he was born in that district of Wales.^[1] Hugh is thought by some to have taken his name from Kevelioc in Monmouth as his birthplace, but others think that instead he was born in, and took the name of Cyfeiliog ^[4] (in modern Powys) in the southern part of the Kingdom of Powys, Wales.

The marriage of Bertrada/Bertrade/Bertred^[5] de Montfort, the daughter of Simon III, surnamed the Bald, count of Evreux and Montfort, and Hugh took place before 1171,^[4] in 1169 in Montfort, Normandy, or Montfort, Eure, Haute-Normandie, France. She was the cousin of King Henry, who gave her away in marriage. His parents were Ranulf de Gernon, 4th Earl of Chester and his wife Maud of Gloucester^[3] Hugh was 6th earl of Chester, hereditary Vicomte of Avranches in Normandy, seigneur of Saint Sever and Briquessart, son and heir of Ranulph.^[1] Hugh of Cyfeiliog, 5th Earl of Chester (1147 – 1181), also written Hugh de Kevilioc, was an Anglo-Norman magnate who was active in England, Wales, Ireland and France during the reign of King Henry II of England.^[2] Alternatively, the "Visitation of Cheshire 1580" says Hugh's wife was Beatrix the daughter of Richard Lord Lucy Justice of England.

Richardson states that Hugh and his wife Bertrade had one son, Ranulph, and five daughters, Maud, Mabel, Agnes, Hawise, and a fifth daughter who married Llywelyn ap Iorwerth, Prince of North Wales. ^[1] Other sources identify only the four named daughters, and list the unknown daughter who married Llywelyn among the illigitimate children.

Hugh's five legitimate children by Bertrade are listed below:

1. Maude/Matilda,^[4] oldest daughter,^[1] married David of Scotland,^[5] 8th Earl of Huntingdon, (1171-1233); Maud, married David of Scotland, 8th Earl of Huntingdon.^[2] Maud, the mother of John the Scot, with whom the line of Hugh of Avranches became extinct; ^[4] Mabel (Chester) of Huntingdon, born Chester 1171^[6] See also Mabel (Meschines) d'Aubeney, born Cheseter 1172 ^[6] Mabel/Mabill, second daughter, married William Albini^[4]/d'Aubigny/d'Albiney,^[5] 3rd Earl of Arundel; Named by Richardson as second of five daughters. ^[1] Mabel of Chester^[3]Mabel, married William d'Aubigny, 3rd Earl of Arundel.^[2] Mabel; ^[4]
2. Agnes Of Chester,^[4] third daughter, married William de Ferrers,^[5] 4th Earl of Derby (died 2 November 1247); Agnes of Chester, legitimate daughter of Hugh, Earl of Chester, and his wife Bertrade. ^[7] Agnes of Chester^[3] Agnes, married William de Ferrers, 4th Earl of Derby.^[2] Agnes; ^[4] Agnes (Meschines) de Ferrers, born Cheseter 1174^[6]
3. Ranulf/Ranulph/Randulf De Blundeville,^{[4] [5]} 6th Earl of Chester. Named by Richardson as son. ^[1] Ranulf III of Chester^[3] Ranulf III became 6th Earl of Chester but died childless in 1232, when his four legitimate sisters became his heirs. ^[2] His only legitimate son Ranulf III succeeded him as Earl of Chester.^[4] Ranulf (Meschines) of Chester, born Oswestry 1172^[6]
4. Hawise Of Chester,^[4] fourth daughter, married Robert II de Quincy,^[5], (1180-1242);Named by Richardson as third of five daughters. ^[1] Hawise of Chester^[3] Hawise, married Robert II de Quincy.^[2] Hawise.^[4] Hawise (Kevelioc) de Quincy, born Chester 1180 ^[6]

His additional children by other women are listed on his profile.

Benefactions

During his life Hugh made grants to St Werburgh's Abbey at Chester, to Stanlow Abbey, to St Mary's Priory at Coventry, to Bullington Priory, to Greenfield Priory, to Trentham Priory, and to Bordesley Abbey. He also confirmed grants of his parents to Calke Abbey, to St Mary-on-the-Hill, Chester, and to the Abbey of Saint-Étienne, Caen, in Normandy.^[2]

Deaths

Bertrade's husband, Hugh, died on 30 June, 1181, in Leek, Staffordshire.^[4] He was buried beside his father at the chapter-house of St. Werburgs, Chester, which is now the cathedral.^[4]

Bertrade survived him, dying on 12 July, 1189, or in 1227 at Évreux, Eure, Haute-Normandie, France.

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 1.8} Douglas Richardson, Royal Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families, ed. Kimball G. Everingham, (Salt Lake City, Utah: By the Author, 2013), II:150, #5: Hugh of Chester.
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 2.7} Tout, T. F.; Keefe, Thomas K. (23 September 2004), "Hugh [Hugh of Cyfeiliog], fifth earl of Chester (1147–1181)", Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (Subscription or UK public library membership required), retrieved 14 April 2018. Cited by Wikipedia: Hugh_of_Cyfeiliog,_5th_Earl_of_Chester Last edited 20 November 2018. Accessed 2/20/2019.
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5} Wikipedia: Hugh_of_Cyfeiliog,_5th_Earl_of_Chester Last edited 20 November 2018. Accessed 2/20/2019.
4. ↑ ^{4.00 4.01 4.02 4.03 4.04 4.05 4.06 4.07 4.08 4.09 4.10 4.11 4.12 4.13} Sidney Lee, ed., Dictionary of National Biography, Vol. XXVIII Howard-Inglethorp, (London: Smith, Elder, & Co., 1891), accessed 6 July 2014, https://archive.org/stream/dictionaryofnati28stepuoft#page/164/mode/2up pp.164-5.
5. ↑ ^{5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.4 5.5} George Ormerod, ed., "Containing the Introduction and Prolegomena, the county of the city of Chester and Bucklow Hundred", The history of the county palatine and city of Chester compiled from original evidences in public offices, the Harleian and Cottonian mss., parochial registers, private muniments, unpublished ms. collections of successive Cheshire antiquaries, and a personal survey of every township in the county; incorporated with a republication of King's Vale royal, and Leycester's Cheshire antiquities, Vol. I, (London: Lackington, Hughes, Harding, Mavor, and Jones, 1819), accessed 6 July 2014, https://archive.org/stream/historyofcountyp00orme#page/26/mode/2up pp.26-8.
6. ↑ ^{6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 6.4} Wikitree Data Field, see child's profile for sourcing
7. ↑ Douglas Richardson, "Royal Ancestry", 2012, Volume I, page 108. Richardson presents Agnes as part of a line of descent.

See also:

• Weis, Frederick Lewis, Ancestral Roots of Sixty Colonists Who Came to New England between 1623 and 1650, (Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 1988).
• Hulton, W.A. ed., "The Coucher Book or Cartulary of Whalley Abbey. Vol. I", Remains Historical & Literary Connected with the Palatine Counties of Lancaster and Chester (Printed for The Chetham Society, 1846) Vol. 10, Page 8