Amauri (Montfort) de Montfort (abt. 1068 - 1137)

Born about 1068 in Montfort, Eure, Haute-Normandie, France

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Died 1137 at about age 69 in Evreux, Eure, Normandy, France

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Biography

"In 1098 he aided William II against his brother's castles of Montfort and Epernon. After the death of William de Breteuil in 1103, Amaury supported the claim of William's Burgundian nephew, Renaud de Grancei, to succeed to his estates against that of his Breton nephew, William de Gael. On the death sp. in 1118 of his maternal uncle, William, Count of Evreux, Amaury claimed the comte, and when Henry I denied him the inheritance, he led a widespread revolt, and obtained possession of Evreux. In the following year, Henry besieged Evreux, but his nephew Theobald, Count of Champagne, reconciled him and Amaury, who surrendered the castle to the King and thereupon received his uncle's comte. In 1123 Amaury joined the revolt of Waleran, Count of Meulan (subsequently husband of his daughter Agnes), against Henry. The next year Amaury fought at Bourghteroulde and was captured when fleeing from the field by William de Grandcourt who, rather than hand over his prisoner to captivity, went into exile with him, but before the end of the year Amaury made his peace with the King and seems to have maintained friendly relations with him during the rest of his reign." (Ref: Phillips, Weber, Kirk & Staggs Families of the Pacific Northwest)

Marriages

By first wife Richilda of Hainault he had Luciana. By Agnes,second wife, he also had Amaury V, Robert & Agnes.

On the death of his maternal uncle, William, Count d'Evreux, Amauri claimed the comte, and when Henry I denied him the inheritance, he lead a widespread revolt and obtained possession of Evreux. The following year, after Henry I besieged Evreux, his nephew, Theobald, Count of Champagne, reconciled him with Amauri, who surrendered the castle to Henry I and thereupon received his uncle's comte. But in 1123, Amauri joined the revolt of Waleran, Count of Meulan (who subsequently married Amauri's daughter, Agnes), against Henry. The following year Amauri fought at Bourgtheroulde, and was captured when fleeing from the field by William de Grandcourt, who, rather than hand over his prisoner to captivity, went into exile with him. Before the end of the year, Amauri had made his peace with the King, and seems thereafter to have maintained good relations with the King over the remainder of his reign. He firstly married Richeude, daughter of Baldwin, Count of Hainault, from whom he separated. He then married secondly, Agnes, niece of Stephen de Garlende, with whom he received Rochefort and Gournay-sur-Marne. She was likely the mother of his eldest son, Amauri, and certainly mother of Simon and of a daughter, Agnes. He died 18 or 19 Apr, but the year is not known, and was buried at the Abbey of Haute-Bruyere, which he had founded.^[1]

Sources

1. ↑ From http://www.geneajourney.com

1. Hist. Gen. De La Maison De Courtenay by N. Du Bouchet, p. 28

2. Turton, Plantagenet Ancestry, p. 224, 230

3. Adjusted by Wells F. Collett, 69 South 400 East, Kaysville, Utah

84037, 31 Jan 1968

4. Complete Peerage Vol 7, p. 520, 709, 713-17 (GS #942 D24c)

5. Dict of Nat'l Biog Vol 4, p. 69-70 (GS #Ref 920.042 D561n)

6. Plantagenet Ancestry p. 95 (GS #Q940 D2t)

7. Ped. of George Washington (GS #Ped #87)

8. Colonial Fam, Vol 5, p. 2507-08 (GS #929.273 Se83s)

9. Ancestral Lines, Jones, p. 313, 417, 511 (GS #929.273 J71jme)

10. Nichols Hist of Leicester Vol 1, pt 1, p. 98 (GS #Q942.5 H2nic)

11. GeneaJourney.com

12. Phillips, Weber, Kirk and Staggs Families of the Pacific Northwest, by Jim Weber, rootsweb.com

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