Simon I de Montfort

Simon I of Montfort or Simon de Montfort (c. 1025 – 25 September 1087) was a French nobleman. He was born in Montfort l'Amaury, near Paris, and became its lord. He was the son of Amaury I de Montfort^[1] and Bertrade. At his death he was buried about 20 miles (32 km) away in Épernon, because it was the site of the fortress he was instrumental in constructing.

Progeny

Simon I first married Isabel de Broyes (b. 1034 in Broyes, Marne),^[2] daughter of Hugh Bardoul. Their children were:

Amaury II de Montfort (c. 1056 – 1089),^[3] lord of Montfort
Isabel (Elizabeth) de Montfort (b. 1057), who married Raoul II de Tosny,^[3] a companion of William the Conqueror.

Simon I's second marriage was to Agnes d'Évreux (b. 1030), daughter of Richard, Count of Évreux.^[4] Their children were:

Bertrade de Montfort (c. 1059 – 1117), became queen of France.^[5]
Richard de Montfort (c. 1066 – 1092), lord of Montfort, slain in attack on abbey at Conches.^[6]
Simon II de Montfort (c. 1068 – 1104), lord of Montfort^[7]
Amaury III de Montfort (c. 1070 – 1137), lord of Montfort^[7] and Count of Évreux.
Guillaume de Montfort (c. 1073–1101), bishop of Paris.^[7]
Adeliza de Montfort (b. 1075)

References

Citations

^ Power 2004, p. 332.
^ Lippiatt 2017, p. xvii.
^ a b Châtelain 1983, p. 86.
^ Abels & Bachrach 2001, p. 141.
^ Blacker 1998, p. 46.
^ Green 2000, p. 97.
^ a b c Châtelain 1983, p. 20.

Sources

Abels, Richard Philip; Bachrach, Bernard S., eds. (2001). The Normans and Their Adversaries at War. Boydell Press.
Blacker, Jean (1998). "Women, Power, and Violence in Orderic Vitalis's "Historia Ecclesiastica"". In Roberts, Anna (ed.). Violence Against Women in Medieval Texts. University Press of Florida.
Châtelain, André (1983). Châteaux forts et féodalité en Ile de France, du XIème au XIIIème siècle (in French). Nonette.
Green, Judith A. (2000). "Robert Curthose Reassessed". In Harper-Bill, Christopher (ed.). Anglo-Norman Studies: Proceedings of the Battle Conference. Vol. 22. The Boydell Press.
Lippiatt, Gregory Edward Martin (2017). Simon V of Montfort and Baronial Government, 1195-1218. Oxford University Press.
Power, Daniel (2004). The Norman Frontier in the Twelfth and Early Thirteenth Centuries. Cambridge University Press.