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Jun 18, 2023 · France. Death: February 24, 1221 (42-51) Montfort, Yvelines, Ile-de-France, France. Place of Burial: Saint Remy L'Honore, Ile De France, France. Immediate Family: Daughter of Bouchard V de Montmorency, Lord Montmorency and Lauretia van Henegouwen. Wife of Simon V de Montfort, 5th Earl Leicester.
- "Alice", "Alix"
- France
- circa 1174
She died on 24 February 1221, in Saint-Rémy-l'Honoré, Seine-et-Oise, France, at the age of 57, and was buried in Saint-Rémy-l'Honoré, Yvelines, Île-de-France, France. More Photos and Memories (7)
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- Simon de Montfort 5th Earl of Leicester
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Alix de Montmorency (died 24 February 1220/1221) was a French noblewoman. Her parents were Bouchard V de Montmorency and Laurette, daughter of Baldwin IV, Count of Hainaut and Alice of Namur.
In 1190 Alix married Simon de Montfort (c. 1175 – 25 June 1218), who later became the 5th Earl of Leicester. She accompanied her husband on his campaigns during the Albigensian Crusade and like her husband, she was very pious. Both of them had come under the influence of Fulk of Neuilly and they were patrons of the Dominican Order.
Alix participated in the councils of the crusaders and recruited reinforcements in France. In 1217, she imprisoned the Jews in Toulouse. She went to the French court with Folquet de Marselha to plead for support, but she was nearby when her husband was killed as he besieged Toulouse. After this she returned to her family's estates near Paris.
Alix and Simon had among others:
•Amaury de Montfort,
•Simon, eventually gained possession of the earldom of Leicester and played a major role in the reign of Henry III of England, initiating the Second Barons' War of 1263-1264.
•Guy, was married to Petronille, Countess of Bigorre, on 6 November 1216, but died at the siege of Castelnaudary on 20 July 1220.
•Baldwin, John W. (2019). Knights, Lords, and Ladies: In Search of Aristocrats in the Paris Region, 1180-1220. University of Pennsylvania Press.
•Maddicott, John Robert (1994). Simon de Montfort. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
Alix de Montmorency was born in 1063, in Montmorency, Sarcelles, Val-d'Oise, Île-de-France, France as the daughter of Hervé de Montmorency Seigneur Bouchard and Agnes de Marisco. She married Roger De Thourotte in 1090. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 1 daughter. She died in 1129, in Thourotte, Oise, Picardie, France, at the age of 66.
- Female
- Roger De Thourotte
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Alix was the daughter of Bouchard V de Montmorency and Isabelle de Laval. The date and place of her birth have not been found. She died in 1277. The place is not known. Her husband was Gascé de Poissy. They were married, but the date and place have not been found. They had no known children. Pedigree Chart (3 generations)
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Simon hastened to besiege the city, meanwhile sending his wife, Alix de Montmorency, with bishop Foulques of Toulouse and others, to the French court to plead for support. After maintaining the siege for nine months, Simon was killed on 25 June 1218 while combating a sally by the besieged.
