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The House of Montfort was a medieval French noble house that eventually found its way to the Kingdom of England and originated the famous Simon de Montfort, 6th Earl of Leicester.
- House of Dreux
The House of Dreux was a cadet branch of the Capetian...
- House of Montfort-Brittany
The House of Montfort-Brittany was a Breton-French noble...
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House of Montfort. Articles relating to the House of...
- Montfort
House of Montfort, a French noble house, extinct in the 14th...
- John of Montfort
John of Montfort (Middle Breton: Yann Moñforzh, French: Jean...
- House of Dreux
- De Montfort Women as Warriors and Queens
- De Montfort Women as Crusaders and Nuns
- De Montfort Women in England
- De Montfort Women in Italy and Wales
- De Montfort Women in Brittany and Back to England
The de Montfort women’s influence reaches back to the 11th century, starting with Isabella. When she fell out with her siblings, she put on armour and led a troop of knights in the field against them. Her sister Bertrade had different ambitions. She grew tired of her husband’s lecherous ways and ran off with the king of France, who deserted his wif...
Two generations later, Simon III de Montfort stood loyally by the English in their fight with the French. He was rewarded with marriages for his children into the Anglo-Norman nobility. His daughter Bertrade II married the earl of Chester and was the mother of the legendary Ranulf de Blondeville, arguably the last of the great Anglo-Norman barons. ...
As the son of Amicia of Leicester, Simon the crusader inherited the earldom of Leicester. It was confiscated by King John in 1207, but his son Simon VI reclaimed the earldom in 1231. Although he was born and raised in France, this Simon de Montfortbecame an English noble through his English grandmother Amicia. He rose high in royal favour and marri...
Guy de Montfort was the only one of Eleanor’s sons to marry. He found service under the king of Sicily and rapidly advanced to become the count of Nola. He received an heiress as his bride and had two daughters, of whom only the youngest Anastasia survived to adulthood. She became the countess of Nola at her father’s death in 1292 and married into ...
But their fortunes were about to be revived under Yolande of Dreux. She was the countess of Montfort through her descent from the senior branch of the family. She married Arthur II of Brittany and their grandson son John defeated his cousins to become the duke of Brittany in 1365, a hundred years after Evesham. In 1386, this John of Montfort took a...
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The House of Montfort-Brittany was a Breton-French noble family, which reigned in the Duchy of Brittany from 1365 to 1514. It was a cadet branch of the House of Dreux; it was thus ultimately part of the Capetian dynasty. It should not be confused with the older House of Montfort which ruled as Counts of Montfort.
