Amaury de Montfort

lord of Montfort-l’Amaury

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familial ties

  • In Montfort Family

    …Montmorency he left four sons: Amaury de Montfort (see below), who succeeded to Montfort-l’Amaury and to his father’s titles in Languedoc; Simon de Montfort, who became earl of Leicester and played a major role in English affairs; Guy de Bigorre (d. 1220); and Robert (d. 1226).

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Simon de Montfort

  • In Simon de Montfort

    His son Amaury (died 1241) soon abandoned the Crusade and ceded the Montfort lands in southern France to King Louis VIII.

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