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Generation: 1
1. | Agnes d'Évreux was born about 1030. Agnes married Simon I de Montfort l'Amaury, Seigneur of Montfod l'Amauri on Yes, date unknown. Simon (son of Amauri de Montfort, Seigneur of Montfort and Bertrade de Gometz) was born about 1026; died about 1088; was buried in Épernon, Centre-Val de Loire, France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:
- 2. Richard de Montfort died in 1092 in Conches Abbey, Conches-en-Ouche, Normandy, France; was buried in Épernon, Centre-Val de Loire, France.
- 3. Simon de Montfort, Earl of Leicester was born in 1208; died on 4 Aug 1265 in Evesham, Worcestershire, England; was buried after 4 Aug 1265 in Eversham Abbey, Evesham, Worcestershire, England.
- 4. William de Montfort, Bishop of Paris
- 5. Amauri III de Montfort, Comté d'Evreux died in 18 Apr 1137 or 19 Apr 1137; was buried in Abbey of Hautes-Bruyères, Saint-Remy-l'Honore, Île-de-France, France.
- 6. Bertrade de Montfort l'Amaury was born about 1060 in Montfort l'Amauri, Île-de-France, France; died on 14 Feb 1117 in Fontevraud-l'Abbaye, Pays de la Loire, France.
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Generation: 2
2. | Richard de Montfort (1.Agnes1) died in 1092 in Conches Abbey, Conches-en-Ouche, Normandy, France; was buried in Épernon, Centre-Val de Loire, France. |
3. | Simon de Montfort, Earl of Leicester (1.Agnes1) was born in 1208; died on 4 Aug 1265 in Evesham, Worcestershire, England; was buried after 4 Aug 1265 in Eversham Abbey, Evesham, Worcestershire, England. Other Events and Attributes:
- History: In 1098, he successfully defended his castles against William II. Later he took part in the siege of Montmorenci.
- Offices Held: 20 Jan 1235
- Title(s): 11 Apr 1239
- Military: 1240
- Military: Abt 1242
- Offices Held: May 1248
- Will: 1 Jan 1259
- Military: 1263
Notes:
Name:
Offices Held:
He was the High Steward at the coronation of Queen Eleanor.
Title(s):
He was created Earl of Leicester.
Military:
He went on a Crusade to the Holy Land and returned to Europe in the Spring of 1242.
Military:
He joined in Henry III's failed expedition to Poitou.
Offices Held:
He was appointed as Vicegerent in Gascony.
Military:
Parliament denounced the king, and in July, Simon entered London with the Barons to make the king ratify concessions to them. At the battle of Lewes in 1264, the King and his son, Edward, were captured. Simon then ran the government and even summoned Parliament in January 1265.
Died:
He was killed at the battle of Eversham.
Simon married Eleanor, Princess of England on 7 Jan 1237 in Palace of Westminster, Westminster, London, England. Eleanor (daughter of John "Lackland", King of England and Isabella of Angoulême, Queen of England) was born in 1215 in Gloucester, Gloucestershire, England; died on 13 Apr 1275 in Montargis Abbey, Montargis, Centre-Val de Loire, France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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5. | Amauri III de Montfort, Comté d'Evreux (1.Agnes1) died in 18 Apr 1137 or 19 Apr 1137; was buried in Abbey of Hautes-Bruyères, Saint-Remy-l'Honore, Île-de-France, France. Other Events and Attributes:
- General Information: He was also the Sire de Montfort l'Amaury.
- Rebellion: 1098; In 1098, he joined with William II against his brother, but lost. In 1118 he claimed the countship, however Henry I denied him the countship. Amauri then led a revolt against the king. They were later reconciled by Theobald, Count of Champagne. In 1123, Amauri joined Waleran Count of Meulan in a revolt, where he was captured. His capture, William de Grandcourt, refused to surrender him, and joined him in exile. By the end of the year, he was again reconciled to the king.
Family/Spouse: Richeude de Hainault. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Amauri married Agnes de Garlende after 1118. Agnes (daughter of Anselm de Garlende, Seigneur de Garlande and Seneschal of France and daughter de Monthlhéry) died in 1181. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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6. | Bertrade de Montfort l'Amaury (1.Agnes1) was born about 1060 in Montfort l'Amauri, Île-de-France, France; died on 14 Feb 1117 in Fontevraud-l'Abbaye, Pays de la Loire, France. Bertrade married Fulk IV "Rechin", Count of Anjou about 1090 in France, and was divorced on 15 Apr 1092. Fulk (son of Geoffrey II "Ferreol", Count of the Gâtinais and Château-Landon and Ermengarde of Anjou) was born in 1043; died on 14 Apr 1109 in France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Bertrade married Philip I "the Amorous", King of France on 15 May 1092. Philip (son of Henry I, King of France and Anne of Kiev) was born on 23 May 1052; died on 30 Jul 1108 in Meulan-en-Yvelines, Yvelines, Île-de-France, France; was buried in Fleury Abbey, Saint-Benoît-sur-Loire, Centre-Val de Loire, France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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Generation: 3
9. | Simon de Montfort, Comté d'Evreux (5.Amauri2, 1.Agnes1) died in 11 Mar 1180 or 12 Mar 1180; was buried in Évreux Cathedral, Évreux, Normandy, France. Other Events and Attributes:
- History: 1159; While a vassal of both the King of France and the King of England, when the two went to war in 1159, he sided with Henry II of England. He handed his castles over to Henry thus causing Louis II to make a truce. In 1175, he joined the revolt of the "young king", but was captured. In 1177 he attended the treaty of Ivry.
Family/Spouse: Maud. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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10. | Agnes d'Evreux, Dame de Gournay-sur-Marne (5.Amauri2, 1.Agnes1) died on 15 Dec 1181. Agnes married Waleran IV, Count of Meulan, Earl of Worcester about 1141. Waleran (son of Sir Robert de Beaumont, Earl of Leicester and Isabel de Vermandois, Countess of Leicester) was born about 1104 in Meulan-en-Yvelines, Yvelines, Île-de-France, France; died on 10 Apr 1166 in Les Préaux, Normandy, France; was buried in Préaux Abbey, Les Préaux, Eure, Normandy, France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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11. | Fulk V "le Jeune", King of Jerusalem, Count of Anjou (6.Bertrade2, 1.Agnes1) was born in 1092 in France; died on 10 Nov 1143 in Acre, Holy Land; was buried after 10 Nov 1143 in Church of the Holy Sepulcher, Jerusalem, Holy Land. Other Events and Attributes:
- Moved To: 1128
- Reign: 1131-1143, Jerusalem, Holy Land; King of Jerusalem
- Complier's Note: 2020; Holding place for sources.
Notes:
Death: Moriarty (1945) gives his death date as 13 November 1144.
Weis (1982) states he died in Jerusalem.
Name:
Le Jeune means the younger.
Moved To:
Upon the death of his first wife, Ermengarde of Maine, he handed over the Countship of Anjou to Geoffrey, his son, and left France in 1128. He settled in the Kingdom of Outremer.
Reign:
After King Baldwin II, his new father-in-law died, he ascended the throne of Jerusalem.
Fulk married Ermenbourg of Maine in 1108 in France. Ermenbourg (daughter of Hélie, Count of Maine and Matilde, Dame de Château-du-Loir) died in 1126. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Fulk married Mélesinde de Rethe on 2 Jun 1129 in Jerusalem, Holy Land. Mélesinde (daughter of Baldwin II, King of Jerusalem and Malfia) died on 11 Sep 1161 in Holy Land. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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Generation: 4
12. | Amauri de Montfort, Comte d'Évreux (9.Simon3, 5.Amauri2, 1.Agnes1) died in 1191. Other Events and Attributes:
- Married: Abt 1170; Mabel of Gloucester, the daughter of William FitzRober, Earl of Gloucester and Hawise de Beaumont.
Issue:
1. Amauri de Montfort, Earl of Gloucester
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13. | Simon de Montfort, Comte d'Évreux (9.Simon3, 5.Amauri2, 1.Agnes1) died on 18 Jul 1187. Other Events and Attributes:
- Married: Amice Countess of Leicester, the daughter of Sir Robert "ès Blanchemains" de Beaumont, Earl of Leicester and Pernel de Grandmesnil. [Amice married first Simon d'Evreax de Montfort Comté d'Evreux], Before 13 January 1188 Amice married second, William des Barres. She died 3 September 1215. She was buried in Haute-Bruyère, France.
Issue:
1. Amaury de Montfort
2. Simon de Montfort, Earl of Leicester (c1170-1218)
3. Guy de Montfort
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14. | Bertrade d'Évreux de Montfort (9.Simon3, 5.Amauri2, 1.Agnes1) was born in 1155 in England; died on 2 Jul 1189 in Évreux, Normandy, France. Bertrade married Hugh de Keveliock, Earl of Chester in 1169. Hugh (son of Ranulf IV "des Gernons" de Briquessart, Earl of Chester and Maud FitzRobert) was born in 1147 in Cyfeiliog Region, Wales; died on 30 Jun 1181 in Leek, Staffordshire, England; was buried in Chester, Cheshire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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17. | Geoffrey V Plantagenet, Count of Anjou, Duke of Normandy (11.Fulk3, 6.Bertrade2, 1.Agnes1) was born on 24 Nov 1113 in Anjou, France ; died on 7 Sep 1151 in Château-du-Loir, Pays de la Loire, France; was buried in Cathedral of Saint Julian of Le Mans, Le Mans, Pays de la Loire, France. Other Events and Attributes:
- Miscellaneous: 1135; After the death of Henry I in 1135, Geoffrey laid claim to Normandy through his wife Mathilda. Meanwhile, Mathilda attempted the conquest of England from her cousin King Stephen who had gained the crown. Geoffrey did not accompany her, being still engaged in the conquest of Normandy, which he completed in 1144.
- Title(s): 1144; In 1144 he became the Duke of Normandy.
- Military: 1147; He undertook a crusade with King Louis VII of France. in 1147 In 1150, Geoffrey and Matilda ceded Normandy to their son Henry (later King Henry II of England), who founded the English Angevin dynasty.
Notes:
Birth:
Geoffrey "le Bel", meaning "the Handsome" was the first to use the Plantagenet name. One story relates that his father, Fulk the Younger atoned for some evil deed by being scourged with broom twigs or planta genista before the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem. Another story relates that Geoffrey wore a sprig of broom or planta genista in his hat. Regardless, it is generally agreed upon that the family name of "Plantagenet" has its origins with the planta genista or broom plant.
Name:
Geoffrey married The Empress Maud on 22 May 1127 in Le Mans, Pays de la Loire, France. Maud (daughter of Henry I "Beauclerc", King of England and Duke of Normandy and Matilda of Scotland) was born on 7 Feb 1102 in London, England; died on 10 Sep 1167 in Rouen, Seine-Maritime, Normandy, France; was buried in Bec Abbey, Le Bec-Hellouin, Normandy, France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:
- 36. Henry II "Curt Mantel", King of England was born on 5 Mar 1132/33 in Le Mans, Pays de la Loire, France; died on 6 Jul 1189 in Château Chinon, Normandy, France; was buried after 6 Jul 1189 in Fontevraud Abbey, Fontevraud-l'Abbaye, Pays de la Loire, France.
- 37. Sir Geoffrey VI of Anjou, Count of Anjou and Nantes was born on 1 Jun 1134 in Rouen, Seine-Maritime, Normandy, France; died on 26 Jul 1158.
- 38. William Longespée, Vicomte de Dieppe was born on 21 Jul 1136 in Argentan, Orne, Normandy, France; died on 30 Jan 1163/64 in Rouen, Seine-Maritime, Normandy, France; was buried in Rouen Cathedral, Rouen, Normandy, France.
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Geoffrey married a concubine in No. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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18. | Matilda of Anjou (11.Fulk3, 6.Bertrade2, 1.Agnes1) Other Events and Attributes:
- Married: say 1119; William Athling, the son of Henry I "Beauclerc" King of England and Matilda of Scotland. He was born before 5 August 1103. [William, married Matilda of Anjou] When the White Ship was wrecked on the deadly rock, on 25 November 1120, a boat was launched and William, the King's only legitimate son, was rowed to safety. The cries of his half-sister Maud, Countess of Perche, induced him to return to the wreck where they drowned together. This was considered by some to be punishment for Henry I's sins of lust in having so many illegitimate offspring. They had no children.
- History: 1121; After her husband drowned she became a Nun, and was elected abbess of Fontevrault.
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19. | Hélie of Anjou (11.Fulk3, 6.Bertrade2, 1.Agnes1) Other Events and Attributes:
- Married: Phillippa, the daughter of Routrou II Count of Perche and Matilda.
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