Simon I DE MONTFORT
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Simon I DE MONTFORT (1025-1181)

Name: Simon I DE MONTFORT 1
Sex: Male
Father: -
Mother: -

Individual Events and Attributes

Birth 1025 Montfort l'Amaury, Ile de France, France
Title Count of Evreux
Occupation Seigneur of Monfort l'Amauri
Group/Caste Membership House of Montfort
Death 1180/81 (age 155-156)
Burial Epernon, Normandy, France

Marriage

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      Bertrade de Montfort, Queen Consort of the Franks    
 
Spouse Agnes OF EVREUX ( - )
Children Bertrade DE MONTFORT ( -1180)

Individual Note

Simon I de Montfort born about 1025 in Montfort l'Amaury, Ile de France, France and died 1087. He is buried in Epernon, Normandy, France. He was the son of Amaury I de Montfort (c. 1000–1031) and Bertrade de Gometz.

 

Simon I first married Isabel de Broyles (b. 1034, Broyes, Marne, France), daughter of Hugh Bardoul. Their children were:

 

Amauri de Montfort (c. 1056–1089)

Isabel (Elizabeth) de Montfort (b. 1057), who married Raoul II de Tosny.[1]

 

Simon I's second marriage was to Agnes d'Evreux (b. 1030), daughter of Richard d'Evreux of Rouen, Normandy. Their children were:

 

Bertrade de Montfort (c. 1059–1117), became Queen of France.

Richard de Montfort (c. 1066–1092), slain in attack on abbey at Conches.

Simon II de Montfort (c. 1068–1101)

Amaury III of Montfort(c. 1070–1137), married Richude (Richilde) de Hainault and Agnes de Garland.

Guillaume de Montfort (c. 1073–1101)

Adeliza de Montfort (b. 1075)[2]

 

NOTES:

1 Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists Who Came to America Before 1700 by Frederick Lewis Weis; Lines 50-25, 98A-24, 118-23, 125-28

2 http://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/PARIS%20REGION%20NOBILITY.htm#SimonIIMontfortAmaurydied1087B2

Sources

1Weis, Frederick Lewis & Sheppard, Walter Lee, Jr, "Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists Who Came to America before 1700: Lineages from Alfred the Great, Charlemagne, Malcolm of Scotland, Robert the Strong, and other Historical Individuals". p 116, 118-23; 125, 125-28.
2"Wikipedia". http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simon_I_de_Montfort.