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Family of Philip + of MONTFORT and Maria of ANTIOCH-ARMENIA

Husband: Philip + of MONTFORT (1204-1240)
Wife: Maria of ANTIOCH-ARMENIA (1215-1257)
Children: John of MONTFORT (c. 1245- )
Humphrey of MONTFORT (c. 1247- )
Marriage aft 1240

Husband: Philip + of MONTFORT

Name: Philip + of MONTFORT
Sex: Male
Father: Guy + of MONTFORT (1172-1228)
Mother: Helvis + of IBELIN (1176-1216)
Birth 1204 Montfort, sur-Risle, Eure, High Normandy, France
Occupation Lord of Tyre
Title frm 1228 to 1270 (age 23-66) Lord of La Ferte-Alais and Castres-en-Albigeois
Title frm 1240 to 1270 (age 35-66) Lord of Toron
Death 17 Mar 1240 (age 35-36) Tyre, Lebanon
Cause: stabbed to death by an assassin while praying in his chapel
Title frm 1246 to 1270 (age 41-66) Lord of Tyre

Wife: Maria of ANTIOCH-ARMENIA

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Maria of ANTIOCH-ARMENIA

Name: Maria of ANTIOCH-ARMENIA
Sex: Female
Father: Raymond-Roupen (1199-1219)
Mother: Helvis of LUSIGNAN (1190-1216)
Birth 1215
Occupation Lady of Toron
Death 1257 (age 41-42)

Child 1: John of MONTFORT

Name: John of MONTFORT
Sex: Male
Birth 1245 (est)

Child 2: Humphrey of MONTFORT

Name: Humphrey of MONTFORT
Sex: Male
Birth 1247 (est)

Note on Husband: Philip + of MONTFORT

Philip of Montfort, (d. March 17, 1270, Tyre) was Lord of La Ferté-Alais and Castres-en-Albigeois 1228–1270, Lord of Tyre 1246–1270, and Lord of Toron aft. 1240–1270. He was the son of Guy of Montfort and Helvis of Ibelin (daughter of Balian of Ibelin).

 

At his father's death at the siege of Vareilles in the Albigensian Crusade in 1228, he succeeded to his French seigneuries. His first wife was Eleonore de Courtenay (d. bef. 1230), daughter of Peter II of Courtenay. Philip joined the party of his uncle, John of Ibelin, against the representatives of Frederick II. In 1244, he was created Constable of Jerusalem, but was subordinate to Walter IV of Brienne at the Battle of La Forbie. Philip was one of the few Christian knights to escape the disaster there. In 1246, Henry I of Cyprus, then Regent of Jerusalem, created him Lord of Tyre as a reward for his services to the baronial party. While the legality of this grant was somewhat dubious, it was recognized by Hugh I c. 1269; but Hugh reserved the right to buy back the fief.

 

Philip was married a second time, after 1240, to Maria of Antioch-Armenia, the elder daughter of Raymond-Roupen of Antioch and hence Lady of Toron and pretender of Armenia.

 

He joined the Seventh Crusade, and was employed as the ambassador of Louis IX in negotiations for a truce and retreat from Damietta. In 1256, he expelled the Venetians from Tyre, an action which helped to precipitate the War of St. Sabas. During that conflict, he attempted to relieve the Genoese in Acre in 1258, but was repulsed, which helped decide the struggle for the Venetians. In 1266, he lost Toron to the Sultan Baibars; but even in Philip's old age, Baibars feared both his energetic leadership and the possible success of his appeals to Europe for aid. He called upon the Hashshashin, one of whom (feigning a desire to convert to Christianity) stabbed Philip as he prayed in his chapel and then fell upon his son John. Mortally wounded, Philip cried out for aid; guards immediately entered and dispatched the assassin. Seeing his son without serious injury, Philip threw up his arms and died.

 

He was succeeded by his son Philip in his French possessions, and by his son John in Outremer.

 

[edit] ChildrenFrom his first marriage to Eleonore de Courtenay:

 

Philip of Montfort, Lord of Castres-en-Albigeois (d. September 24, 1270, Tunis), married Jeanne de Levis-Mirepoix

From his second marriage to Maria of Antioch-Armenia:

 

John of Montfort, Lord of Toron and Tyre (c. 1240 – November 27, 1283, Tyre), married September 22, 1268 Marguerite de Lusignan, titular Princess of Antioch

Humphrey of Montfort, Lord of Toron and Tyre (d. February 12, 1284, Tyre), married c. 1270s Eschiva of Ibelin, Lady of Beirut and Lapithos (Cyprus)

Note on Wife: Maria of ANTIOCH-ARMENIA

Maria of Antioch-Armenia (1215–1257) was lady of Toron from 1229 to her death. She was the elder daughter of Raymond-Roupen, prince of Antioch, and of Helvis of Lusignan. She derived her title of Lady of Toron and claim to the throne of Armenia from her father.

 

Maria's paternal grandmother Alice became lady of Toron when emperor Frederick II, at the end of the Sixth Crusade, negotiated the return of lands conquered by Saladin; Maria succeeded her as she was the closest surviving relative.

 

In 1240 she married Philip of Montfort, Lord of Tyre, previously lord of Castres, and they had the following children:

 

Jean de Montfort (died 1283), lord of Toron and of Tyre

Humphrey of Montfort (died 1284), lord of Beirut and of Tyre

Alix, living in 1282 and in 1295

Helvis, living in 1282 and in 1295

She was the great-granddaughter of Roupen III, prince of Armenia (Roupen III's daughter was Alice), who had been succeeded by his brother Leo I. Maria thus unsuccessfully claimed rights to the throne of Armenia, something her father and grandmother had previously attempted and failed.