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Richard of Montfort or Richard de Montfort (c. 1065 –1091) was a French nobleman from the House of Montfort who briefly ruled as lord of Montfort (1089–1091) in Normandy. He took the part of Count William of Évreux during his private war with Raoul II, lord of Conches.
When Richard FitzSymonds de Montfort was born in 1252, in Coughton, Warwickshire, England, his father, Simon de Montfort 6th Earl of Leicester, was 44 and his mother, Eleanor of England Countess of Pembroke, was 37. He married Isabelle la Blanche of England about 1260, in England, United Kingdom.
La casa de los señores de Montfort-l'Amaury fue una casa noble involucrada en varias crisis de la Edad Media. Pertenecía a una rama más joven de la casa de Reginar .
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Montfort was a younger son of Alix de Montmorency and Simon de Montfort, 5th Earl of Leicester, a French nobleman, and leader of a Crusade against the Cathars in south-west France. His paternal grandmother was Amicia de Beaumont, the senior co-heiress to the Earldom of Leicester and a large estate owned by her brother Robert de Beaumont, 4th Earl o...
Early life
As a younger son, Simon de Montfort attracted little public attention during his youth, and the date of his birth remains unknown. He is first mentioned when his mother made a grant to him in 1217. As a boy, Montfort accompanied his parents during his father's campaigns against the Cathars. He was with his mother at the Siege of Toulouse in 1218, where his father died after being struck on the head by a stone pitched by a mangonel. In addition to Amaury, Simon had another older brother, Guy,...
Royal marriage
In January 1238, Montfort married Eleanor of England, daughter of King John and Isabella of Angoulême and sister of King Henry III. While this marriage took place with the king's approval, the act itself was performed secretly and without consulting the great barons, as a marriage of such importance warranted. Eleanor had previously been married to William Marshal, 2nd Earl of Pembroke, and she had sworn a vow of perpetual chastityupon his death, when she was sixteen, which she broke by marry...
Expulsion of Jews from Leicester
As Earl of Leicester, Montfort expelled the small Jewishcommunity from Leicester city in 1231, banishing them "in my time or in the time of any of my heirs to the end of the world". He justified his action as being "for the good of my soul, and for the souls of my ancestors and successors". His parents had shown a similar hostility to Jews in France, where his father was known for his bigoted Christianity, and his mother had given the Jews of Toulouse a choice of conversion, expulsion or deat...
Following Montfort's death, he became the focus of an unofficial popular miracle cult, centred on his grave in Evesham Abbey. It was practised in secret for at least two years because of an official ban, but lasted until c.1280, with pilgrims continuing to visit his grave for some years thereafter. The so-called Evesham "miracle book" documents som...
Simon de Montfort and Eleanor of England had seven children, many of whom were notable in their own right:[citation needed] 1. Henry de Montfort(November 1238–1265) 2. Simon de Montfort the Younger(April 1240–1271) 3. Amaury de Montfort(1242/3–1300) 4. Guy de Montfort, Count of Nola(1244–1288) 5. Joanna de Montfort (born and died in Bordeaux betwee...
Beach, Chandler B., ed. (1914). "Montfort, Simon de" . The New Student's Reference Work . Vol. 3. Chicago: F. E. Compton and Co.Simón V de Montfort, VI conde de Leicester (23 de mayo de 1208-4 de agosto de 1265) fue un noble franco-inglés, notable como principal líder de la oposición baronal al gobierno del rey Enrique III de Inglaterra.
9 de nov. de 2020 · Compare DNA and explore genealogy for Richard (Montfort) de Montfort born abt. 1325 Warwickshire, England died 1378 Berkshire, England including ancestors + descendants + 2 genealogist comments + Y-chromosome DNA + more in the free family tree community.
8 de sept. de 2017 · Richard de Montfort (de Moford) Birthdate: circa 1252. Birthplace: Kenilworth, Warwickshire, United Kingdom. Death: after 1348 Buckinghamshire, United Kingdom. Immediate Family: Husband of Mary Wellesbourne Father of Edward de Mulford. Managed by: Martyn Mulford. Last Updated: September 8, 2017. View Complete Profile. view all. Immediate Family.
