Amalrich III. from Montfort

from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Amalrich III. von Montfort ( French : Amaury ; † 1137 ) was from 1101 lord of Montfort-l'Amaury and from 1118 Count of Évreux .

biography

He was the youngest son of Simon I von Montfort and his third wife Agnes von Évreux. He followed his brother Simon II as Lord of Montfort. His sister was Bertrada von Montfort , the wife of Count Fulko IV of Anjou and King Philip I of France .

Amalrich von Montfort was a direct vassal of the king, who entrusted him with some fortresses on the border of the Domaine royal , but this did not prevent him from handing over the castle Houdan to the English King Wilhelm II in 1098 when he was on a campaign in Vexin found. In 1108, after the death of Philip I, he unsuccessfully supported the claims to the throne of his nephew, the son of his sister Bertrada, against the new King Ludwig VI.

Since the death of Roger II. De Tosny († probably 1091), the heir of Count Wilhelm von Évreux , Simon II of Montfort was the heir to the county as the son of his sister Agnes. Amalrich had inherited from him not only Montfort, but also the claim to Évreux, which he also claimed after Wilhelm's death. However , as Duke of Normandy , King Henry I of England refused him the county and (re) united it with the Duchy. Amalrich now allied himself with King Ludwig VI. of France , Count Fulko V of Anjou and several Norman barons to take his inheritance by force of arms. He conquered Évreux in October 1118. In 1119 Heinrich took the city back and burned it down, but could not take the citadel that was held by Amalrich's men. In October 1119 the Council of Reims made it possible for them to come to an agreement: Amalrich handed over the citadel of Évreux and received the county from Heinrich.

Relations between the new Count of Évreux and the King of England did not last long on friendly terms. On the one hand, the royal officials in the county levied unusually high taxes, and on the other, Amalrich got his nephew Fulko V of Anjou to marry off his daughter Sibylle to Wilhelm Clito , the son and heir of Duke Robert II of Normandy . At the same time he allied himself with some disaffected Norman barons such as Walram IV of Beaumont , Hugo III. of Montfort-sur-Risle and William of Roumare . The uprising broke out in 1123, but resulted in a defeat in March 1124. Amalrich fled to the Île-de-France , submitted a short time later and was able to take possession of his county again.

In 1126 he rose again, this time with the support of Ludwig VI. of France, who in turn wanted to help Wilhelm Clito, then fell out with the king.

progeny

Amalrich married Richilde von Hennegau , daughter of Count Baldwin II , in his first marriage around 1115 , but had to separate from her in 1118 due to consanguinity. In the same year he married Agnes von Garlande , daughter of Anselm von Garlande , Lord of Rochefort-en-Yvelines and Gournay-sur-Marne . Your children were:

literature

  • Marie-Huguette Hadrot: Montfort l'Amaury. De l'an mil à nos jours. 2002.
  • Pierre Bauduin : La première Normandie (Xe-XIe siècles). 2004.

Web links

predecessor Office successor
Simon II Lord of Montfort
1101–1137
Amalrich IV.
Wilhelm Count of Évreux
1118–1137
Amalrich IV.
Anselm von Garlande
(de iure uxoris)
Count of Rochefort,
Lord of Bréthencourt,
Lord of La Ferté-Alais,
Lord of Gournay
(de iure uxoris )
1118–1137
Simon III