Van Montfoort
Van Montfoort (also Burgraven and Heeren van Montfoort ) is the family and collective name of a Dutch noble dynasty that ruled the Burgraviate of Montfoort and owned by the High Splendors Polsbroek , Purmerend - Purmerland , Snelrewaard, Lange Linschoten, Hekendorp, IJsselvere and among the other splendid - and Ambachtsherr towards Abbenbroek, Blokland, De Eng, Heeswijk, Kattenbroek, Linschoten, Linschoter Haar, Rateles, Reyerscop, Velgersdijk, Vlooswijk, Waarder, Willeskoop and Wulverhorst.
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When the Utrecht city of Montfoort was built between 1156 and 1178 to protect against the expansion of the Counts of Holland , the then Bishop of Utrecht, Gottfried von Rhenen , appointed one of his ministerials as castellan of Montfoort. After they administered Montfoort for four generations, the rule came to the Flemish family of De Rover through the daughter of the last castellan . The lords of the castle from this family, who operated under the name Van Montfoort, were burgraves who exercised considerable power in the area. The settlement around the castle was granted city rights in 1329. There were regular conflicts with the sovereign, the Utrecht bishop. This led, among other things, to a siege and capture of Montfoort by troops of the bishop in 1387. In the mid-15th century, the Montfoorts sided with the hooks in the hook-and-cod war and supported the Dutch Countess Jakobäa . In 1481 the Montfoort lost the high glories Purmerend-Purmerland and Polsbroek as well as various other low and medium glories to the Lords of Bergen from the House of Glymes . After ten ruling burgraves sprang from this family , Montfoort came to the Merode family in 1545 . In 1672 the De Merode-Van Montfoort family died out with the death of Maximilian de Merode, who perished in Montfoort Castle, which was stormed by French troops. After this event, Montfoort came to Utrecht.
Ruler of Montfoort
Castellans:
- ??? van Montfoort (1165)
- ??? van Montfoort
- Willem van Montfoort († approx. 1260)
De Rover:
- Hendrik I. van Montfoort (Hendrik de Rover) (employed as a burgrave in 1260; † 1299)
- Sweder I. van Montfoort († 1329/1331)
- Hendrik II van Montfoort († 1333)
- Jan I. van Montfoort († 1345)
- Zweder II. Van Montfoort († 1375)
- Hendrik III van Montfoort (c. 1350–1402)
- Johan II. Van Montfoort (1382–1448)
- Hendrik IV. Van Montfoort (1414-1459)
- Johan III van Montfoort (1448–1522)
- Hendrik V. van Montfoort (1515-1545)
- Philipotte van Montfoort (1535–1592)
- Johan de Merode van Montfoort (1530–1592)
- Anna de Merode (1570-1625)
- Philips de Merode 1568-1627
- Floris de Merode (1598-1638)
- Maximiliaan de Merode (1611–1672)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Marius Pieter van der Linden, De burggraven van Montfoort in de geschiedenis van het Sticht Utrecht en het Graafschap Holland (± 1260-1490) , Van Gorcum, Haak & Pracke, Assen 1957, p. 164 Google book search