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Birth:          1250 of Montacute, Somersetshire, England
Death:          26 Sep 1316 Priory, Bruton, Somersetshire, England
Burial:         2 Nov 1316 Bruton Priory, Somersetshire, England

Notes
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simon_de_Montagu,_1st_Baron_Montagu
Simon de Montagu, 1st Baron Montagu (died 1316) (alias de Montagu, de Montacute, 
Latinized to de Monte Acuto ("from the sharp mountain"), from the French mont aigu, 
with identical meaning,[1]) was summoned to Parliament by writ and thereby became 
the 1st Baron Montagu.[2] He was the ancestor of the great Montagu family, Earls of 
Salisbury.
Origins[edit]

His family originated in Normandy, at the manor of Montaigu-les-Bois, in the 
arrondissement of Coutances, which remained in the possession of the family until the 
death of Sebastien de Montaigu in 1715, without children.[3] Two persons named 
Montagu or similar appear in the Domesday Book of 1086: Ansger and Drogo de 
Montaigu, both richly endowed with lands, but Ansger died leaving no heir.[4] Drogo's 
lands were in Somerset, where two of the manors he held in 1086, namely Sutton 
Montagu and Shipton Montagu, his seat, still retain his name.[5] According to the 
Duchess of Cleveland (1889): "He had come to England in the train of the Earl of 
Mortain, and received from him large grants of lands, with the custody of the castle, 
built either by the Earl or his son William, in the manor of Bishopston, and styled, from 
its position on a sharp-topped hill, Monte Acuto". (This latter statement seems to 
forget that the family name derived from the manor of Montaigu-les-Bois in Normandy, 
not from the shape of the supposed hill in Bishopston, England) In 1211 Drogo's 
grandson Drogo II de Montagu certified that he held ten and a half knight's fees in the 
Western counties.[6]

Marriages and children[edit]

Montagu married twice: firstly to Hawise de St Amand (died 1287), daughter of Amaury 
de St Amand; and secondly to Isabel, whose parentage is unknown.[7]

He had three sons, by which wife is unknown. His eldest son and heir was William 
Montagu, 2nd Baron Montagu (c. 1285 – 18 October 1319). His other sons were named 
John and Simon.[8]

Parents
DE MONTACUTE William (ABT 1210 - )
____ Beota (ABT 1220 - )

Siblings
DE MONTAGU Simon (1250 - 26 Sep 1316)

Marriage To DE ST. AMAND Hawaise (ABT 1252 - 1287)
    m.  

Notes

Parents
DE ST. AMAND Amauri (BEF 1226 - )
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Children by DE ST. AMAND Hawaise ABT 1252 - 1287
DE MONTAGU (MONTACUTE) William (ABT 1285 - 18 Oct 1319)

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