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Birth:          ABT 1070 of Montfort-sur-Risle, France
Death:          1137 

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amaury_III_of_Montfort
Amaury III de Montfort († 1137) was a French nobleman, the seigneur de Montfort-
l'Amaury, Épernon, and Houdan in the Île-de-France (1098–c.?1137) and count of 
Évreux in Normandy, (1118 to c.?1137).
Life[edit]

Amaury was the son of Simon I, seigneur de Montfort, and his wife Agnès d'Évreux, 
daughter of Richard, Count of Évreux.[1] In 1098, William Rufus was campaigning in 
France and had just crossed into the French Vexin and one of the first castles 
attacked was that of Houdan which Amaury III defended.[2] But Amaury quickly 
surrendered and joined William's army.[2] He then aided William II against his brother 
Simon II de Montfort's castles of Montfort-l'Amaury and Épernon.[3] But Simon and the 
other castellans successfully defended themselves against the forces of William Rufus 
until a truce was called and William returned to England.[4] When Simon II died c.?
1104, Amaury succeeded him as seigneur de Montfort.[1]

When his maternal uncle William, Count of Évreux died in 1118, he left no direct heirs 
so Henry I of England seized his lands.[5] Amaury was Henry's most detested enemy.
[6] His sister was the notorious Bertrade de Montfort,[a] his nephew was Fulk V of 
Anjou, and his kinsman King Louis VI of France was related to him by marriage.[6] 
Amaury had induced his nephew Fulk V to attack Henry's territories in the past[7] 
while the French and English kings were at odds again.[8] Amaury was the last person 
he wanted holding a countship in the center of Normandy.[6] After complaining to 
Louis VI the French king granted the countship of Évreux to Amaury.[5] For six months 
Henry kept Amaury out of Évreux and denied him the county by keeping the castle 
garrisoned with his own troops until his constable, William Pointel, turned the castle 
over to his longtime friend Amaury while Henry was in Rouen.[6] Finally Henry offered 
Amaury the countship of Évreux if he would surrender the castle.[9] Amaury refused 
and the rebellion continued with Amaury now encouraging more Normans to defy 
Henry.[10]

In 1119 Henry besieged the castle of Évreux anew, but Theobald II, Count of 
Champagne, Henry's nephew, negotiated a truce between them.[3] Amaury 
surrendered the castle to the King and on doing so was confirmed as count of Évreux 
by Henry.[3] The following year Amaury fought at the battle of Bourgtheroulde 
supporting William Clito against Henry I but was captured fleeing the field by William 
de Grandcourt.[3] Rather than turn over his prisoner to Henry, however, William 
decided to go into exile with Amaury.[3] Amaury made peace with the King later that 
same year and for the rest of Henry's reign remained on good terms with him.[3]

Marriages and children[edit]

He married firstly, Richilde de Hainaut, daughter of Baudouin II, comte de Hainaut but 
repudiated her in 1118.[1]

In 1118 he remarried, to Agnès de Garlande, daughter of Anseau de Garlande, Count 
de Rochefort and N.N. de Rochefort-en-Yvelines.[1] Their children were :
Amaury IV († 1140), count of Évreux, seigneur de Montfort[1]
Simon III († 1181), count of Évreux,seigneur de Montfort[1], whose daughter Bertrade 
married Hugh de Kevelioc, 5th Earl of Chester.
Agnès († 1181), Dame de Gournay-sur-Marne, married Waleran de Beaumont, 1st Earl 
of Worcester († 1166)[1]

Parents
OF MONTFORT Simon I (ABT 1025 - 1087)
D'EVREUX Agnes (ABT 1030 - )

Siblings
DE MONTFORT Bertrade (1060 - 14 Feb 1117)
DE MONTFORT Amauri III (ABT 1070 - 1137)

Marriage To DE GARLENDE Agnes (ABT 1095 - 1181)
    m.  

Notes

Parents
DE GARLENDE Anselm (Anseau) (ABT 1069 - 1118)
DE MONTLHERY Beatrice (1069 - 1117)

Children by DE GARLENDE Agnes ABT 1095 - 1181
DE MONTFORT Simon II "Le Chauve" (1117 - 13 Mar 1181)
DE MONTFORT Agnes (Elizabeth) (ABT 1122 - 15 Dec 1181)

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