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 1243 - 1301 (58 years)
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| Name |
Amaury de Montfort |
| Birth |
1242-1243 [1, 2] |
| Gender |
Male |
| Death |
1301 [1, 2] |
| Person ID |
I43951 |
The Hennessee Family |
| Last Modified |
6 Nov 2019 |
| Father |
Sir Simon de Montfort, V, Knight, 6th Earl of Leicester, b. ~ 1208, Montfort-l'Amaury, France  d. 4 Aug 1265, Evesham, Worcestershire, England (Age ~ 57 years) |
| Mother |
Lady Eleanor of England, b. 1215, Gloucester, Gloucestershire, England d. 13 Apr 1275, Montargis Abbey, France (Age 60 years) |
| Marriage |
7 Jan 1238 [1, 3] |
- In January 1238, Montfort married Eleanor of England, daughter of King John and Isabella of Angoulãeme 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 swore a vow of perpetual chastity upon his death, when she was sixteen, which she broke by marrying Montfort.
The Archbishop of Canterbury, Edmund Rich, condemned the marriage for this reason.
The English nobles protested the marriage of the King's sister to a foreigner of modest rank. Most notably, the King's and Eleanor's brother Richard, 1st Earl of Cornwall, rose up in revolt when he learned of the marriage. King Henry eventually bought off Richard with 6,000 marks and peace was restored.
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| Family ID |
F15997 |
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