Amaury de Montfort (died 1241)

"Amaury VI" and "Amaury VI de Montfort" redirect here. For the count of Évreux sometimes known as Amaury VI de Montfort, see Amaury IV of Évreux.
Amaury de Montfort
Seigneur of Montfort
Amaury VI de Montfort (1192-1241), comte de Leicester en 1218, connétable de France en 1230 by Hendrik Scheffer, 1835
Born1192
Montfort-l'Amaury, Kingdom of France
Diedlate 1241
Otranto, Kingdom of Sicily
BuriedSt. Peter's Basilica (body), Priory of Haute-Bruyère (heart)
Noble familyHouse of Montfort
Spouse(s)Beatrix of Viennois
Issue
  • John I of Montfort
  • Marguerite of Montfort
  • Laure of Montfort
  • Adela of Montfort
  • Pernelle of Montfort
FatherSimon de Montfort, 5th Earl of Leicester
MotherAlix de Montmorency

Amaury de Montfort, Lord of Montfort-l'Amaury, (1192[1] – 1241) was the son of Simon de Montfort, 5th Earl of Leicester and Alix de Montmorency,[2] and the older brother of Simon de Montfort, 6th Earl of Leicester. Amaury inherited his father's French properties while his brother Simon inherited the English title of Earl of Leicester.

  1. ^ Revue française d'héraldique et de sigillographie, 1991, Tomes n° 60-61
  2. ^ Lippiatt 2017, p. xvii.