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Montfort - LoveToKnow 1911 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03) |
 | | MONTFORT, the name of a famous French family long seated at Montfort l'Amauri, near Paris, descended from a certain William, a descendant of the counts of Flanders, who flourished during the latter part of the 10th century, and who built a castle at Montfort l'Amauri. |
 | | The count's eldest son, Amauri de Montfort (1192-124r), was unable to hold his own, although Philip Augustus sent some troops to his assistance in 1222. |
 | | 1322), the heiress of the Montforts, married Arthur II., duke of Brittany, and the county of Montfort became part of this duchy. |
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