House of Montfort-Leicester: Difference between revisions

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Cadet branch of the House of Montfort

Coat of Arms
House of Montfort-Leicester
Lords of Montfort, Rochefort-en-Yvelines, Épernon and Houdan
Earls of Leicester
Counts of Montfort

Cadet Branches
House of Montfort-Castres
Lords of Bréthencourt, La Ferté-Alais, Castres and Sidon
Counts of Squillace
Issued from Guy I, 2nd son of Simon IV de Montfort
House of Montfort-Nola
Lords of Kenilworth Castle
Lords and Counts of Nola
Issued from Simon VI de Montfort, 6th Earl of Leicester, younger son of Simon de Montfort, 5th Earl of Leicester
House of Montfort-Brittany
Counts of Montfort-l'Amaury
Earls of Richmond
Dukes of Brittany
Matrilineal branch issued from Beatrice, daughter and heiress of Jean I de Montfort

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 Philippe I de Montfort.svg|[[House of Montfort-Castres]]<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">Lords of Bréthencourt, La Ferté-Alais, Castres and Sidon<br>Counts of Squillace<br>Issued from Guy I, 2nd son of Simon IV de Montfort</span>
-Montfort Leicester.svg|House of Montfort-Nola<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">Lords of Kenilworth Castle<br>Lords and Counts of Nola<br>Issued from Simon VI de Montfort, 6th Earl of Leicester, younger son of Simon de Montfort, 5th Earl of Leicester</span><!-- After the death of Simon V de Montfort, 5th (actually 6th....see above) Earl of Leicester the possessions were divided again with Amaury V retaining French possessions while Simon VI inherited the the English estates. Simon VI would go on to England where he eventually became the leader of the Barons' Revolt and ultimately killed at the Battle of Evesham along with his two eldest sons. His 3rd son would then escape from England and settled in Naples where he became Count of Nola and was succeeded by his daughter Anastasia who would go on to marry Romano di Orsini and transmit the County of Nola to that family. -->
+Montfort Leicester.svg|House of Montfort-Nola<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">Lords of Kenilworth Castle<br>Lords and Counts of Nola<br>Issued from Simon VI de Montfort, 6th Earl of Leicester, younger son of Simon de Montfort, 5th Earl of Leicester</span><!-- After the death of Simon V de Montfort, 5th (actually 6th) Earl of Leicester the possessions were divided again with Amaury V retaining French possessions while Simon VI inherited the the English estates. Simon VI would go on to England where he eventually became the leader of the opposition to Henry III of England during the Second Barons' War and ultimately killed at the Battle of Evesham along with his two eldest sons. His 3rd son would then escape from England and settled in Naples where he became Count of Nola and was succeeded by his daughter Anastasia, Countess of Nola, who would go on to marry Romano di Orsini and transmit the County of Nola to that family. -->
 John IV de Montfort.svg|[[House of Montfort-Brittany]]<br><span style="font-size:88%; line-height: 1.3em;">Counts of Montfort-l'Amaury<br>Earls of Richmond<br>Dukes of Brittany<br>Matrilineal branch issued from Beatrice, daughter and heiress of Jean I de Montfort</span><!-- Beatrice married Robert IV of Dreux, their son inherited Dreux while their daughter Yolande inherited Montfort. Yolande then married her cousin Arthur II of Brittany (Dreux-Brittany branch) and their son Jean/John succeeded his mother starting Montfort-Brittany branch -->
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