Amaury III DE MONTFORT, Comte d'Evreux
- Born: Montfort-l'Amaury, Yvelines, Ile-de-France, France
- Married (1): Abt 1115
- Married (2): Bef 1127
- Died: 18/19 Apr 1137/8, Évreux, Eure, Haute-Normandie, France
- Buried: Abbaye de Haute-Bruyère, Saint-Rémy-l'Honoré, Yvelines, Île-de-France, France
 Research Notes:
His parentage is recorded by Orderic Vitalis.
He succeeded his brother after [1104] as Seigneur de Montfort-l'Amaury. Orderic Vitalis records that, after the death of his maternal uncle Guillaume "Crespin" Comte d'Evreux, Amaury claimed the succession but Henry I King of England "took the county of Evreux into his own hands" because he "had forfeited the king's favour by his effrontery". He led a major rebellion and captured the town of Evreux. King Henry besieged the castle but the two parties were reconciled by King Henry's nephew Thibaut Comte de Blois, when Amaury succeeded as Comte d'Evreux.
The necrology of Saint-Père-en-Vallée records the death "19 Apr" of "Amauricus princeps de Monteforti". The necrology of Haute-Bruyère lists members of the Montfort family who are buried in the abbey, starting with "conte Amaury…qui premier fonda l'eglise, dou fil le conte Simon le Chauf qui gist a Evreux". 1
Marriage Information:
Amaury married Richildis DE HAINAUT, daughter of Cte Baudouin II DE HAINAUT and Alix (Ida) DE LOUVAIN, about 1115. (Richildis DE HAINAUT was born about 1095 in Hainault, Belgium and died after 1118.)
Marriage Notes:
Divorced in 1118.
Marriage Information:
Amaury also married Agnès DE GARLANDE, heiress of Rochefort & Gournay, daughter of Anseau I DE GARLANDE, Seneschal of France, and Béatrice DE MONTLHÉRY, Dame de Rochefort, before 1127. (Agnès DE GARLANDE was born in Rochefort-en-Yvelines, Yvelines, Ile-de-France, France and died after 1136 in Gournay-sur-Marne, Seine-et-Marne, Ile-de-France, France.)
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