Hugh III de Montfort
Hugh III de Montfort, Lord of Montfort-sur-Risle, was an Anglo-Norman noble.
Hugh was the son of Gilbert de Gant and Alice, Dame de Montfort-sur-Risle. He adopted the name and arms of his mother to inherit the lordship of Montfort-sur-Risle. He joined the baron revolt in Normandy against King Henry I of England in 1122 and was known to be in an English prison in 1123.
Marriage and issue[]
Hugh married Adeline, daughter of Robert de Beaumont, Earl of Leicester and Count of Meulan, and Elisabeth de Vermandois, they are known to have had the following issue:
- Robert II de Montfort, Lord of Montfort-sur-Risle, married Anne de Fougères; had issue
- a daughter who married Guillaume de Saint-Clair; had issue
- a daughter who married Richard FitzRobert, Sire de Creully; had issue
- Waleran de Montfort
- Toustain (or Thurstan) de Montfort, Lord of Beaudésert; had issue.
References[]
Categories:
- 11th-century French people
- 12th-century French people
- Medieval French knights