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MONTFORT , the name of a famous See also:French See also:family See also:long seated at Montfort 1'Amauri, near See also:Paris, descended from a certain See also:- WILLIAM
- WILLIAM (1143-1214)
- WILLIAM (1227-1256)
- WILLIAM (1J33-1584)
- WILLIAM (A.S. Wilhelm, O. Norse Vilhidlmr; O. H. Ger. Willahelm, Willahalm, M. H. Ger. Willehelm, Willehalm, Mod.Ger. Wilhelm; Du. Willem; O. Fr. Villalme, Mod. Fr. Guillaume; from " will," Goth. vilja, and " helm," Goth. hilms, Old Norse hidlmr, meaning
- WILLIAM (c. 1130-C. 1190)
- WILLIAM, 13TH
William, a descendant of the See also:counts of See also:Flanders, who flourished during the latter See also:part of the loth See also:century, and who built a See also:castle at Montfort 1'Amauri. Until 1209, when See also:Simon IV. took the See also:title of See also:count, William and his successors were known as barons de Montfort. This Simon IV. de Montfort (c. 116o-1218), a son of Simon III. (d. 1181), is chiefly known for the very active part which he took in the crusade against the Albigenses. Twice he went to See also:Palestine as a crusader, and in 1209, answering the See also:call of See also:Pope See also:Innocent III., he joined the See also:host which marched against the enemies of the See also:- CHURCH
- CHURCH (according to most authorities derived from the Gr. Kvpcaxov [&wµa], " the Lord's [house]," and common to many Teutonic, Slavonic and other languages under various forms—Scottish kirk, Ger. Kirche, Swed. kirka, Dan. kirke, Russ. tserkov, Buig. cerk
- CHURCH, FREDERICK EDWIN (1826-1900)
- CHURCH, GEORGE EARL (1835–1910)
- CHURCH, RICHARD WILLIAM (1815–189o)
- CHURCH, SIR RICHARD (1784–1873)
Church in See also:Languedoc. He became vicomte of See also:Beziers and of See also:Carcassonne, and was soon the See also:leader of the crusaders. He took See also:place after place, defeated See also:Raymond VI., count of See also:Toulouse, at See also:Castelnaudary, and about a See also:year later (See also:September 1213) gained a victory over Raymond's ally, See also:- PETER
- PETER (Lat. Petrus from Gr. irfpos, a rock, Ital. Pietro, Piero, Pier, Fr. Pierre, Span. Pedro, Ger. Peter, Russ. Petr)
- PETER (PEDRO)
- PETER, EPISTLES OF
- PETER, ST
Peter II., See also:- KING
- KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
- KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
- KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
- KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
- KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
- KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
- KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
- KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
- KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
- KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
- KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)
king of See also:Aragon, under the walls of Muret. Simon then turned his See also:attention to administering and organizing Languedoc. After a lively discussion in the Lateran See also:Council of 1215, the pope, somewhat reluctantly, confirmed him in the See also:possession of the greater part of the lands of the count of Toulouse, and after two more years of warfare he was killed whilst besieging the See also:city of Toulouse on the 25th of See also:June 1218. The count's eldest son, Amauri de Montfort (1192-1241), was unable to hold his own, although See also:- PHILIP
- PHILIP (Gr.'FiXtrsro , fond of horses, from dn)^eiv, to love, and limos, horse; Lat. Philip pus, whence e.g. M. H. Ger. Philippes, Dutch Filips, and, with dropping of the final s, It. Filippo, Fr. Philippe, Ger. Philipp, Sp. Felipe)
- PHILIP, JOHN (1775-1851)
- PHILIP, KING (c. 1639-1676)
- PHILIP, LANOGRAVE OF HESSE (1504-1567)
Philip See also:Augustus sent some troops to his assistance in 1222. He abandoned his interests in the See also:south of See also:France in favour of the new king See also:- LOUIS
- LOUIS (804–876)
- LOUIS (893–911)
- LOUIS, JOSEPH DOMINIQUE, BARON (1755-1837)
- LOUIS, or LEWIS (from the Frankish Chlodowich, Chlodwig, Latinized as Chlodowius, Lodhuwicus, Lodhuvicus, whence-in the Strassburg oath of 842-0. Fr. Lodhuwigs, then Chlovis, Loys and later Louis, whence Span. Luiz and—through the Angevin kings—Hungarian
Louis VIII., and in 1239 he went on crusade to the See also:Holy See also:Land, dying soon afterwards at See also:Otranto. In 1230 Amauri was made See also:- CONSTABLE (0. Fr. connestable, Fr. connetable, Med. Lat. comestabilis, conestabilis, constabularius, from the Lat. comes stabuli, count of the stable)
- CONSTABLE, ARCHIBALD (1774-1827)
- CONSTABLE, HENRY (1562-1613)
- CONSTABLE, JOHN (1776-1837)
- CONSTABLE, SIR MARMADUKE (c. 1455-1518)
constable of France. Simon IV. had a See also:brother, See also:Guy de Montfort (d. x228), who shared his military exploits both in See also:Asia and in See also:Europe, and who was afterwards employed by Louis VIII. to negotiate with the pope at See also:Rome. He was killed before Vareilles on the 31st of See also:January 1228. In 1294 See also:Yolande (d. 1322), the heiress of the Montforts, married See also:Arthur II., See also:duke of See also:Brittany, and the See also:county of Montfort became part of this duchy. Their son, See also:John, count of Montfort, claimed Brittany in opposition to See also:Charles, count of See also:Blois, and at length secured the duchy. Except for one See also:interval his descendants held it until it was See also:united with the French See also:crown at the end of the 15th century.
See A. See also:Molinier, See also:Catalogue See also:des actes de Simon et d'Amaury de Montfort (1873); and C. Douais, La Soumission de la vicomte de Carcassonne See also:par Simon de Montfort et la croisade contre Raimond VI. (1884).
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