Amaury VI of Montfort

Who was Amaury VI of Montfort?

Amaury VI de Montfort was the son of the elder Simon de Montfort and Alice of Montmorency, and the brother of the younger Simon de Montfort.

Amaury participated in the Albigensian Crusade under his father's command. He inherited the County of Toulouse when his father died, he had to give up the territory to King Louis VIII in 1224. In 1230 Amaury became Constable of France, an office previously held by his uncle Mathieu II of Montmorency. In 1239 he participated in the Crusade of 1239 and was taken prisoner after the defeat at Gaza. He was imprisoned in Cairo and was freed in 1241, but died in Otranto that same year while on the journey home.

Amaury was married to Beatrix, daughter of Guigues VI of Viennois, and was the father of:

Jean I, married to Jeanne, Lady of Châteaudun

Laure, married to Fernando II, Count of Aumale

Marguerite, married to Jean III, Count of Soissons

Adelaide, married to Simon of Nesle