John I of Montfort

John I de Montfort (c. 1228 – 1249), Count of Montfort from 1241 to 1249, was the son of Amaury de Montfort, Count of Montfort, and of Béatrice of Burgundy.^[1] In 1248 he joined Louis IX's crusader fleet.^[2] Once the fleet arrived at Limassol, it was scattered by fierce storms and was forced to wait there to regroup.^[2] John died of sickness, while awaiting the rest of Louis's forces in Cyprus.^[2]

Marriage

In March 1248 he married Jeanne de Châteaudun,^[3] Dame of Château-du-Loir, daughter of Geoffrey VI, Viscount of Châteaudun, and of Clémence des Roches. Their only child was:

Beatrice de Montfort, Countess of Montfort-l'Amaury († 1312), who in 1260 married Robert IV (died 1282), comte de Dreux.^[3]

References

^ Maddicott 1995, p. xxvi.
^ a b c Folda 2005, p. 238.
^ a b Pollock 2015, p. 188.

Sources

Folda, Jaroslav (2005). Crusader art in the Holy Land: from the Third Crusade to the fall of Acre, 1187-1291. Cambridge University Press.
Maddicott, J. R. (1995). Simon de Montfort. Cambridge University Press.
Pollock, M.A. (2015). Scotland, England and France after the Loss of Normandy, 1204-1296, 'Auld Amitie'. The Boydell Press.