Montfort

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Montfort can refer to:

Contents 1 Feudal fiefs and families 2 Schools 3 Areas 3.1 French communes

[edit] Feudal fiefs and families

• Montfort of Brittany, reigning ducal house of the duchy of Brittany in 14th and 15th century; and their predecessors:
  • French counts of Montfort-l'Amaury
• counts of Montfort, a feudal county in Alpine Swabia, southern Germany, and its ruling house, originally county of Bregenz
• Simon de Montfort, 6th Earl of Leicester, a magnate and rebel in 13th century England, and his namesake father, and their family

[edit] Schools

• Montfort Secondary School & Montfort Junior School are both closely-related Catholic schools in Singapore.
• Montfort School, Yercaud, a school in Yercaud, a hill station in Salem District, Tamil Nadu, India, founded in 1917.
• Montfort Senior Secondary School, a catholic school based in New Delhi
• Montfort College, a catholic school in Chiang Mai, Thailand. It is a member of Thailand's St.Grabriel Group of school.

[edit] Areas

• Montfort, a town in Limburg, the Netherlands
• Montfoort, a town in Utrecht, the Netherlands
• Montfort (castle), a Crusader castle in western Galilee, Israel. Note that the above mentioned Dutch town also has a (undefeated) castle, which was the southernmost defence of the Dutch Guelders duchy. The castle is now a ruin.

[edit] French communes

• Montfort, Alpes-de-Haute-Provence, in the Alpes-de-Haute-Provence département
• Montfort, Doubs, in the Doubs département
• Montfort, Maine-et-Loire, in the Maine-et-Loire département
• Montfort, Pyrénées-Atlantiques, in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques département
• Montfort-en-Chalosse, in the Landes département
• Montfort-l'Amaury, in the Yvelines département
• Montfort-le-Gesnois, in the Sarthe département
• Montfort-sur-Argens, in the Var département
• Montfort-sur-Boulzane, in the Aude département
• Montfort-sur-Meu, in the Ille-et-Vilaine département
• Montfort-sur-Risle, in the Eure département

• Monfort, in the Gers département