Beatrice, Countess of Montfort

Beatrice de Montfort
suo jure Countess of Montfort-l'Amaury Countess of Dreux Countess of Braine
Spouse(s)	Robert IV of Dreux, Count of Dreux, Braine and Montfort-l'Amaury
Issue
Marie of Dreux Yolande de Dreux, Queen of Scotland John II of Dreux, Count of Dreux and Braine Jeanne of Dreux, Countess of Braine Beatrice of Dreux, Abbess of Pont-Royal Robert of Dreux, Seigneur of Chateau-du-Loire
Noble family	House of Montfort
Father	Jean I de Montfort, Count of Dreux
Mother	Jeanne, Dame de Chateaudun
Born	December 1248/1249 France
Died	9 March 1312

Beatrice de Montfort, Countess of Montfort-l'Amaury (c. December 1248/1249 – 9 March 1312) was the wife of Robert IV of Dreux, Count of Dreux (1241 – 12 November 1282), and the ancestress of the Dukes of Brittany from the House of Montfort-Dreux which derived its name from her title.

Contents 1 Family 2 Marriage 2.1 Issue 3 Death 4 Ancestry 5 Notes 6 References

Family

Beatrice was born sometime between December 1248 and 1249, the only child of Jean I de Montfort, Count of Dreux and Jeanne, Dame de Chateaudun. Her paternal grandparents were Amaury VI, Count of Montfort and Beatrice of Burgundy, and her maternal grandparents were Geoffrey VI, Viscount de Chateaudun and Clémence des Roches. Her great- grandfather Simon de Montfort, 5th Earl of Leicester was a prominent leader of the Albigensian Crusade.

In 1249, Beatrice's father died in Cyprus, while participating in the Seventh Crusade, leaving her mother a widow. In 1251, Jeanne married secondly Jean de Brienne, Grand Butler of France, by whom she had a daughter Blanche de Brienne, Baroness Tingry (1252–1302) who married William II de Fiennes, Baron of Tingry.^[1]

Jeanne died sometime after 1252, leaving her two daughters as her co-heiresses.

Marriage

Beatrice was married to Robert IV of Dreux, Count of Dreux, Braine and Montfort-l'Amaury in 1260, when she was about eleven years old. He was the son of John I of Dreux, Count of Dreux and Braine, and Marie de Bourbon. The marriage produced six children. Robert inherited the titles of Dreux and Braine following the death of his father in 1249, and after his marriage succeeded to the title of de Montfort by right of his wife.

Issue

• Marie of Dreux (1261/62–1276), in 1275 married Mathieu de Montmorency.
• Yolande de Dreux (1263–1323), married firstly on 15 October 1285 King Alexander III of Scotland, and secondly in 1292 Arthur II, Duke of Brittany. By her second husband she was the mother of seven children.
• John II of Dreux (1265–1309), Count of Dreux and Braine. Fought at the Battle of the Golden Spurs. He married firstly Jeanne de Beaujeu, Dame de Montpensier (died 1308), by whom he had four sons and one daughter. In 1308, he married secondly Perrenelle de Sully, by whom he had a daughter Jeanne II, Countess of Dreux (1309–c. 1355).
• Jeanne of Dreux, Countess of Braine, married firstly Jean IV de Roucy, and secondly John of Bar.
• Beatrice of Dreux, Abbess of Pont-Royal (1270–1328)
• Robert of Dreux, seigneur of Chateau-du-Loire.

Death

Beatrice died on 9 March 1312 at the age of sixty-three. She was buried in the Abbaye de Haute- Bruyère.^[2] Duke John V of Brittany and French Queen consort Anne of Brittany were included amongst her notable descendants.

Ancestry

Ancestors of Beatrice, Countess of Montfort

Simon III de Montfort               Simon de Montfort, 5th Earl of Leicester                       Amicia de Beaumont               Amaury VI de Montfort                             Bouchard III de Montmorency               Alix de Montmorency                       Laurence of Hainault               Jean I de Montfort                                   Hugh III, Duke of Burgundy               André Guigues VI, Dauphin of Viennois                       Béatrice of Albon, Countess of Albon and Dauphine of Viennois               Beatrice of Burgundy                             Rainon I de Sabran               Beatrix de Sabran                       Garsende de Forcalquier               Beatrice de Montfort                                         Hughes V, Viscount of Chateaudun               Geoffrey VI, Viscount of Chateaudun                       Jeanne de Preuilly               Geoffrey VI, Viscount de Chateaudun                             Ursion II, Seigneur de Fréteval               Alix de Fréteval                       Gracia, Dame de Faye               Jeanne, Dame de Chateaudun                                   Baudoin des Roches               William des Roches, Seneschal of Anjou                       Alix de Châtellerault               Clémence des Roches                             Robert de Sablé               Marguerite de Sablé                       Clémence de Mayenne

Notes

References

• Douglas Richardson, Kimball G. Everingham, and David Faris, Plantagenet Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families, Royal Ancestry series, p. 155, Genealogical Publishing Co., Baltimore, Maryland, 2004
• Charles Cawley Medieval Lands

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Name	Beatrice, Countess Of Montfort
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