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Birth:          1060 
Death:          14 Feb 1117 

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bertrade_de_Montfort
Bertrade de Montfort (c. 1070 – 14 February 1117) was a queen consort of France by 
marriage to Philip I of France.

Life[edit]

She was was the daughter of Simon I de Montfort[1] and Agnes, Countess of Evreux. 
Her brother was Amaury de Montfort.

According to the chronicler John of Marmoutier:


The lecherous Fulk then fell passionately in love with the sister of Amaury de Montfort, 
whom no good man ever praised save for her beauty.

Bertrade and Fulk were married,[1] and they became the parents of a son, Fulk, but in 
1092 Bertrade left her husband and took up with King Philip I of France. Philip married 
her on 15 May 1092, despite the fact that they both had spouses living. He was so 
enamoured of Bertrade that he refused to leave her even when threatened with 
excommunication. Pope Urban II did excommunicate him in 1095, and Philip was 
prevented from taking part in the First Crusade. Astonishingly, Bertrade persuaded 
Philip and Fulk to be friends.

According to Orderic Vitalis, Bertrade was anxious that one of her sons succeed 
Philip, and sent a letter to King Henry I of England asking him to arrest her stepson 
Louis. Orderic also claims she sought to kill Louis first through the arts of sorcery, and 
then through poison. Whatever the truth of these allegations, Louis succeeded Philip 
in 1108. Bertrade lived on until 1117; William of Malmesbury says: "Bertrade, still 
young and beautiful, took the veil at Fontevraud Abbey, always charming to men, 
pleasing to God, and like an angel." Her son from her first marriage was Fulk V of 
Anjou who later became King of Jerusalem iure uxoris. The dynasties founded by 
Fulk's sons ruled for centuries, one of them in England (Plantagenet), the other in 
Jerusalem.

Children[edit]

With Fulk IV, Count of Anjou:
Fulk of Jerusalem, Count of Anjou and King of Jerusalem (1089/92–1143)

With Philip I of France:
Philip of France, Count of Mantes (living in 1123)
Fleury of France, Seigneur of Nangis (living in 1118)
Cecile of France (died 1145), married (1) Tancred, Prince of Galilee; married (2) Pons 
of Tripoli

Parents
OF MONTFORT Simon I (ABT 1025 - 1087)
D'EVREUX Agnes (ABT 1030 - )

Siblings
DE MONTFORT Bertrade (1060 - 14 Feb 1117)
DE MONTFORT Amauri III (ABT 1070 - 1137)

Marriage To ____ Fulk (Foulques) IV "Rechin" (1043 - 14 Apr 1109)
    m. ABT 1090 

Notes

Parents
DE CHATEAU-LANDON Geoffrey II "Ferreol" (1000 - 1 Apr 1046)
DE ANJOU Ermengarde (ABT 1018 - 21 Mar 1076)

Children by ____ Fulk (Foulques) IV "Rechin" 1043 - 14 Apr 1109
____ Fulk (Foulques) V "le Jeune" (1092 - 13 Nov 1143)

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