Hugues de Montfort-sur-Risle (van Gent), seigneur de Montfort-sur-Risle

Curator (dvb) Note: this Hugues is sometimes known as Hugues IV de Montfort-sur-Risle although he is the son of Gilbert van Gent. He took his mothers name when he inherited the seignuery of Montfort-sur-Risle. His mother Alix was half sister of Hugues III, son of Hugues II and his unknown 2nd wife, son of Hugues 1er “cum barba”.

Vital Statistics

• Son of Gilbert van Gent and Alice (Alix) de Montfort-sur-Risle.
• lord of Montfort-sur-Risle (inherits his mother's property and takes the name of his maternal line)
• Died after 1147.
• Neither FMG nor Burke's Peerages give a birth date, birth location, confirmed death date or death location.
• That he died after 1147 is known because of a document donating property to Saint-Ymer-en-Auge.
• Documents related to the donation of the church of Saint-Ymer-en-Auge to the abbey of Bec mention his sons Robert and Waleran and his daughter Adelina.

Sources and Notes Fm fmgMedlands

HUGUES van Gent, son of GILBERT van Gent & his wife Alix de Montfort-sur-Risle (-after [1147]). Guillaume of Jumièges names “quartum Hugonem” as the son of “Giselbertus de Ganz” by his wife “secundum Hugonem...filiam”[1805]. He adopted his mother's name and succeeded her as Seigneur de Montfort-sur-Risle. He rebelled against Henry I King of England in Sep 1123, with his brothers-in-law Waléran de Meulan, Hugues de Châteauneuf and Guillaume Louvel. He rejected peace terms proposed by the king, was disinherited and imprisoned in England[1806]. "Hugo de Monteforti filius Gisleberti de Gant" donated property with the consent of "Gaufridi Normannorum ducis et filii eius Henrici…Haelina uxore mea et filiis meis Roberto et Valeranno" to Saint-Ymer-en-Auge by charter dated to [1145 or 1147], which also refers to donations by "Hugonis avi mei"[1807].

m ([1120]%29 ADELINE de Beaumont, daughter of ROBERT de Beaumont-le-Roger Comte de Meulan, Earl of Leicester & his wife Elisabeth de Vermandois [Capet]. Guillaume of Jumièges records that “quartum Hugonem” married “Adelinam filiam Roberti comitis Mellenti” by whom he had “filium suum primogenitum Robertum et alios”[1808]. Orderic Vitalis names her as one of the three sisters of Waleran Comte de Meulan, whom he married to Hugues de Montfort[1809]. "Hugo de Monteforti filius Gisleberti de Gant" donated property with the consent of "…Haelina uxore mea et filiis meis Roberto et Valeranno" to Saint-Ymer-en-Auge by charter dated to [1145 or 1147], which also refers to donations by "Hugonis avi mei"[1810]. Arnoul Bishop of Lisieux declared the donation of the church of Saint-Ymer to the abbey of Bec by undated charter which names "Hugo de Monteforti et Robertus filius eius et Adelina uxor eius"[1811]. Hugues [IV] & his wife had three children:

1. ROBERT de Montfort (-1178). Guillaume of Jumièges records that “quartum Hugonem” married “Adelinam filiam Roberti comitis Mellenti” by whom he had “filium suum primogenitum Robertum et alios”[1812]. "Hugo de Monteforti filius Gisleberti de Gant" donated property with the consent of "…Haelina uxore mea et filiis meis Roberto et Valeranno" to Saint-Ymer-en-Auge by charter dated to [1145 or 1147][1813]. Arnoul Bishop of Lisieux declared the donation of the church of Saint-Ymer to the abbey of Bec by undated charter which names "Hugo de Monteforti et Robertus filius eius et Adelina uxor eius"[1814]. "Robertus de Monteforti" confirmed the donations of his predecessors to Saint-Ymer-en-Auge on leaving for Jerusalem, by undated charter[1815]. "Robertus de Monteforti" confirmed donations of "Hugo pater meus" to Saint-Ymer-en-Auge by charter dated 1160[1816]. The Red Book of the Exchequer records enfeoffments in the duchy of Normandy in [1172], "Robertus de Monteforti" with five knights "de honore de Caucainville" and 33 knights in his own service[1817]. Robert of Torigny records the death in 1178 of "Robertus de Monte Forti" and the succession of "Hugo filius eius natu de sorore Radulfi de Fulgeriis"[1818].

m CLEMENCE de Fougères, daughter of HENRI Seigneur de Fougères & his wife Olive de Penthièvre (-1194 or after). Robert of Torigny records that "Robertus de Monte Forti" married "sorore Radulfi de Fulgeriis"[1819]. A charter dated 1189 records the right of the abbey of Bec-Hellouin to choose the priest for the church of Saint-Ymer "in die…sepulture Roberti iuvenis de Monteforti fratris Hugonis de Monteforti" at the request of "matris sue Clementie", naming "Robertus pater suus"[1820]. "Clemens de Monteforti" donated property to Saint-Ymer by charter dated 1194[1821]. Robert & his wife had two children: a) HUGUES de Montfort (-after 1189). Robert of Torigny records the death in 1178 of "Robertus de Monte Forti" and the succession of "Hugo filius eius natu de sorore Radulfi de Fulgeriis"[1822]. A charter dated 1189 records the right of the abbey of Bec-Hellouin to choose the priest for the church of Saint-Ymer "in die…sepulture Roberti iuvenis de Monteforti fratris Hugonis de Monteforti" at the request of "matris sue Clementie", naming "Robertus pater suus"[1823]. b) ROBERT de Montfort (-before 1189). A charter dated 1189 records the right of the abbey of Bec-Hellouin to choose the priest for the church of Saint-Ymer "in die…sepulture Roberti iuvenis de Monteforti fratris Hugonis de Monteforti" at the request of "matris sue Clementie", naming "Robertus pater suus"[1824].

2. WALERAN de Montfort (-after [1147]). "Hugo de Monteforti filius Gisleberti de Gant" donated property with the consent of "…Haelina uxore mea et filiis meis Roberto et Valeranno" to Saint-Ymer-en-Auge by charter dated to [1145 or 1147][1825].

3. --- de Montfort ([1125/40]-). Robert of Torigny records the death in 1175 of "Richardus filius comitis Gloecestriæ" and the succession of "Philippus filius eius natus ex sorore Roberti de Monte Forti"[1826]. m RICHARD of Gloucester, son of ROBERT Fitzroy Earl of Gloucester & his wife Mabel [Sibylle] FitzRobert ([1120/25]-1175). He succeeded his mother as Seigneur de Creully.

• Hugh IV De Montfort born abt 1076 Of Warwickshire, England

father:

• Gilbert De Gand (Gaunt) born Abt 1048 Of Alost, Flanders, Belgium died 1094 buried Bardney, Lincolnshire, England

mother:

• Alice De Mountfort born Abt 1050 Of, Flanders, France

siblings:

• Felia De Gaunt born Abt 1070 Of Folkingham, Lincolnshire, England Henry de Gaunt born about 1072 Folkingham, Lincolnshire, England Ralph de Gaunt born about 1074 Folkingham, Lincolnshire, England
• Emma de Gaunt born about 1071 Folkingham, Lincolnshire, England buried before 1135 Geoffrey de Gaunt born about 1080 Folkingham, Lincolnshire, England Matilda de Gaunt born about 1082 Folkingham, Lincolnshire, England Robert de Gaunt born about 1084 Folkingham, Lincolnshire, England died 1153 Gilbert de Gaunt born about 1086 Folkingham, Lincolnshire, England died before 1094
• Alice de Gaunt born Abt 1088 Of Folkingham, Lincolnshire, England
• Walter de Gaunt born Abt 1092 Of Folkingham, Lincolnshire, England died 1139

spouse:

• Adeline De Beaumont born Abt 1060 Of Millent, Warwickshire, England married Abt 1088 Of, Millent, Warwickshire, England

children:

• Thurstane De Montfort born Abt 1089 Of, , Warwickshire, England Robert De Mountfort born Abt 1098 Of Warwickshire, England died Abt 1170 Adeline De Mountfort born Abt 1102 Of Warwickshire, England

biographical and/or anecdotal:

http://www.mathematical.com/montforthughde1062.html

http://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/NORMAN%20NOBILITY.htm#_Toc172613568

http://homepage.mac.com/james_keller/WC55/WC55_005.HTML

So, apparently it goes like this:

THURSTAN de Bastembourg

-son, Hugh (I) de Montfort

-grandson, Hugh (II) de Montfort (fought at Hastings, 1066, accompanied Conqueror to England and made Constable of England, retired 1088, became a monk, but not before fathering

-greart grandaughter, ALICE de Montfort-sur-Risle. She married GILBERT de GANT, and their son

- Hugo (IV) adopted the name De Montfort.

Not sure why Hugo IV jumps straight back to Simon, who as yet I have not discovered a connection to.