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About Adeline de Montfort

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Hugues [II] & his second wife had three children:

  1. ROBERT [I] de Montfort-sur-Risle (-before 1111). Guillaume de Jumièges names (in order) "Hugues le troisième et Robert son frère" as children of "Hugues le second" & his (unnamed) second wife, specifying that both died childless on pilgrimage[2593]. "…Robert de Montfort…" witnessed the undated charter under which Robert III Duke of Normandy donated property to Saint-Etienne de Caen[2594]. His properties were confiscated after he was accused of treason in 1107. He was in Durazzo in 1108[2595]. Henry II King of England confirmed the possessions of the abbey of Bec, including donations by "Roberti de Monte Forti…Adeline sororis ipsius Roberti", by charter dated to [1181/89][2596].
  2. HUGUES [III] de Montfort-sur-Risle (-before 1100). Guillaume de Jumièges names (in order) "Hugues le troisième et Robert son frère" as children of "Hugues le second" & his (unnamed) second wife, specifying that both died childless on pilgrimage[2597]. Lord of Haughley. m ---. The name of Hugues's wife is not known. Hugues [III] & his wife had two children:
  3. ADELINE de Montfort-sur-Risle . She is named as wife of Guillaume by Orderic Vitalis, who also names her father and specifies that the couple were childless[2598]. Henry II King of England confirmed the possessions of the abbey of Bec, including donations by "Roberti de Monte Forti…Adeline sororis ipsius Roberti", by charter dated to [1181/89][2599]. m GUILLAUME de Breteuil Seigneur d'Ivry, son of WILLIAM FitzOsbern Earl of Hereford & his first wife Adelisa de Tosny (-Bec 12 Jan [1103], bur Monastery of Lire).
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