Jean II de Montfòrt, conte di Squillace e Montescaglioso

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2. JEAN [II] de Montfort (-Foggia [1/3] Dec 1300, bur Foggia, transferred 29 Jun 1305 to Castres). The Lignages d'Outremer name "Johan…conte d'Esquilach et conte chamberlain" as second son of "Phelippe de Monfort" and "la fille au conte d'Ausseure", stating that Jean died without heirs[274], but this confuses Philippe [I] with Philippe [II]. Seigneur de Castres et de la Ferté-Alais. A charter dated 15 May 1295 included in the cartulary of Notre-Dame de la Roche records the partition of property of Montfort and Castro, agreed by "Joannes de Monteforti comes Squllacii et Montis-Caviosi ac regni Siciliæ camerarius, Bernardus de Convenis miles…et domicella Elienore de Monteforti" which names their parents "bonæ memoriæ D Philippi de Monteforti patris et D Joannæ de Leviers matris nostrum predictorum Joannis, Lauræ et Elienoris"[275]. Conte di Squillace e Montescaglioso. Captain-General of Calabria 1299. A fragment written by Bernard Guidonis records the death "Kal Dec" in 1300 of "dominus Johannes de Monte Forti comes Squillaci et Montis Caveosi ac camerarius regni Siciliæ, dominus terræ Albigesii", his burial "Fogia...in ecclesia Fogitana" where he died, and his transfer 29 Jun 1305 "ad conventum Castrensem"[276].

m firstly ISABELLA Maletta, daughter of MANFREDO Maletta & his wife [Filippa di Antiochia]. The primary source which confirms her parentage and marriage has not yet been identified.

m secondly GIOVANNA di Fasanella Signora di Genzano, daughter of PANDOLFO di Fasanella & his wife ---. The primary source which confirms her parentage and marriage has not yet been identified.

m thirdly (Betrothed 11 Jul 1272) as her first husband, MARGUERITE de Beaumont-en-Gâtinais, daughter of PIERRE Seigneur de Beaumont-en-Gâtinais & his second wife Filippa di Ceccano (-Marseille Mar 1307). A charter dated 11 Jul 1272 records the proposed marriages of “Iohannem de Monte forti comitem Squillacensem et Symon fratrem eius” and “nobili quondam Petrum de Bellomonte...duabus filiabus eiusdem Petri...maiore natu [...Iohanni]...et minore natu dicto Symoni”[277]. Her parentage and first marriage are confirmed by the charter dated 1290 under which “Johannes de Monteforti, Squillacii et Montiscanosi comes, ac regni Sicilie camerarius et Margarita uxor mea” confirmed a bequest by “quondam dominus Petrus, dominus Bellimontis…socer noster et pater prefate Margarete” to the abbey of Saint-Antoine[278]. She married secondly ([1303/06]%29 as his second wife, Robert [II] de Dreux Seigneur de Bû [Capet]. Minieri Riccio records the second marriage, citing documents in the Angevin registers at Naples[279]. Assuming that he is correct, Robert [II] presumably married his second wife to reinforce his claim to restoration to Squillace, believing that the previous count’s widow retained some residual right to the county.