John I of Montfort
{{Short description|French nobleman}}
{{ infobox noble
| name = John I de Montfort
| image = Jean I de Montfort.jpg
| caption = Seal of John I de Montfort
| noble family = House of Montfort
| father = Amaury de Montfort
| mother = Béatrice of Burgundy
| spouse = Jeanne de Châteaudun
| issue = Beatrice, Countess of Montfort
| birth_date = 1228
| birth_place = France
| death_date = 1249 (aged 21)
| death_place = Cyprus
}}
John I de Montfort ({{c.}} 1228 – 1249), Count of Montfort from 1241 to 1249, was the son of Amaury de Montfort, Count of Montfort, and of Béatrice of Burgundy.{{sfn|Maddicott|1995|p=xxvi}} In 1248 he joined Louis IX's crusader fleet.{{sfn|Folda|2005|p=238}} Once the fleet arrived at Limassol, it was scattered by fierce storms and was forced to wait there to regroup.{{sfn|Folda|2005|p=238}} John died of sickness, while awaiting the rest of Louis's forces in Cyprus.{{sfn|Folda|2005|p=238}}
Marriage
In March 1248 he married Jeanne de Châteaudun,{{sfn|Pollock|2015|p=188}} Dame of Château-du-Loir, daughter of Geoffrey VI, Viscount of Châteaudun, and of Clémence des Roches. Their only child was:
- Beatrice de Montfort, Countess of Montfort-l'Amaury († 1312), who in 1260 married Robert IV (died 1282), comte de Dreux.{{sfn|Pollock|2015|p=188}}
References
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Sources
- {{cite book |title=Crusader art in the Holy Land: from the Third Crusade to the fall of Acre, 1187-1291 |first=Jaroslav |last=Folda |publisher=Cambridge University Press |year=2005 }}
- {{cite book |title=Simon de Montfort |first=J. R. |last=Maddicott |publisher=Cambridge University Press |year=1995 |author-link=John Maddicott}}
- {{cite book |title=Scotland, England and France after the Loss of Normandy, 1204-1296, 'Auld Amitie' |first=M.A. |last=Pollock |publisher=The Boydell Press |year=2015 }}
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