MONTFORT, Bertrade of

1059 - 1117  (58 years)

 Set As Default Person

• Name	MONTFORT, Bertrade of  [1]
  Birth	1059	Île-de-France, France   [1]
  Gender	Female
  Differentiator	Bertrade, a daughter of Simon I de Montfort, was the center of one of the major scandals of her time. Married to count Fulk IV of Anjou, she was carried off in 1092 by king Philippe I of France, who married her (illegally, as she was still married to Fulk). After years of disputes with the church, which included putting France under an interdict, Philippe finally agreed to have no relations with Bertrade, in 1104. Bertrade continued to use the title of queen, but retired to a monastery after Philippe\'s death in 1108.
  Royalty & Nobility	Queen Consort of the Franks
  Death	14 Feb 1117	Fontevrault, Maine-et-Loire, Pays de la Loire, France   [1]
  Person ID	I2227	My Genealogy | Laviolette Ancestry, Laviolette Ancestry
  Last Modified	4 Feb 2024

  
  

  Father	DE MONTFORT, Simon I,   b. 1025   d. 1087 (Age 62 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Living
  Relationship	natural
  Family ID	F1823	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	ANJOU, Fulk IV of,   b. 1043, Anjou, Isère, Rhône-Alpes, France d. 14 Apr 1109, Anjou, Isère, Rhône-Alpes, France (Age 66 years)
  Children	+ 1. ANJOU, King of Jerusalem, Count of Anjou, Count of Maine Foulques V le Jeune Count of,   b. 1092, Anjou, Isère, Rhône-Alpes, France d. 10 Nov 1143, `Akko, Hazafon, Israel (Age 51 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
  Family ID	F680	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	4 Feb 2024

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 1059 - Île-de-France, France Death - 14 Feb 1117 - Fontevrault, Maine-et-Loire, Pays de la Loire, France  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

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  Documents

  Bertrade de Montfort - Wikipedia

  
  

• Notes

  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.

  
  

• Sources

  [S1578] Ancestry Family Trees, (Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com. Original data: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members.;), Database online. Record for Foulques V "le Jeune" De Anjou, King of Jerusalem http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=pubmembertrees&h=2061563999&indiv=try