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Philip of Montfort (d. September 24, 1270, Tunis) was Lord of Castres-en-Albigeois in 1270. He was the son of Philip of Montfort, Lord of Tyre and Eleonore of Courtenay. His coat-of-arms was "Gules, a lion rampant double queued argent, a label of four points azure." September 24 is the 267th day of the year (268th in leap years). ... Jump to: navigation, search For broader historical context, see 1270s and 13th century. ... Castres (Castras in Occitan) is a town and commune of Languedoc in south-western France. ... Jump to: navigation, search For broader historical context, see 1270s and 13th century. ... Philip of Montfort, (d. ...

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He joined the expedition of Charles of Anjou to conquer the Kingdom of Sicily, and he shared command of the first battalion at the Battle of Benevento with Hugh of Mirepoix. He led the Angevin troops into the island of Sicily after Benevento, and helped to put down the revolt that broke out there with the advance of Conradin. On his father's death in March 1270, he succeeded to his French seigneury of Castres, but his father's possessions in Outremer had been granted to his half-brother John of Montfort. He joined the Eighth Crusade and died in Tunis. Charles I (March 1227 (or 1226) - January 7, 1285) was the posthumous (or born ten months before fathers death: sources suggest two possible birth years) son of King Louis VIII of France by Blanche of Castile. ... The following is a list of monarchs of Naples and Sicily: See also: List of Counts of Apulia and Calabria Hauteville Counts of Sicily, 1071-1130 Roger I 1071-1101 Simon 1101-1105 Roger II 1105-1130 Hauteville Kings of Sicily, 1130-1198 Roger II 1130-1154 William I 1154... The Battle of Benevento was fought in Southern Italy on February 26, 1266, where the invading Angevin forces led by Charles, the Count of Anjou, overcame a combined German-Sicilian force led by Manfred of Sicily. ... Angevin is the name applied to three distinct medieval dynasties which originated as counts (from 1360, dukes) of the western French province of Anjou (of which angevin is the adjectival form), but later came to rule far greater areas including England, Hungary and Poland (see Angevin Empire). ... Sicily (Sicilia in Italian) is an autonomous region of Italy and the largest island in the Mediterranean Sea, with an area of 25,700 sq. ... Portrait of Conradin from the Codex Manesse (Folio 7r). ... Outremer, French for overseas, was the general name given the Crusader states established after the First Crusade, especially the Kingdom of Jerusalem. ... The Eighth Crusade was a crusade launched by Louis IX of France, (who was by now in his mid-fifties) in 1270. ...


He married Jeanne de Levis-Mirepoix (d. May 30, 1284) and had three children: May 30 is the 150th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (151st in leap years). ... Jump to: navigation, search // Events War and politics King Charles II of Naples is captured in a naval battle off Naples by Roger of Lauria, admiral to King Peter III of Aragon. ...

  • John of Montfort, Count of Squillace (d. bef. December 1300), married firstly Isabella Maletta, married secondly Giovanna di Fasanella, married thirdly in 1273 Marguerite of Beaumont (d. March 1307, Marseilles)
  • Laure of Montfort (d. bef. December 1300), married Bernard VII of Comminges
  • Eleonore of Montfort (d. aft. May 1338), married before February 1302 John V of Vendôme
  • Jeanne of Montfort (d. 1300), married firstly 1268 Guy VI of Forez (January 19, 1278), married secondly 1278 Louis I of Savoy, Baron de Vaud (d. aft. 1302).

Events Beginning of the Renaissance. ... Jump to: navigation, search For broader historical context, see 1270s and 13th century. ... // Events July - The Knights Hospitaller begin their conquest of Rhodes. ... Marseilles redirects here. ... Jump to: navigation, search Events Ashikaga Takauji granted title of Shogun by the emperor of Japan. ... Events July 11 - Battle of the Golden Spurs (Guldensporenslag in Dutch), major victory of Flanders over the French occupier. ... Jump to: navigation, search For broader historical context, see 1260s and 13th century. ... January 19 is the 19th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... Events August 26 - Ladislaus IV of Hungary and Rudolph I of Germany defeat the Bohemians in the Battle of Marchfield. ... Events August 26 - Ladislaus IV of Hungary and Rudolph I of Germany defeat the Bohemians in the Battle of Marchfield. ... Events July 11 - Battle of the Golden Spurs (Guldensporenslag in Dutch), major victory of Flanders over the French occupier. ...

References

Runciman, Steven (1958) The Sicilian Vespers, Cambridge University Press. ISBN 0-521-43774-1 Sir James Cochran Stevenson Runciman (7 July 1903 - 1 November 2000) was a British historian known for his work on the Middle Ages. ...


See also

Charles I (March 1227 (or 1226) - January 7, 1285) was the posthumous (or born ten months before fathers death: sources suggest two possible birth years) son of King Louis VIII of France by Blanche of Castile. ... The Eighth Crusade was a crusade launched by Louis IX of France, (who was by now in his mid-fifties) in 1270. ... Philip of Montfort, (d. ...

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