Montfort

Montfort can refer to:

Feudal fiefs and houses

• House of Montfort, a French noble house, extinct in the 14th century
• Lords, counts and dukes of Montfort-l'Amaury, fief originally held by the House of Montfort
• House of Montfort-Brittany, descendants in the female line, reigning house of the Duchy of Brittany in the 14th and 15th centuries
• Counts of Montfort (Swabia), German noble dynasty in medieval Swabia
• Baron Montfort, English peerage 1295–1367, British peerage 1741–1851

People

House of Montfort-l'Amaury

• Amaury de Montfort, several individuals, including:
• Amaury III de Montfort (died 1137), Lord of Montfort l'Amaury and Count of Évreux
• Amaury de Montfort (died 1241) (1195–1241)
• Amaury de Montfort (priest) (1242–1301)
• Bertrade de Montfort (c.1059–1117), Queen of France
• Guillaume de Montfort, several individuals, including:
• Guillaume de Montfort of Hainaut
• Guillaume de Montfort (bishop of Paris)
• Guy de Montfort, several individuals, including:
• Guy de Montfort, Lord of Sidon (died 1228)
• Guy de Montfort, Count of Bigorre (died 1220)
• Guy de Montfort, Count of Nola (1244–c.1288)
• Henry de Montfort (1238–1265)
• Philip of Montfort, Lord of Castres (?–1270)
• Philip of Montfort, Lord of Tyre (?–1270)
• Richard de Montfort (c.1066–1092), Lord of Montfort l'Amaury
• Simon de Montfort, several individuals, including:
• Simon I de Montfort (c.1025–1087), Lord of Montfort l'Amaury
• Simon II de Montfort (c.1068–1101), Lord of Montfort l'Amaury
• Simon de Montfort, 5th Earl of Leicester (1160–1218), Lord of Montfort l'Amaury
• Simon de Montfort, 6th Earl of Leicester (1208–1265), pioneer of parliamentary representation

House of Montfort-sur-Risle

• Peter de Montfort (died 1265), descendant of Hugues II de Montfort-sur-Risle
• William de Montfort (second half of the 13th century), English medieval canon law scholar, singer, churchman, and university chancellor; son of Peter de Montfort

Swabian house of Montfort

• Hugo von Montfort (1357–1423), Austrian minstrel
• Johanna Katharina von Montfort (1678-1759), consort and later regent of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen

Other

• Amicie de Montfort (before 1210–1253), French noblewoman
• Louis de Montfort (1673–1716), French priest and saint
• Maxime Monfort (born 1983), Belgian cyclist
• Nick Montfort (fl. 1999–2016), contemporary poet
• Pierre Denys de Montfort (1766–1820), French naturalist
• Matthew Montfort (fl. 1978), guitarist of Ancient Future
• Montfort Stokes (1762–1842), U.S. Senator

Education

• De Montfort University, a university in Leicester, England
• Montfort Secondary School, a Catholic schools in Singapore
• Montfort Junior School, a Catholic schools in Singapore
• Montfort School, Yercaud, a boarding school in Yercaud, Tamil Nadu, India
• Montfort School, Kolathur, a secondary school in Salem District, Tamil Nadu, India
• Montfort Senior Secondary School, a Catholic school in New Delhi, India
• Montfort College, a Catholic school in Chiang Mai, Thailand
• The De Montfort School, a high school and middle school in Evesham, England
• Montfort-Gymnasium Tettnang, a school for higher education in Tettnang, Germany

Places

Canada

• Montfort Hospital, a hospital in Ottawa, Canada
• Montfort, a community in the municipality of Wentworth-Nord, Quebec

France

• Monfort, in the Gers département
• Montfort, Alpes-de-Haute-Provence, in the Alpes-de-Haute-Provence département
• Montfort, Doubs, in the Doubs département
• Montfort, Isère, in the Isère département on the road between Grenoble and Chambéry – part of the commune of Lumbin
• Montfort, Maine-et-Loire, in the Maine-et-Loire département
• Montfort, Pyrénées-Atlantiques, in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques département
• Montfort-en-Chalosse, in the Landes département
• Montfort-l'Amaury, in the Yvelines département
• Montfort-le-Gesnois, in the Sarthe département
• Montfort-sur-Argens, in the Var département
• Montfort-sur-Boulzane, in the Aude département
• Montfort-sur-Meu, in the Ille-et-Vilaine département
• Montfort-sur-Risle, in the Eure département
• Château de Montfort, a castle in the Dordogne département.

Israel

• Montfort (castle), crusader castle in western Galilee

Netherlands

• Montfort, Netherlands, a town in Limburg
• Montfoort, a town in Utrecht

United Kingdom

• Fry's Island, also known as De Montfort Island, in the River Thames

United States

• Montfort, Wisconsin, a village

Other

• De Montfort Hall, a music and performance venue in Leicester, United Kingdom
• De Montfort Park, a football stadium complex in Hinckley, United Kingdom
• Simon de Montfort's Parliament, an early English parliament

See also

• Amaury de Montfort (disambiguation)
• Monforte (disambiguation)
• Montford (disambiguation)
• Monteforte, a surname
• Mont Fort, a mountain
• Mountford
• Mountfort
• Fort Mountain, a mountain
• Hillfort or mountain fort