Hugh of Montfort

Also known as: Hugh · Role: knight · First appears: A.D. 1123

Life events

1123 · Waleram, Hamalric, Hugh, and William rebelled against Henry and held their castles against him.(A.D. 1123 · 📍 Normandy)
- With: King Henry Waleram of Mellent Hamalric William of Romare
- “And much hostility arose betwixt him and his thanes; so that the Earl Waleram of Mellent, and Hamalric, and Hugh of Montfort, and William of Romare, and many others, went from him, and held their castles against him.”
1123 · Henry won Hugh’s castle of Montfort.(A.D. 1123 · 📍 Montfort)
- With: King Henry
- “and of Hugh that of Montfort;”
1124 · Henry's forces captured Waleram, Hugh the son of Gervase, and Hugh of Montfort, and imprisoned them.(A.D. 1124–1126 · 📍 Rouen)
- With: Waleram Hugh the son of Gervase
- “Then came against them the king's knights from all the castles that were thereabout, and fought with them, and put them to flight, and took the Earl Waleram, and Hugh, the son of Gervase, and Hugh of Montfort, and five and twenty other knights, and brought them to the king. And the king committed the Earl Waleram, and Hugh, the son of Gervase, to close custody in the castle at Rouen; but Hugh of Montfort he sent to England, and ordered him to be secured with strong bonds in the castle at Glocester.”

enemies with King Henry “And much hostility arose betwixt him and his thanes; so that the Earl Waleram of Mellent, and Hamalric, and Hugh of Montfort, and William of Romare, and many others, went from him, and held their castles against him.”

with King Henry (interaction) “but Hugh of Montfort he sent to England, and ordered him to be secured with strong bonds in the castle at Glocester.”

Extracted from the original text of The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle. Made with Rho MD.