Agnes
d'Évreux Agnes
d'ÉvreuxThe sister and heiress of her brother count William of Évreux, Agnes brought the county of Évreux into the possession of the Montfort family.
Date of Birth: Unknown.
Place of
Birth: Unknown.
Date of Death: Unknown.
Place of
Death: Unknown.
Father:
Richard, count of Évreux.
[GND (Orderic) vii, 2-4 (vol. 2, pp. 94-9); GND (Rob.
Tor.) viii, 17 (vol. 2, pp. 232-3)]
Mother:
Godehilde.
[OV v, 13 (vol. 3, pp. 128-9)
states that Agnes was uterine sister of Ralph de Tosny, clearly
confirming that Godehilde was her mother.]
Spouse:
Simon I, d. ca. 1087, lord of Montfort l'Amaury.
[GND (Rob. Tor.) viii, 17 (vol. 2, pp.
232-5); OV v, 13 (vol. 3, pp. 126-9)]
Children:
See the page on her husband Simon
I de Montfort for more details.
Richard, d. ca. 1092, lord of Montfort
l'Amaury, ca. 1089-ca. 1092.
Simon, lord of Montfort l'Amaury, ca.
1092-[1101×1118?].
Amaury, prob. living September 1136, d.
18 or 19 April of an unknown year.
Bertrade, m. (1) Fulk IV, count of Anjou; m (2)
Philip I, king of France.
William, d. 27 August 1101, bishop of
Paris, 1095-1101.
GND = Guillaume de Jumièges, Gesta Normannorum Ducum, as edited in Elisabeth van Houts, ed. & trans., The Gesta Normannorum Ducum of William of Jumièges, Orderic Vitalis and Robert of Torigni, 2 vols., (Oxford, 1992). Citation is by book and chapter of Guillaume's work, with the volume and page number of the edition by van Houts in parentheses. Unless otherwise stated, references are to Guillaume's work, and not to later additions by such authors as Orderic Vitalis and Robert de Torigni.
GND (Orderic) = Additions to GND by Orderic Vitalis.
GND (Rob. Tor.) = Additions to GND by Robert de Torigny.
OV = Marjorie Chibnall, ed. & trans., The Ecclesiastical History of Orderic Vitalis, 6 vols. (Oxford, 1969-80).
Compiled by Stewart Baldwin
First uploaded 7 July 2005.