Guy I of Montlhéry
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Guy I was the second lord of Bray and the second lord of Montlhéry
. He was probably the son of Thibaud of Montmorency, but some sources say that his father was named Milo. Thibaud may instead have been his grandfather.
He married Hodierna of Gometz, daughter of William, lord of Gometz. They had seven children:
Guy died in 1095, the same year Pope Urban II
launched the First Crusade
. Many of his descendants had illustrious careers in the Holy Land
, through the Montlhéry, Courtenay, and Le Puiset branches of his family.
Montlhéry
Montlhéry is a commune in the Essonne department in Île-de-France in northern France. It is located from Paris.Inhabitants of Montlhéry are known as Montlhériens.-History:...
. He was probably the son of Thibaud of Montmorency, but some sources say that his father was named Milo. Thibaud may instead have been his grandfather.
He married Hodierna of Gometz, daughter of William, lord of Gometz. They had seven children:
- Milo I the GreatMilo I of MontlhéryMilo I the Great was lord of Montlhéry from 1095 until his death. He was the son of Guy I of Montlhéry and Hodierna of Gometz.The identify of his first wife is unknown. His second wife was Lithuise, daughter of Stephen, Count of Blois...
, (also called Milon I) lord of Monthléry, married Lithuaise, sister of Stephen of Blois. - Melisende of Montlhéry, married Hugh I, count of Rethel, mother of Baldwin II of JerusalemBaldwin II of JerusalemBaldwin II of Jerusalem , formerly Baldwin II of Edessa, also called Baldwin of Bourcq, born Baldwin of Rethel was the second count of Edessa from 1100 to 1118, and the third king of Jerusalem from 1118 until his death.-Ancestry:Baldwin was the son of Hugh, count of Rethel, and his wife Melisende,...
(died 1118) - Elizabeth of Montlhéry, married Joscelin, lord of Courtenay, mother of Joscelin I, Count of EdessaJoscelin I, Count of EdessaJoscelin of Courtenay , Prince of Galilee and Lord of Turbessel and Count of Edessa , ruled over the County of Edessa during its zenith, from 1118 to 1131...
- Guy II the Red (died 1108), lord of RochefortRochefort-en-YvelinesRochefort-en-Yvelines is a commune in the Yvelines department in the Île-de-France in north-central France.-References:*...
- Beatrice of Rochefort, married Anseau of Garlande (1069–1117)
- Hodierna of Montlhéry, married Walter of Saint-Valéry
- Alice of Montlhéry (also called Adele & Alix) (1040–1097), married Hugh I, lord of Le PuisetLe PuisetLe Puiset is a commune in the Eure-et-Loir department in northern France.-Population:-Medieval lordship:In the Middle Ages it was the site of a lordship within the County of Blois and Chartres. The lords descended from the counts of Breteuil, and often also held the position of viscount of Chartres...
(1035–1094)
Guy died in 1095, the same year Pope Urban II
Pope Urban II
Pope Urban II , born Otho de Lagery , was Pope from 12 March 1088 until his death on July 29 1099...
launched the First Crusade
First Crusade
The First Crusade was a military expedition by Western Christianity to regain the Holy Lands taken in the Muslim conquest of the Levant, ultimately resulting in the recapture of Jerusalem...
. Many of his descendants had illustrious careers in the Holy Land
Holy Land
The Holy Land is a term which in Judaism refers to the Kingdom of Israel as defined in the Tanakh. For Jews, the Land's identifiction of being Holy is defined in Judaism by its differentiation from other lands by virtue of the practice of Judaism often possible only in the Land of Israel...
, through the Montlhéry, Courtenay, and Le Puiset branches of his family.