Milo II of Montlhéry was lord of Bray and Montlhéry

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:...

, and viscount of Troyes

Troyes

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. He was the son of Milo I the Great

Milo I of Montlhéry

Milo 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...

 and Lithuise of Blois

Lithuise of Blois

Lithuise of Blois was born in Blois, Centre, Loir-et-Cher, France to Stephen Henry and Adela of Normandy. She is also known as Adela. She was married Milo I of Montlhéry. Their marriage was a result of a treaty negotiated by Lithuise's mother, Adela of Normandy. Milo was to support Adela...

, and younger brother of Guy II of Montlhéry

Guy II of Montlhéry

Guy II Trousseau was lord of Montlhéry. He was the son of Milo I of Montlhéry and Lithuise of Blois, and the elder brother of Milo II of Montlhéry. .Milo had the temperament of a warrior, and went on the First Crusade in 1096...

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He initially held the lordship of Bray-sur-Seine

Bray-sur-Seine

Bray-sur-Seine is a commune in the Seine-et-Marne department in the Île-de-France region in north-central France.-External links:* * *...

, in Champagne

Champagne, France

Champagne is a historic province in the northeast of France, now best known for the sparkling white wine that bears its name.Formerly ruled by the counts of Champagne, its western edge is about 100 miles east of Paris. The cities of Troyes, Reims, and Épernay are the commercial centers of the area...

. In 1105, he attacked his brother's castle of Montlhéry, where his cousin Lucienne de Rochefort

Lucienne de Rochefort

Lucienne de Rochefort was a French crown princess, the first wife of Louis VI of France from 1104-1107. The daughter of Guy de Montlhery and Elizabeth, dame de Crecy, she married Louis in 1104. Lucienne and Louis did not have any children, though, and he repudiated her in 1107, a year before he...

, fiancée of Louis VI of France

Louis VI of France

Louis VI , called the Fat , was King of France from 1108 until his death . Chronicles called him "roi de Saint-Denis".-Reign:...

, lived. He invested the castle, but could not succeed in capturing the donjon. Louis VI

Louis VI of France

Louis VI , called the Fat , was King of France from 1108 until his death . Chronicles called him "roi de Saint-Denis".-Reign:...

 soon arrived to relieve the siege, and Milo was obliged to retire.

On the death of his brother, both he and his cousin Hugh of Crecy asserted their rights to the lordship. Louis VI allotted it to Milo, who in 1113 revolted against him with Thibaut IV of Blois. In 1118 Hugh took revenge for his loss of Montlhéry by having Milo assassinated; Louis VI then made Montlhéry part of the royal domain of France

France

The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...

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