1070 - 1117 (47 years)| Name | Bertrade de Montfort | |
| Title | Queen Consort of the Franks | |
| Birth | 1070 | |
| Gender | Female | |
| Notable Quote | The lecherous Fulk then fell passionately in love with the sister of Amaury de Montfort, whom no good man ever praised save for her beauty | |
| Religion | Bertrade, still young and beautiful, took the veil at Fontevraud Abbey, always charming to men, pleasing to God, and like an angel | |
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Church - Abbey Fontevraud (Cloitre Grand Moutier) Fontevraud Abbey was founded by the itinerant reforming preacher Robert of Arbrissel, who had just created a new order, the Order of Fontevrault. The first permanent structures were built between 1110 and 1119. Philippa of Toulouse persuaded her husband William IX, Duke of Aquitaine to grant Robert of Abrissel land in Northern Poitou to… |
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| Death | 14 Feb 1117 | |
| Person ID | I3942 | A Tree Called Smith |
| Last Modified | 21 Jul 2025 | |
| Family 1 | King of the Franks Philippe Capet, I, b. 23 May 1053, Champagne, Dordogne, Aquitaine, France  d. 29 Jul 1108, Melun, Seine-et-Marne, Île-de-France, France (Age 55 years) | |
| Marriage | 15 May 1092 [1] | |
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_Bertrade and Philip Bertrade de Montfort (c. 1070 – 14 February 1117) was Queen of France by her marriage to Philip I of France. Initially married to Fulk IV, Count of Anjou, she left him and married Philip. Later she founded a daughter house of Fontevraud Abbey at Haute-Bruyeres. Philip was so enamoured of Bertrade that he refused to leave her even when threatened… |
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| Family ID | F3053 | Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Last Modified | 21 Jul 2025 | |
| Family 2 | Count of Anjou Fulk de Anjou, IV, b. 30 Apr 1043, Anjou, Isère, Rhône-Alpes, France d. 14 Apr 1109, Anjou, Isère, Rhône-Alpes, France (Age 65 years) | |||
| Marriage | 1089 | |||
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| Family ID | F2663 | Group Sheet | Family Chart | ||
| Last Modified | 21 Jul 2025 | |||
| Old World | | _Bertrade and Philip Bertrade de Montfort (c. 1070 – 14 February 1117) was Queen of France by her marriage to Philip I of France. Initially married to Fulk IV, Count of Anjou, she left him and married Philip. Later she founded a daughter house of Fontevraud Abbey at Haute-Bruyeres. Philip was so enamoured of Bertrade that he refused to leave her even when threatened… |
| _Bertrade de Montfort Bertrade de Montfort was the daughter of Simon I de Montfort and Agnes of Evreux. Her brother was Amaury de Montfort. In 1089, Bertrade and Fulk, Count of Anjou were married, and they became the parents of a son, Fulk. In 1092 she left her husband to live with King Philip I of France. Philip married her on 15 May 1092, despite the fact that they… |
| Places | | Church - Abbey Fontevraud (Cloitre Grand Moutier) Fontevraud Abbey was founded by the itinerant reforming preacher Robert of Arbrissel, who had just created a new order, the Order of Fontevrault. The first permanent structures were built between 1110 and 1119. Philippa of Toulouse persuaded her husband William IX, Duke of Aquitaine to grant Robert of Abrissel land in Northern Poitou to… |
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