Amaury VI de Montfort

Amaury as he appeared in a window of Chartres Cathedral.

Amaury VI de Montfort (1195–1241) was the son of the elder Simon de Montfort and Alice of Montmorency, and the brother of the younger Simon de Montfort.

He participated in the Albigensian Crusade under his father's command. He inherited the County of Toulouse (that his father had taken from Raymond VI of Toulouse as a reward for his role in the Crusade) when his father died; he had to give up the territory to King Louis VIII in 1224. In 1230 Amaury became constable of France, an office previously held by his uncle Mathieu II of Montmorency. In 1239 he participated in the Crusade of 1239 and was taken prisoner after the defeat at Gaza. He was imprisoned in Cairo and was freed in 1241, but died the same year in Otranto while on the journey home. His wife was Beatrice of Burgundy and their son was Jean I de Montfort.

Amaury (or Amalric) was married to Beatrix (1205–1248), daughter of Guigues VI of Viennois, en was the father of:

• Jean (John) I (d. 1249), married to Jeanne (Johanna), Lady of Châteaudun
• Laure (Laura) (d. 1270), married to Fernando (Ferdinand) II, Count of Aumale (1239–1260)
• Marguerite (Margaret), married to Jean (John) III, Count of Soissons
• Adelaide (1220–1280), married to Simon of Nesle (1220–1288)