Milo I of Montlhéry

Milo I the Great (died 1102) was lord of Montlhéry from 1095 until his death. He was the son of Guy I of Montlhéry and Hodierna of Gometz.^[1]

The identify of his first wife is unknown. His second wife was Lithuise de Blois, Vicomtesse de Troyes, daughter of William Busac, Count of Soissons (c. 1084 - 1118).^[2]

Milo and Lithuise had at least nine children:

• Guy III Trousseau, lord of Monthléry^[3]
• Thibaut
• Milo II (died 1118), lord of Montlhéry and Bray-sur-Seine, viscount of Troyes^[4]
• Adelaide
• Elizabeth (Isabella) of Montlhéry, married Thibaut of Dampierre. Their son was Guy I of Dampierre.^[5]
• Emmeline of Montlhéry (died 1121), married Hugh II Bardoul, lord of Broyes
• Renaud of Montlhéry, Bishop of Troyes (1121-1122)
• Marguerite, married Manasses, Viscount of Sens.

Milo joined the Lombard contingent during the second wave of the First Crusade around 1100 together with his brother Guy II. It is not known whether he fled Antioch along with his son Guy.

See also

The Houses of Montlhéry and Le Puiset

Notes

1. Housley 2007, p. 33.
2. Kagay, Vann 1998, p. 276.
3. Hurlock, Oldfield 2015, p. 14.
4. Suger 1992, p. 176.
5. Riley-Smith 1997, p. 248.

References

• Kagay, Donald J.; Vann, Theresa M. (1998). On the Social Origins of Medieval Institutions: Essays in Honor of Joseph F O'Callaghan. Brill.
• Housley, Norman (2007). Knighthoods of Christ:Essays on the History of the Crusades and the Knights Templar. Ashgate Publishing Limited.
• Hurlock, Kathryn; Oldfield, Paul (2015). Crusading and Pilgrimage in the Norman World. The Boydell Press.
• Suger, (Abbot of St. Denis) (1992). Cusimano, Richard; Moorhead, John, eds. The Deeds of Louis the Fat. Catholic University Press.
• Riley-Smith, Johathan (1997). The First Crusaders, 1095-1131. Cambridge University Press.