Montfort County
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Was a county of the Holy Roman Empire.
Establishment
February 962: Montfort County is mentioned for the first time in 961.
Chronology
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The Frankish Kingdom was partitioned and reuinited several times as the Frankish rulers used to divide their territories equally among their heirs. This lead also to a number of wars and revolts.
1.1.Incoronation of Otto I
East Frankish King Otto I was crowned first Holy Roman Emperor.
Were a series of conflicts between the Kingdom of England and the Kingdom of France that spanned more than a century (with interruptions) from 1337 to 1453. The immediate causes of the conflicts were the English possessions in France which were at the same time vassals of the French Kingdom, as well as disputed claims to the French throne between the English House of Plantagenet and the French royal House of Valois. At the end of the war Englans lost all its possessions in France with the exception of the city of Calais.
2.1.War of the Breton Succession
Was a conflict between the Counts of Blois and the Montforts of Brittany for control of the Sovereign Duchy of Brittany, then a fief of the Kingdom of France. The conflict became also a proxy war between England and France.
June 1341: John de Montfort settled in Nantes, the capital of the Duchy of Brittany, and seized the ducal treasury at Limoges.
August 1341: Jean de Montfort carried out a great ride in his duchy to secure control of the strongholds (Rennes, Malestroit, Vannes, Pontivy, Hennebont, Quimperlé, La Roche-Piriou, Quimper, Brest, Saint-Brieuc, Dinan and Mauron).
October 1341: Battle of Champtoceaux: John of Montfort, the leader of one faction, was made prisoner.
May 1342: Battle of Quimperlé.
May 1342: Meanwhile the French took Rennes.
June 1342: Battle of Quimperlé.
June 1342: The Siege of Hennebont in 1342 was part of the Breton War of Succession. The town was defended by Jeanne de Clisson and her husband Olivier de Clisson against the forces of Charles of Blois, who claimed the Duchy of Brittany. The siege was ultimately unsuccessful, with the town holding out until the arrival of reinforcements.
July 1342: The Siege of Hennebont in 1342 was part of the Breton War of Succession. The town was defended by Jeanne de Clisson and her husband Olivier de Clisson against the forces of Charles of Blois, who was supported by the French crown. The siege ended with the town successfully holding out and the territory going to Montfort County.
September 1342: Battle of Morlaix.
October 1342: Battle of Morlaix.
January 1343: Siege of Vannes.
January 1345: Victorious siege of the city of Quimper by Charles of Blois in 1344.
June 1345: Battle of Cadoret.
June 1346: Battle of Saint-Pol-de-Léon.
July 1346: Battle of Saint-Pol-de-Léon.
August 1352: Battle of Mauron.
April 1354: Battle of Montmuran.
May 1354: Battle of Montmuran.
July 1357: Siege of Rennes.
September 1364: Battle of Auray.
April 1365: In 1365, under the first Treaty of Guérande, the king of France recognized John IV, the son of John of Montfort, as duke of Brittany.
January 1172: Montfort County goes to Tübingen by marriage.
January 1181: Vorarlberg, Liechtenstein, part of eastern Switzerland and other territories become the core of the domain of the Montfort Counts.
January 1229: Establishment of the Werdenberg County by descendandts of the counts of Montfort.
January 1276: Lindau is declared a Free Imperial City.
January 1287: Wangen is declared a Free Imperial City.
January 1376: Feldkirch is acquired by the Habsburgs.
January 1438: The county of Sargans signs a treaty of association with Glarus and Schwyz.
January 1452: The Elder line of Montfort sold its territories to Austria.
January 1524: The Montfort younger line sold to Austria.
Disestablishment
January 1566: In 1565 Count Ulrich sold the county to his brother-in-law Johann Jakob von Königsegg as the last count of the Tettnang-Rothenfels-Tettnang line.
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