Montlhéry

Tour de Montlhéry

Coat of arms

Montlhéry

Location within Île-de-France region

Montlhéry

Coordinates: 48°38′21″N 2°16′20″E / 48.6392°N 2.2722°ECoordinates: 48°38′21″N 2°16′20″E / 48.6392°N 2.2722°E

Country

Montlhéry

Cœur du Hurepoix

Government

• Mayor (2008–2014)

Olivier Besnault

Area¹

3.28 km² (1.27 sq mi)

Population (2006)²

6,731

• Density

2,100/km² (5,300/sq mi)

Time zone

CET (UTC+1)

• Summer (DST)

CEST (UTC+2)

INSEE/Postal code

91425 / 91310

Elevation

64–151 m (210–495 ft)

¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

²Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Montlhéry (French: [mɔ̃.le.ʁi]) is a commune in the Essonne department in Île-de-France in northern France. It is located 26 km (16.2 mi) from Paris.

Inhabitants of Montlhéry are known as Montlhériens.

Montlhéry lay on the strategically important road from Paris to Orléans. Under the Merovingians, it was owned by the church in Reims and in 768 it was given to the abbey of St. Denis in Paris. It was the site of a number of battles between the lords of Montlhéry and the early Capetian monarchy.

The Montlhéry noble house was related to the Montmorency family; Thibaud, the founder of the Montlhéry dynasty, was the brother of Bouchard II, the progenitor of the Montmorency house. Thibaud ruled from 970 to 1031 and was succeeded by his son Guy I, who ruled until 1095. Guy I's children married into other local noble families: his daughter Melisende married Hugh, count of Rethel, and another daughter Elizabeth married Joscelin of Courtenay. Through these marriages and subsequent Montlhéry participation on the First Crusade, Guy I was the ancestor of the ruling dynasties of the crusader Kingdom of Jerusalem and the County of Edessa. Another daughter, Alice, married into the Le Puiset family, and a son, Guy, became count of Rochefort. Guy I was succeeded by Milo I, followed by Milo's sons Guy II and Milo II. In 1118, after many disputes with the rebellious lords, Louis VI of France ordered the castle to be dismantled and turned the town into a royal residence. Louis VI had himself been married to a granddaughter of Guy I, Lucienne of Rochefort, from 1104 to 1107.

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