Montfort, Adelsgeschlecht#

Montfort, noble family named after their ancestral seat at Goetzis (Vorarlberg); founded by Hugo von M. (d. 1235), a son of Hugo von Tuebingen (d. 1182), who had founded the town of Feldkirch. In 1258 the family split into the lines of M.-Feldkirch (until 1390), M.-Bregenz (until 1338) and M.-Tettnang-Bregenz (until 1536); a younger Tettnang branch died out in 1787. The huge family property fell to the Habsburgs, their red standard became the coat of arms of Vorarlberg.

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