Imaginative gravure of Mathieu II de Montmorency from 1788.
Matthew II orMathieu II (died 24 November 1230), calledthe Great orthe Great Constable, was lord of Montmorency from 1189 andConstable of France from 1218 to 1230.
Matthew replaced the fallenAlbéric Clément asMarshal of France at the siege of Acre during theThird Crusade.[3] After his safe return from the Holy Land, he participated in the French conquest of Normandy byPhilip Augustus, where he distinguished himself during the siege ofChâteau Gaillard in 1204.[4] He played a vital role in theBattle of Bouvines in 1214,[4] where he captured twelve enemy banners (in memory of this feat, the shield of Montmorency includes an additional twelve eagles or sixteen altogether instead of four previously[5]).
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