de Montibus (Latin), del Monte/da Monte (Italian) or de Monte/de Mont (French) is a topographic byname/surnameIris Shagir, "The Medieval Evolution of By-naming: Notions from the Latin Kingdom of Jerusalem", In Laudem Hierosolymitani (Shagir, Ellenblum & Riley-Smith, eds.), Ashgate Publishing, 2007, pp. 49-59; p.55 literally meaning "from the mountains/mountain". Notable people with the name include:
De Monte Andrea De Monte Dante De Monte Hector de Monte Lambertus de Monte Philippe de Monte Petrus de Monte Libano Pierre de Monte Pietro del Monte Robertus de Monte
De Montibus Ebulo de Montibus or Ebal II de Mont (c.1230 – 1269) English nobleman of Savoy origin Jean Bourgeois de Montibus (fl. 1506), Roman Catholic prelate William de Montibus or William de Monte (d. 1213), theologian and teacher
Other Sometimes the byname included the name or epithet of the mountain in question. Bernard de Monte Alto, Scottish knight Riccoldo da Monte di Croce Eustace de Montaut (de Monte Alto)
See also
Delmont (surname) Delmonte del Monte (surname)
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