Richard III of Montfaucon

Richard III of Montfaucon was Count of Montbéliard and lord of Montfaucon, the son of Amadeus II. In the German succession dispute he and Stephen II of Auxonne backed the Welf claimant Otto IV against Philip of Swabia. Richard and Walter captured the bishop of Besançon and were excommunicated; a settlement in 1199 lifted the sentence in return for abandoning claims in the Jorat.

Richard later joined Stephen's war against Otto of Merania. He also warred against Count Frederick II of Ferrette, and peace was sealed by the marriage of his son Theodoric III to Frederick's daughter Alix. Richard died in 1227.