Amaury, Count of Valenciennes

Amaury (Amulric) (died after 973), was a tenth century count with territory in Hainaut, possibly a Count of Valenciennes.

He is known from very few records, and most that has been published about him is speculative.

2 p. 72) that Emperor Otto I created the March of Valenciennes in the late 940s/early 950s and appointed a separate count from that of Hainaut.

It has also been speculated that after the disgrace of Reginar III in 958, Godfrey I, Duke of Lower Lorraine first received the County of Hainaut, which included the cities of Valenciennes and Mons, then when Godfrey died in 964, Amaury was appointed Count of Valenciennes.

[citation needed] Amaury is the possible father of Guillaume de Montfort of Hainaut.