title: Montfaucon
text: # Montfaucon
  
  Montfaucon may refer to:
  
  ## People
  
  * Amadeus II of Montfaucon (1130–1195), lord of Montfaucon and count of Montbéliard
  * Bernard de Montfaucon (1655–1741), French monk, early palaeographer and archaeologist
  * Henry of Montfaucon (before 1318–1367), lord of Montfaucon and count of Montbéliard
  * Stephen of Montfaucon (1325–1397), lord of Montfaucon and count of Montbéliard
  
  ## Places
  
  ### Switzerland
  
  * Montfaucon, Switzerland, in the canton of Jura
  
  ### France
  
  * Montfaucon, Aisne, in the Aisne département
  * Montfaucon, Doubs, in the Doubs département
  * Montfaucon, Gard, in the Gard département
  * Montfaucon, Lot, in the Lot département
  * Montfaucon-d'Argonne, in the Meuse département
  * Montfaucon-en-Velay, in the Haute-Loire département
  * Montfaucon-Montigné, in the Maine-et-Loire département
     * Canton of Montfaucon-Montigné
  
  ## Other uses
  
  * Battle of Montfaucon or Meuse-Argonne Offensive, World War I battle
  * Gibbet of Montfaucon, the gibbet of the kings of France from the 13th century to 1760
  * Montfaucon American Monument, commemorating a World War I victory, in Lorraine, France
  