Simon de Montfort, 5th Earl of Leicester, known as Simon IV de Montfort and as Simon de Montfort the Elder, was a French nobleman and knight of the early 13th century. He is widely regarded as one of
Plaque commemorating the death of Simon de Montfort
Simon de Montfort, 6th Earl of Leicester, 1st Earl of Chester, also known as Simon V de Montfort, was an English nobleman of French origin and a member of the English peerage, who led the baronial opp
Simon de Montfort, 5th Earl of Leicester
…Amaury de Montfort married Beatrix of Viennois, died in 1241 returning from the Barons' Crusade Simon de Montfort, 6th Earl of Leicester, married Eleanor of England, killed at the Battle of Evesham on 4 August 1265 Guy de Montfort, Count of Bigorre, married Petronille, Countess of Bigorre…
Simon de Montfort, in a drawing of a stained glass window found at Chartres Cathedral, c. 1250
Eleanor of England, who married Montfort in 1238, depicted in the early-fourteenth-century Genealogical Roll of the Kings of England
Statue of Montfort on the Haymarket Memorial Clock Tower in Leicester
Site of the Battle of Lewes (1264) in East Sussex, photographed in 2005