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, 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
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
Simon de Montfort, 6th Earl of Leicester
…of just over a year, Montfort was killed by forces loyal to the king in the Battle of Evesham. Montfort was a younger son of Alix de Montmorency and Simon de Montfort, 5th Earl of Leicester, a French nobleman and leader of a crusade against the Cathars in south-west France. His paternal grandmother was Amicia de Beaumont, the senior…
Plaque commemorating the death of Simon de Montfort