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Simon VI de Montfort (April 1240 – 1271), known as Simon de Montfort the Younger, was the second son of Simon de Montfort, 6th Earl of Leicester and Eleanor of England. His father and his elder brother Henry were killed at the Battle of Evesham in August 1265.
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.
Apr 25, 2021 · Simon de Montfort "the Younger" was born near Brindis, Italy about April, 1240 while his mother awaited her husband's return from the crusade. He died in 1271. Simon's father and brother were killed at the Battle of Evesham. Simon arrived at Evesham in time to see his father's head mounted on a spear.
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The Second Barons' War (1264–1267) was a civil war in England between the forces of a number of barons led by Simon de Montfort against the royalist forces of King Henry III, led initially by the king himself and later by his son, the future King Edward I.
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Apr 26, 2022 · Simon de Montfort "the younger" or Simon VI de Montfort (April 1240 – 1271) was the second son of Simon de Montfort, 6th Earl of Leicester and Eleanor of England. His father and his elder brother Henry were killed at the Battle of Evesham in August 1265.
- April 1240
- 1271 (30-31)Siena, Toscana, Italy
- Apúlia, Braga, Portugal
- Edward Leo Neary
On 7 January 1238, Simon de Montfort secretly married Eleanor of England, the sister of King Henry III. The couple had seven children: Henry de Montfort, Simon de Montfort the Younger, Amaury de Montfort, Guy de Montfort, Count of Nola, Joanna, Richard de Montfort and Eleanor de Montfort Princess of Wales.
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Simon de Montfort the Younger arrived in Evesham just in time to see his father’s head on a pike. Prince Edward had effectively saved his cousin from the wrath of the royalists. In 1268 Henry, took the cross with his royal cousin Edward who would become King Edward I of England.
