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Simon de Montfort, 5th Earl of Leicester (c. 1175 – 25 June 1218), known as Simon IV (or V) 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 the great military commanders of the Middle Ages.
When Simon IV de Montfort was born in 1151, in Montfort-l'Amaury, Yvelines, Île-de-France, France, his father, Simon de Montfort III, was 30 and his mother, Mathilde De Beaumont-Le Roger d'Evreaux, was 31. He married Amice De Beaumont Of Leicester in 1165.
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Simon de Montfort, 5th Earl of Leicester ( c. 1175 – 25 June 1218), known as Simon IV (or V) 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 the great military commanders of the Middle Ages.
Surrounded by jealous neighbours, and torn by internal faction, the rescue of the province demanded the best man that could be sent—a soldier, statesman, and diplomatist in one.
May 18, 2018 · Montfort, Simon de, Earl of Leicester (1208–65) French-born leader of a revolt against Henry III of England. Montfort distinguished himself on crusade. Resentful at being forced to cede power in Gascony to the future Edward I, Montfort led the rebel barons in the Barons' War (1263).
Constitutional reformer Simon de Montfort won a great victory at Lewes at the outset of the Second Baron’s War. But Prince Edward crushed him at Evesham in August 1265. This article appears in: September 2015
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Jan 9, 2011 · The career and personality of Simon de Montfort, Earl of Leicester (c. 1208– 1265), the leader of the baronial revolt against King Henry III, provides a striking exemplar of the malleability of historiographical opinion.
