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Death The murder of Henry by the de Montforts While attending mass at the Chiesa di San Silvestro (also called the Chiesa del Gesù ) in Viterbo on 13 March 1271, Henry was murdered by his cousins Guy and Simon de Montfort the Younger , sons of Simon de Montfort, 6th Earl of Leicester , in revenge for the beheading of their father and older ...
Henry's murder is the source of Dante Alighieri's "Divine Comedy" over fourty years after Henry's death. Henry was the husband of Constance of Moncada, the daughter of Gaston VII of Montcada, Viscount of Bearn. They were married 05 May 1269 at Windsor Castle, but had no children.
He died in a Sicilian prison. Henry's murder is mentioned by Dante Alighieri, who took it upon himself to place Guy de Montfort in the seventh circle of hell in his masterpiece, The Divine Comedy, which was written at least 40 years after Henry's death.
The deed is mentioned by Dante Alighieri, who took it upon himself to place Guy de Montfort in the seventh circle of hell in his masterpiece, The Divine Comedy, which was written at least 40 years after Henry's death.
The heart of Henry of Almayne (or Almain) (born 1235), son of Richard Earl of Cornwall and King of Germany and nephew of Henry III, was preserved in a golden heart shrine (cup or vase) within a cavity on the south step of the Shrine of St Edward the Confessor in Westminster Abbey.
Henry of Almain ( Anglo-Norman: Henri d'Almayne; 2 November 1235 – 13 March 1271), also called Henry of Cornwall, was the eldest son of Richard, Earl of Cornwall, afterwards King of the Romans, by his first wife Isabel Marshal.
Apr 26, 2022 · The deed is mentioned by Dante Alighieri, who took it upon himself to place Guy de Montfort in the seventh circle of hell in his masterpiece, The Divine Comedy, which was written at least 40 years after Henry's death. Henry was buried at Hailes Abbey.
