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Amicia de Beaumont. Simon de Montfort, 5th Earl of Leicester ( c. 1175 – 25 June 1218), known as Simon IV (or V [a]) 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. [4] [5] [6] He took part in the ...
- c. 1175
- Simon de Montfort
- Cathedral of Saint-Nazaire, Carcassonne, later moved to Montfort l'Amaury
- Amicia de Beaumont
Mar 14, 2024 · Simon IV de Montfort, Seigneur de Montfort-l'Amaury, 5th Earl of Leicester (1160 – 25 June 1218), also known as Simon de Montfort the elder, was a French nobleman who took part in the Fourth Crusade (1202 - 1204) and was a prominent leader of the Albigensian Crusade. He died at the siege of Toulouse in 1218.
- Montfort, Ile-de-France
- circa 1169
- "seigneur de Montfort-l'Amaury"
- Montfort, Yvelines, Ile-de-France, France
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 co-heiress to the Earldom of Leicester and a large estate owned by her brother Robert de Beaumont, 4th ...
- None, title forfeit
- Alix de Montmorency
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When Simon de Montfort 5th Earl of Leicester was born in 1175, in France, his father, Simon IV de Montfort, was 24 and his mother, Amicia de Beaumont, was 33. He married Alix de Montmorency in 1190, in Montfort-l'Amaury, Yvelines, Île-de-France, France. They were the parents of at least 7 sons and 4 daughters.
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- Alix de Montmorency
Simon de Montfort, later Earl of Leicester, (born c. 1208, Montfort, Ile-de-France, France—died Aug. 4, 1265, Evesham, Worcestershire, Eng.), The second son of Simon de Montfort, he gave up Montfort lands in France but revived the family claim to the English earldom of Leicester. His marriage to Henry III’s sister (1238) offended the barons ...
This paper surveys the political career and personal life of Simon de Montfort. Derived largely from the author's biography of Montfort, it lays stress on his initial position as an outsider in English politics whose military abilities, diplomatic usefulness and personal charisma fostered his rise to power at the court of Henry III, but who subsequently fell out with the king and eventually ...
a second sister, Margaret, wife of Saer de Quincy, earl of Winchester. In 1207, the Beaumont lands were divided between the two sisters. Amicia's share descended first to Simon de Montfort, Amicia's son and our Montfort's father, and then to our Montfort's elder brother, Amaury de Montfort. In 1229-30, Simon bought out his brother's claim
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