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    Simon de Montfort, 6th Earl of Leicester

    Anglo-Norman nobleman who led a rebellion against King Henry III of England

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  1. May 15, 2024 · The term ‘First English Revolution’ was coined by Adrian Jobson in his The First English Revolution: Simon de Montfort, Henry III and the Barons’ War (London, 2012), whence A. Jobson, ed., Baronial Reform and Revolution in England, 1258–1267 (Woodbridge, 2016), and S.T. Ambler, The Song of Simon de Montfort: England’s First Revolutionary and the Death of Chivalry (London, 2019).

  2. 2 days ago · The rebel leader Simon de Montfort (l. c. 1208-1265 CE) captured Henry and made himself the most powerful man in the kingdom in 1264 CE. Fortunately for Henry, his son Edward raised an army and defeated de Montfort at Evesham in 1265 CE.

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  4. 4 days ago · It was built by that all-powerful noble, Simon de Montfort, Earl of Leicester, in 1245; but in the thirtieth year of Henry III. it was granted by the king to Peter of Savoy (from whom it took its name), uncle of his queen, Eleanor of Provence, according to Pennant, "on condition of yielding yearly at the Exchequer three barbed arrows for all ...

  5. 2 days ago · Simon de Montfort, who fought a successful rearguard action during the withdrawal, was furious with the King's incompetence and told Henry that he should be locked up like the 10th-century Carolingian king Charles the Simple. The Poitou rebellion collapsed and Henry entered into a fresh five-year truce.

  6. 2 days ago · When Robert de Ferrers, 6th Earl of Derby, came to the assistance of the baronial forces, Edward negotiated a truce with the Earl. Edward later broke the terms of the agreement. He then captured Northampton from Simon de Montfort the Younger before embarking on a retaliatory campaign against Derby's lands.

  7. 2 days ago · The death of Simon de Montfort at the Battle of Evesham in 1265. Disagreements between the barons and the king intensified. The barons, under Simon de Montfort, 6th Earl of Leicester, captured most of southeast England in the Second Barons' War. At the Battle of Lewes in 1264, Henry and Prince Edward were defeated and taken prisoner.

  8. 4 days ago · Yet, like Maddicott's study of Simon de Montfort's following a decade ago, Morris's study of the Bigod following now suggests that such links were remarkably limited. How we should therefore see local government in this period is a matter of debate to which Morris has made a valuable contribution.

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