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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 brother at the Battle of Evesham.
Henry of Almain, 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. His surname is derived from a vowel shift in pronunciation of d'Allemagne ; he was so called by the elites of England because of his father's status as the elected German King of Almayne.
2 Nov 1235. Death. 13 Mar 1271 (aged 35) Burial. Westminster Abbey. Westminster, City of Westminster, Greater London, England Add to Map. Plot. shrine holding heart. Memorial ID. 143160188. · View Source. Suggest Edits. Memorial. Photos 2. Flowers 2. Memorials. Region. Europe. England. Greater London. City of Westminster. Westminster Abbey.
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.
His body was buried at Hailes Abbey near Cheltenham. Henry had given property to the Westminster monks to finance lights to burn at the Shrine of St Edward so it seems he had a devotion to the cult of this saintly king. His wife was Constance de Bearn but they had no children.
Apr 26, 2022 · While attending mass at Viterbo on 13 March 1271, he was attacked by his cousins Guy and Simon the younger de Montfort, sons of Simon de Montfort, 6th Earl of Leicester, and killed in revenge for the brutal deaths of their father and older brother at the Battle of Evesham.
Nov 2, 2015 · Their third child was a boy called Henry who was born in Suffolk in 1235. He was murdered thirty-six years later by two of his cousins. Henry, known as Henry of Almain (Allemagne) on account of his father’s links with the Holy Roman Empire had a problem. He was nephew to both Henry III and also via his aunt Eleanor to Simon de Montfort.
