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  1. Bertrade. Simon I of Montfort or Simon de Montfort ( c. 1025 – 25 September 1087) was a French nobleman. He was born in Montfort l'Amaury, near Paris, and became its lord. He was the son of Amaury I de Montfort [1] and Bertrade. At his death he was buried about 20 miles (32 km) away in Épernon, because it was the site of the fortress he was ...

  2. Feb 17, 2023 · Simon de Montfort (c. 1170–1218). Le croisé, son lignage et son temps, ed. Martin Aurell, Gregory Lippiatt and Laurent Macé (Histoires de famille. La Parenté au Moyen Age 21). Turnhout: Brepols, 2020. Pp. 286. ISBN 978 2 503 58224 5.

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  4. Occupation. Soldier and statesman. Simon de Montfort, 6th Earl of Leicester ( c. 1208 – 4 August 1265), later sometimes referred to as Simon V [nb 1] de Montfort to distinguish him from his namesake relatives, was an English nobleman of French origin and a member of the English peerage, who led the baronial opposition to the rule of King ...

  5. 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 ...

  6. dmu .ac .uk. De Montfort University Leicester ( DMU) is a public university in the city of Leicester, England. It was established in accordance with the Further and Higher Education Act in 1992 as a degree awarding body. The name De Montfort University was taken from Simon de Montfort, a 13th-century Earl of Leicester .

    • Excellence and Zeal
    • Leicester, England
    • 29,000 (2019/20)
    • Latin: Excellentia et studium
  7. Mar 20, 2014 · Montfort effectively ruled England for a little over a year, until he was killed and his forces defeated by a royalist army at Evesham in 1265. Although the baronial government was the greatest assault on royal authority before the seventeenth -century Civil War, it has not made a comparable impact on the public consciousness.

  8. Apr 2, 2021 · The title of Sophie Ambler’s cross-over biography, The Song of Simon de Montfort, is a double allusion that is well chosen. First, it refers to the Chanson de Roland and other romances which, as Ambler explains in her introduction, were part of the atmosphere of heroic chivalry which swirled around the aristocracy of the kingdom of France and ...

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