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| | Simon de Montfort, 6th Earl of Leicester - Open Encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03) |
 | | He was the younger son of Simon de Montfort, a French nobleman, and Amicia de Beaumont. |
 | | The king's son, the future King Edward I of England at first sympathised with Simon's cause, but later the two became enemies, and the Provisions of Oxford, which the king had sworn to uphold, were broken at the behest of the Pope in 1261. |
 | | De Montfort has given his name to various English institutions, such as De Montfort University and De Montfort Hall, both in Leicester. |
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