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	Simon de Montfort, 6th Earl of Leicester - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Simon de Montfort, 6th Earl of Leicester (1208 – August 4, 1265) was the principal leader of the baronial opposition to king Henry III of England.
		Simon de Montfort returned in 1263, at the invitation of the barons, who were now convinced of the king's hostility to all reform; and raised a rebellion with the avowed object of restoring the form of government which the Provisions had ordained.
		De Montfort sent out representatives to each county and to a select list of boroughs, asking each to send two representatives (this was not the first parliament in England, but what distinguished it was that de Montfort insisted the representatives be elected).
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Simon_de_Montfort,_6th_Earl_of_Leicester (2108 words)

	SIMON DE MONTFORT - LoveToKnow Article on SIMON DE MONTFORT (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Simon IV., whose mother was an heiress of the Beaumont family, claimed in her right, and received from King John, the earldom of Leicester (1207), only to lose it again through espousing the French side in the wars between that sovereign and Philip Augustus.
		The young Simon, of whose youth and education nothing is recorded, came to England in 1230 and attached himself to Henry III., obtaining with the consent of his sole surviving brother Amauri a re-grant of the family earldom.
		Montfort, who had remained in England to prepare for the uarst, at once resumed the war, and thus exposed himself to accusations of perjury, from which ~he can only be defended on the hypothesis that he had been led to hope for a genuine compromise.
	www.1911encyclopedia.org /M/MO/MONTFORT_SIMON_DE.htm (1382 words)

	Encyclopedia: Simon de Montfort, 6th Earl of Leicester
		Simon de Montfort Simon de Montfort, 5th Earl of Leicester, also Simon IV de Montfort (1160 â€“ June 25, 1218) was a French nobleman who took part in the Fourth Crusade (1202 - 1204) and was a prominent leader of the Albigensian Crusade.
		Amaury VI de Montfort (1195-1241) was the son of the elder Simon de Montfort and Alice of Montmorency, and the brother of the younger Simon de Montfort.
		De Montfort University (DMU) is one of two universities situated in the city of Leicester, England; the other institution of higher education being University of Leicester.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Simon-de-Montfort%2C-6th-Earl-of-Leicester (4611 words)

	Simon de Montfort, 6th Earl of Leicester (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Simon de Montfort 6th Earl of Leicester (1208 - August 4 1265) was the principal leader of the baronial opposition to king Henry III of England.
		He was the younger son of Simon de Montfort a French nobleman and Amicia de His mother was senior co-heiress to the of Leicester and a large estate in but king John of England would never allow anyone who already property in France to take ownership of an estate in England.
		A memorial to Simon de Montfort stands the park in Evesham in a place believed to be where the High Altar of Evesham Abbey was located and a Stone Cross the nearby Churchyard the Stone Cross being from the park.
	www.freeglossary.com /Simon_de_Montfort,_6th_Earl_of_Leicester (606 words)

	Henry de Montfort - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Henry de Montfort (November 1238 - 1265) was the son of Simon de Montfort, 6th Earl of Leicester, and with his father played an important role in the struggle of the barons against King Henry III.
		Henry's father, Simon de Montfort, had traveled from his home in France to England in 1229 to reclaim the estate of his father, Simon de Montfort, 5th Earl of Leicester.
		Though he became his brother-in-law, the younger Simon de Montfort led a revolt against Henry III in a conflict to become known as the Second Barons' War.
	www.sevenhills.us /project/wikipedia/index.php/Henry_de_Montfort (550 words)

	Simon De Montfort 6th Earl Of Leicester (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		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.
		Nowadays Simon is known as the father of the House of Commons.
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		Simon de Montfort, the Earl of Leicester, led a dispute by the Barons against King Henry III in the 13th Century.
		De Montfort sought to widen his support by summoning a Parliament to which he invited Knights of the shires and Burgesses as well as the Barons.
		Simon de Montfort was eventually killed by Henry’s son, Prince Edward, at the Battle of Evesham in 1265.
	www.explore.parliament.uk /Parliament.aspx?id=10050&glossary=true (160 words)

	Vampire: Simon de Montfort (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		De Montfort seems to be motivated by a fanatical (and sometimes slightly paranoid) hatred of tyranny and oppression.
		Simon de Montfort was born on the 22nd of October 1208 at Montfort l'Amaury in the Kingdom of France.
		Harry de Montfort, taken for his father, was buried by their altar by the monks of Evesham, removed to unconsecrated ground on the orders of the Crown, and eventually returned to the abbey at the direction of the Pope.
	www.alphalink.com.au /~evill/vampire/simon.html (3721 words)

	CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Simon de Montfort
		Simon (IV) de Montfort was descended from the lords of Montfort l'Amaury in Normandy, being the second son of Simon (III), and Amicia, daughter of Robert de Beaumont, third Earl of Leicester.
		Simon, content with the Norman estates he had inherited from the de Montforts and the de Beaumonts, remained in France, where in 1208 he was made captain-general of the French forces in the Crusade against the Albigenses.
		Simon's interest in England was shown by his efforts to dissuade Louis of France from invading England in July, 1216, in which matter he was seconded, though fruitlessly, by the legate Gualo.
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	BBC - History - Simon de Montfort's Revolt 1264 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Simon de Montfort, Earl of Leicester, arrived in England from Normandy in 1231, and was married to Henry III's sister, Eleanor, in 1238.
		However, the king's continued mismanagement of royal finances led to de Montfort's disaffection and the summoning of a council in 1244, where financial officers were elected by the barons to supervise royal activities and spending.
		De Montfort called a parliament - under an extended franchise -, but his personal greed and the treatment of royalists around the country did not endear the Earl to many other barons.
	www.bbc.co.uk /history/timelines/britain/mid_montforts.shtml (337 words)

	Simon de Montfort and the Baronial Crisis
		Simon de Montfort and the Baronial Crisis of 1258-65
		At the beginning of the baronial movement, Simon was merely one of many dissatisfied barons, and could hardly have been regarded as their "leader." As a result, no strictly contemporary account casts Simon as the sole leader, or even as one of the more prominent leaders in 1258.
		Simon was an old man, capable of risking his life for his cause; Gilbert was still young and had many years in which to prosper or perish.
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	:: Simon IV de Montfort @ Gothic Paris :: (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Though Simon de Montfort was considered a brave and courageous man, it is not for his fighting abroad that he is best known, but rather for his fighting against other Frenchmen as the leader of the Albigensian Crusade.
		Simon IV was buried at the Monastery of Haute-Bruyere.
		Simon's oldest son, Amaury was unable to maintain the stronghold his father had established in the south and is generally depicted as being a less able soldier and leader than was his father.
	www.nku.edu /~providenti/paris/bios/simon.html (1367 words)

	Simon de Montfort Biography / Biography of Simon de Montfort Biography Biography
		Simon de Montfort, born in Normandy, was the fourth and youngest son of Simon de Montfort IV and Alice de Montmorency.
		In 1236 Simon was seneschal at the coronation of the Queen, and 2 years later he married Eleanor, the sister of Henry III and widow of William Marshall, Earl of Pembroke.
		Simon's contributions to English constitutional development were not so much in the actions of his life as in their symbolism for later reformers.
	www.bookrags.com /biography-simon-de-montfort (808 words)

	Simon de Montfort, 6th Earl of Leicester (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Simon de Montfort, 6th Earl of Leicester (1208 - August 4, 1265) was the principal leader of the baron ial opposition to king Henry III of England.
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		De Montfort University Leicester Rowing Club Club for novices and experts, races across UK, connected with Leicester RC, and Leicester University BC.
	www.serebella.com /encyclopedia/article-Simon_de_Montfort,_6th_Earl_of_Leicester.html (902 words)

	Edward I and Simon de Montfort
		The leader of the faction opposing Henry was his brother-in-law Simon de Montfort, a strongly religious man with traces of democratic ideas which must have horrified his more conservative foes.
		Later in 1265 Henry's son Edward defeated Simon de Montfort at the Battle of Evesham.
		Simon died and Edward became de facto ruler, although he wasn't crowned until his father's death in 1273.
	www.britainexpress.com /History/Henry_III_and_Edward_I.htm (625 words)

	Simon De Montfort (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The elder Simon de Montfort was a renowned soldier.
		Simon IV inherited the Earldom of Leicester though his mother, Amicie de Beaumort, sister of Robert de Leicester.
		During a Languedocien Uprising in 1218, Simon IV was killed at the Siege of Toulouse, leaving three sons behind: Amaury, Guy and Simon V. Amaury and Guy fought on in the Albigensian Crusade, only to loose all of their southern lands.
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	SIMON DE MONTFORT (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Simon de Montfort (V.) war der Schwager des englischen Königs Heinrich III.
		Er war der Sohn von Simon de Montfort (IV.), des militärischen Führers des Kreuzzuges gegen die Albigenser in den Jahren 1209 bis 1218.
		Simon de Montfort (Sohn) wuchs mittellos in Frankreich auf, es gelang ihm aber Eleonore, die Schwester des Königs Heinrich III.
	www.toonorama.com /encyclopedia/S/Simon_de_Montfort (219 words)

	Britannia: Sources of British History
		Simon de Montfort, the illustrious earl of Leicester, and the barons, having assembled their forces from all quarters, and collected troops, both of the Londoners, whose army had increased to fifteen thousand men, and of men from other parts in countless numbers, marched thither with great impetuosity and courage.
		And so the army and line of battle were arranged, and a speech of great persuasiveness was made to the soldiers by their general, Simon de Montfort, by which all were encouraged, and prepared to fight for their country with every feeling of security.
		And the names of the nobles who were wounded and taken prisoners were as follows: Guy de Montfort, son of the earl of Leicester John Fitz-John, Henry de Hastings, Humphrey de Peter de Montfort the younger, Bohun the younger, John de Vescy, and Nicholas de Segrave.
	www.britannia.com /history/docs/simondem.html (1100 words)

	Simon de Montfort
		Montfort was an attractive man with a title, and several women showed an interest in him.
		Henry also valued Montfort's abilities as a military commander, and in 1248 sent him to take control of Gascony, one of the last areas in France that was still part of the English empire.
		Simon de Montfort had few men used to arms; the royal party was large, having assembled the greatest warriors in England...
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	Simon de Montfort
		Simon de Montfort, son of the infamous leader of the Albigensian Crusade, was born in Northern France probably in 1208.
		Simon defeated Henry III at the battle of Lewes but his attempts to rule through Henry as a puppet king alienated many of his supporters and Simon de Montfort, earl of Leicester, died for his cause at the Battle of Evesham on August 4th 1265, surrounded by his implacable enemies.
		Whatever position is taken on Simon de Montfort, "father of parliaments" or "greedy opportunist", his importance as a key figure in one of the most troubled periods of English history is recognised around the world.
	www.simondemontfort.org (542 words)

	Simon de Montfort - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Two notable men bore the name of Simon de Montfort or Simon de Montford in the middle ages:
		Simon de Montfort, 5th Earl of Leicester (1160 - 1218), a French nobleman, achieved prominence in the Fourth Crusade and in the Albigensian Crusade.
		Simon de Montfort, 6th Earl of Leicester (1208 - 1265), the son of the above, a powerful English baron, led a revolt against King Henry III of England.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Simon_de_Montfort (143 words)

	Definition of Simon de Montfort, 6th Earl of Leicester
		His paternal grandmother was Amicia de Beaumont, the senior co-heiress to the Earldom of Leicester and a large estate in England, but king John of England would never allow anyone who already held property in France to take ownership of such an estate in England.
		Edward Longshanks' forces defeated and killed de Montfort during the Barons' War at the Battle of Evesham in 1265, his body being mutilated, eviscerated and the remains scattered.
		De Montfort's family were forced into exile in his native France.
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	Simon de Montfort.
		De Montfort, soon established himself as a favourite of the king and two years after his arrival in England, King Henry recognised Simon's claim.
		De Montfort returned to France in 1242, were he joined Henry in the Gascon Campaigns of 1242-43.
		De Montfort was successful to a certain extent and did mange to restore some kind of unstable order, but he used ruthless military force to attain it.
	www.suite101.com /article.cfm/leicestershire/16912 (472 words)

	Sample Chapter for Pegg, M.: The Corruption of Angels: The Great Inquisition of 1245-1246.
		Simon, count of Montfort l'Amaury in the Ilede-France, became, by common consent among the noble and ecclesiastical crucesignati, the new vicomte of Béziers, Carcassonne, Razès, and Albi.
		Simon de Montfort's army, going through one of its habitual shrinkages because a large number of knights had left after completing their forty-day crusading vow, were trapped inside Muret.
		The crusade, as undertaken by Imbert de Beaujeu, became an exercise in the gradual exhaustion of Raimon VII and the county of Toulouse.
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	Simon de Montfort, 6th Earl of Leicester (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		This article discusses Simon de Montfort the who achieved prominence in English history.
		In 1229 two brothers (Amaury and Simon) came to arrangement whereby Simon gave up his rights France and Amaury in turn gave up rights in England.
		De Montfort has given his name to English institutions such as De Montfort University and De Montfort Hall both in Leicester.
	www.freeglossary.com /Simon_de_Montfort%2C_6th_Earl_of_Leicester (606 words)

	Simon de Montfort and the Baronial Wars battlefield tour (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Whilst this early round of the struggle was settled in the former’s favour by Hubert de Burgh and William Marshal at Dover and at Lincoln in 1217, discontent continued to simmer for another forty years.
		Eventually the King’s brother-in-law, Simon de Montfort, emerged as the chief advocate of constitutional reform and put himself at the head of an insurrection to gain by the sword what intrigue and arbitration had failed to achieve.
		We shall examine in detail de Montfort’s great tactical victory at Lewes in 1264, which brought him to the apex of his power, and the fearsome slaughter of Evesham in the following year, which saw his death.
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	Simon de Montfort
		Montfort, Simon de, c.1160–1218, count of Montfort and earl of Leicester.
		Montfort, Simon de, earl of Leicester - Montfort, Simon de, earl of Leicester, 1208?–1265, leader of the baronial revolt against...
		Following the blueprint of de Montfort's model parliament; Chief Feature Writer Dennis Ellam looks to the Second City as the natur al and historic home for an English Parliament.
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	De Montfort Hotel, Loughborough, Leicester
		Our hotel is named after the Frenchman Simon De Montfort, who came to England in 1229, favoured by Henry III he was made Earl of Leicester.
		On the 4th August 1265 Simon De Montfort was killed in battle at Evesham in Worcestershire.
		Simon was loved by the common people of England and although dead, his cause triumphed and he is known as the father of English Parliament.
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