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| | Simon de Montfort, 6th Earl of Leicester - (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13) |
 | | In January 1238 Montfort married Eleanor of England, daughter of King John of England and Isabella of Angouleme and sister of King Henry III of England. |
 | | Eleanor had previously been married to William Marshal, 2nd Earl of Pembroke, and she had sworn a vow of chastity on his death, which she broke by marrying Montfort. |
 | | Montfort was formally acquitted on the charges of oppression, but his accounts were disputed by the king, and he retired in disgust to France in 1252. |
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