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Source: The Medieval Lands Project, "SIMON de Montfort"

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Titre	The Medieval Lands Project, "SIMON de Montfort"

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SIMON de Montfort 6th Earl of Leicester HP02 ER01 LU01

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SIMON de Montfort, son of SIMON [V] de Montfort Comte de Toulouse, Duc de Narbonne and Marquis de Provence & his wife Alix de Montmorency ([1208/09]-killed in battle Evesham 4 Aug 1265, bur Evesham). The Chronique de Guillaume de Nangis records in 1239 that "Simon de Montfort…fils de Simon comte de Montfort" fled to England, having become the enemy of the queen of France, where King Henry gave him the earldom of Leicester and his sister's hand in marriage[1831]. He was granted the inheritance of his paternal grandmother in England by Henry III King of England in Aug 1231[1832], and thereafter gradually established himself in a position of power in England, marrying the king's sister in 1238 and being installed as Earl of Leicester 11 Apr 1239. He was appointed vice-regent in Gascony in May 1248[1833]. Comte de Bigorre 1258: "Esquivardus de Chabanes comes Biguorre" granted "totum comitatum Biguorre et Sanctum Chauzaium et Martham" to "domino Symoni de Monteforti comiti Lincestrie…avunculo nostro" by charter dated 22 Nov 1258[1834]. "Esquivardus de Chabanes comes Biguorre et Jordanus eius frater" confirmed the grant of "totum comitatum Biguorre", which "dominus Gasto Bearnensis" had devastated and which they could not defend, to "domino Symoni…comiti Lincestrie" by charter dated 6 Aug 1261[1835]. "Symon de Monteforti comes Lincestrie" granted his proxy to administer the county of Bigorre to "dominum Philippum de Monteforti…consanguineum nostrum" by charter dated 9 Apr 1259[1836]. He led the barons intheir uprising against the king in 1263, captured King Henry and his son Edward after the battle of Lewes 14 May 1264, and thereafter governed the country in the king's name. He summoned his own Parliament in 1265, but was defeated and killed at the battle of Evesham, after which all his honours in England were forfeited. The testament of "Simon de Munfort cuens de Leycestre", dated 1 Jan 1259, nominates "la cuntesse ma fame" as his attorney and in case she is deceased "Henri mon fyuz"[1837]. m (King's Chapel, Westminster 7 Jan 1238) as her second husband, ELEANOR of England, widow of WILLIAM Marshal Earl of Pembroke, daughter of JOHN King of England & his second wife Isabelle Ctss d'Angoulême (1215-convent of the sisters of St Dominic, near Montargis 13 Apr 1275). The Annals of Tewkesbury record the marriage “XIX Kal Feb in parvula capella regis apud Westmonasterium” of “soror regis Angliæ uxor quondam junioris Marscalli” and “Symoni de Monteforti”[1838]. She is recorded as "Pembrocensis comitissa" (not named), sister of Isabella, by Matthew Paris[1839]. He names her as daughter of King John in a later passage which records her second marriage with "Simon de Monteforti", specifying that she was "relictam Willelmi Marescalli comitis de Penbrochia"[1840]. She became a nun after the death of her first husband, taking a vow of perpetual celibacy. This was not a canonical impediment to her second marriage, her second husband obtaining Papal absolution in Rome for the marriage[1841]. "Aliénorcontesse de Lincestre" donated "la conté de Biguorre", transferred to "nostre seigneur Monsieur Symon de Montfort conte de Lincestrie" by "Monsieur Eschivat de Chabanes", to "Monsieur Henry…roy de Navarre et conte de Champaigne" by charter dated Oct 1265[1842]. She retired once more as a nun at Montargis (a cell of the Abbey of Fontevrault) after her second husband was killed[1843].

SIMON de Montfort, son of SIMON [V] de Montfort Comte de Toulouse, Duc de Narbonne and Marquis de Provence & his wife Alix de Montmorency ([1208/09]-killed in battle Evesham 4 Aug 1265, bur Evesham). The Chronique de Guillaume de Nangis records in 1239 that "Simon de Montfort…fils de Simon comte de Montfort" fled to England, having become the enemy of the queen of France, where King Henry gave him the earldom of Leicester and his sister's hand in marriage[1831]. He was granted the inheritance of his paternal grandmother in England by Henry III King of England in Aug 1231[1832], and thereafter gradually established himself in a position of power in England, marrying the king's sister in 1238 and being installed as Earl of Leicester 11 Apr 1239. He was appointed vice-regent in Gascony in May 1248[1833]. Comte de Bigorre 1258: "Esquivardus de Chabanes comes Biguorre" granted "totum comitatum Biguorre et Sanctum Chauzaium et Martham" to "domino Symoni de Monteforti comiti Lincestrie…avunculo nostro" by charter dated 22 Nov 1258[1834]. "Esquivardus de Chabanes comes Biguorre et Jordanus eius frater" confirmed the grant of "totum comitatum Biguorre", which "dominus Gasto Bearnensis" had devastated and which they could not defend, to "domino Symoni…comiti Lincestrie" by charter dated 6 Aug 1261[1835]. "Symon de Monteforti comes Lincestrie" granted his proxy to administer the county of Bigorre to "dominum Philippum de Monteforti…consanguineum nostrum" by charter dated 9 Apr 1259[1836]. He led the barons intheir uprising against the king in 1263, captured King Henry and his son Edward after the battle of Lewes 14 May 1264, and thereafter governed the country in the king's name. He summoned his own Parliament in 1265, but was defeated and killed at the battle of Evesham, after which all his honours in England were forfeited. The testament of "Simon de Munfort cuens de Leycestre", dated 1 Jan 1259, nominates "la cuntesse ma fame" as his attorney and in case she is deceased "Henri mon fyuz"[1837].

m (King's Chapel, Westminster 7 Jan 1238) as her second husband, ELEANOR of England, widow of WILLIAM Marshal Earl of Pembroke, daughter of JOHN King of England & his second wife Isabelle Ctss d'Angoulême (1215-convent of the sisters of St Dominic, near Montargis 13 Apr 1275). The Annals of Tewkesbury record the marriage “XIX Kal Feb in parvula capella regis apud Westmonasterium” of “soror regis Angliæ uxor quondam junioris Marscalli” and “Symoni de Monteforti”[1838]. She is recorded as "Pembrocensis comitissa" (not named), sister of Isabella, by Matthew Paris[1839]. He names her as daughter of King John in a later passage which records her second marriage with "Simon de Monteforti", specifying that she was "relictam Willelmi Marescalli comitis de Penbrochia"[1840]. She became a nun after the death of her first husband, taking a vow of perpetual celibacy. This was not a canonical impediment to her second marriage, her second husband obtaining Papal absolution in Rome for the marriage[1841]. "Aliénorcontesse de Lincestre" donated "la conté de Biguorre", transferred to "nostre seigneur Monsieur Symon de Montfort conte de Lincestrie" by "Monsieur Eschivat de Chabanes", to "Monsieur Henry…roy de Navarre et conte de Champaigne" by charter dated Oct 1265[1842]. She retired once more as a nun at Montargis (a cell of the Abbey of Fontevrault) after her second husband was killed[1843].