Simon de Montfort, 6th Earl of Leicester was born circa 1208.2 He was the son of Simon de Montfort, 5th Earl of Leicester and Alice de Montmorency. He married Eleanor of England, daughter of John I \'Lackland\', King of England and Isabella d\'Angoulême, on 7 January 1238.1 He died on 4 August 1265 at Evesham, Worcestershire, EnglandG, from wounds received in action.3 Children of Simon de Montfort, 6th Earl of Leicester and Eleanor of EnglandPeter de Montfort d. 1265Richard de Montfort5 d. a 1266Amaury de Montfort, Canon of York5 d. a Feb 1301Henry de Montfort b. 1238, d. 4 Aug 1265Simon de Montfort5 b. 1240, d. 1271Guy de Montfort, Count di Nola+5 b. c 1243, d. c 1288Lady Eleanor de Montfort+5 b. 1252, d. 1282Citations[S11] Alison Weir, Britain\'s RoyalFamilies: The Complete Genealogy (London, U.K.: The Bodley Head, 1999), page 71. Hereinafter cited as Britain\'s Royal Families.[S6] G.E. Cokayne; with Vicary Gibbs, H.A. Doubleday, Geoffrey H. White, Duncan Warrand and Lord Howard de Walden, editors, The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, Extant, Extinct or Dormant, new ed., 13 volumes in 14 (1910-1959; reprint in 6 volumes, Gloucester, U.K.: Alan Sutton Publishing, 2000), volumec VII, page 543. Hereinafter cited as The Complete Peerage.[S6] Cokayne, and others, The Complete Peerage, volume III, page 171.[S6] Cokayne, and others, The Complete Peerage, volume III, page 170.[S106] Royal Genealogies Website (ROYAL92.GED), online http://www.daml.org/2001/01/gedcom/royal92.ged. Hereinafter cited as Royal Genealogies Website. |