Simon de Montfort, 6th Earl of Leicester
Anglo-Norman nobleman who led a rebellion against King Henry III of England (1208-1265) · France · On the map · Politicians · Died at 57
Simon de Montfort, 6th Earl of Leicester, 1st Earl of Chester, also known as Simon V de Montfort, was an English nobleman of French origin and a member of the English peerage, who led the baronial opposition to the rule of King Henry III, culminating in the Second Barons' War.
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Eleanor of England, who married Montfort in 1238, depicted in the early-fourteenth-century Genealogical Roll of the Kings of England
Statue of Montfort on the Haymarket Memorial Clock Tower in Leicester
Site of the Battle of Lewes (1264) in East Sussex, photographed in 2005
A 13th-century depiction on parchment of the mutilation of Montfort's body after the Battle of Evesham in Worcestershire in 1265
Relief of Simon de Montfort in the Chamber of the United States House of Representatives
Memorial stone, erected in 1965, on the site of de Montfort's grave at Evesham Abbey in WorcestershireAbout this person
Following his initial victories over royal forces, he became de facto ruler of England, and played a major role in the constitutional development of England.
