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1208 - Simon V de Montfort, 6th Earl of Leicester, he was the youngest son of Simon de Montfort, a French nobleman, and Alix de Montmorency. He was the principal leader of the baronial opposition to King Henry III of England.
1218 - He was with his mother at the siege of Toulouse, where his father was killed after being struck on the head by a stone pitched by a mangonel.
1229 - The two surviving brothers (Amaury and Simon) came to an arrangement whereby he gave up his rights in France and Amaury in turn gave up his rights in England.
1238 - Married Eleanor of England, daughter of King John and Isabella of Angouleme and sister of King Henry III.
1240 - Having announced his intention to go on Crusade two years previously, he raised funds and finally set out for the Holy Land in summer, leaving Eleanor in Brindisi, Italy.
1241 - He arrived in Jerusalem by June, when the citizens asked him to be their governor, but does not seem to have ever faced combat in the Holy Land.
1263 - 1264 - Became de facto ruler of England and called the first directly-elected parliament in medieval Europe.
1265 - Died on the 4th of August at the battle of Evesham, and was buried at the nearby abbey.
1218 - He was with his mother at the siege of Toulouse, where his father was killed after being struck on the head by a stone pitched by a mangonel.
1229 - The two surviving brothers (Amaury and Simon) came to an arrangement whereby he gave up his rights in France and Amaury in turn gave up his rights in England.
1238 - Married Eleanor of England, daughter of King John and Isabella of Angouleme and sister of King Henry III.
1240 - Having announced his intention to go on Crusade two years previously, he raised funds and finally set out for the Holy Land in summer, leaving Eleanor in Brindisi, Italy.
1241 - He arrived in Jerusalem by June, when the citizens asked him to be their governor, but does not seem to have ever faced combat in the Holy Land.
1263 - 1264 - Became de facto ruler of England and called the first directly-elected parliament in medieval Europe.
1265 - Died on the 4th of August at the battle of Evesham, and was buried at the nearby abbey.
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Mistress, Maids and Men: Baronial Life in the Thirteenth Century by Margaret Wade Labarge (Paperback - May 16, 2004) Based mainly on the household roll of Eleanor of Montfort (sister of Henry III and Countess of Leicester) in 1265, this absorbing work offers insights into the aristocracy’s domestic existence...  In stock soon. Order now to get in line. First come, first served. |
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Eleanor: A story based on the life of Eleanor de Montfort, first Princess of Wales (Unknown Binding - May 16, 1998) |
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Simon De Montfort and Baronial Reform: Thirteenth-Century Essays by R.F. Treharne (Hardcover - Nov 1, 2003) |
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