Montfort, Simon de, eighth earl of Leicester (c.1208–1265), magnate and political reformer

by J. R. Maddicott

  • Family and youth
  • Relations with Henry III, 1230–1248, and marriage
  • On crusade, 1240–1241
  • Religion
  • In Gascony, France, and England, 1248–1258
  • Reforming principles, parliaments, and private grievances from 1258
  • France and the treaty of Paris, 1258–1259
  • The crisis of 1261–1262
  • The captain of a cause
  • Defeat of Henry at Lewes, 1264, and its aftermath
  • Danger of invasion, 1264–1265
  • Death at Evesham, 1265
  • Cult and reputation

References

See also

Themes

  • Gascony in the Oxford DNB
  • Montfortians
  • Saints in the Oxford DNB

Other online resources

  • Bibliography of British and Irish history

DNB archive

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