Name Simon de Uncles Henry III of England | Died 1271 | |
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Role Simon de Montfort, 6th Earl of Leicester's son Parents Eleanor of Leicester, Simon de Montfort, 6th Earl of Leicester Grandparents John, King of England, Simon de Montfort, 5th Earl of Leicester, Isabella of Angouleme, Alix de Montncy Cousins Edward I of England, Edmund Crouchback, Katherine of England, Margaret of England, Beatrice of England Similar People Eleanor of Leicester, Henry de Montfort, Guy de Montfort - Count of, Eleanor de Montfort, John - King of England | ||
Simon de Montfort "the younger" or Simon VI de Montfort (April 1240 – 1271) was the second son of Simon de Montfort, 6th Earl of Leicester and Eleanor of England.
His father and his elder brother Henry were killed at the Battle of Evesham in August 1265. The younger Simon had been slow to bring his forces from London, and had seen them and their banners captured by Prince Edward, who then used the banners to trick Simon's father. The younger Simon came to Evesham just in time to see his father's head atop a pike. The younger Simon tried to raise a rebellion in Lincolnshire, but this had petered out by Christmas.
He and his younger brother Guy escaped to France and Italy: in 1271 they discovered and murdered their cousin Henry of Almain (whom they blamed for the death of their father) at the church in Viterbo, for which they were excommunicated. Simon died later that year from Tuscan fever at Siena, "cursed by God, a wanderer and a fugitive".