Which Earldom was common to to Simon de Montfort and Robert Dudley, the favourite of Elizabeth I?
Simon de Montfort, 6th Earl of Leicester Simon de Montfort, 5th Earl of Leicester, a French nobleman and crusader, and Alix de Montmorency. His paternal grandmother was Amicia de Beaumont, the senior co-heiress to the Earldom of Leicester and a large estate owned by her brother Robert de Beaumont, 4th Earl of Leicester, in England. With the irrevocable loss of Normandy, King John refused to allow the elder Simon to succeed to the earldom of Leicester and instead placed the estates and title into the hands of Montfort senior's cousin Ranulf, the Earl of Chester. The elder Simon had also acquired vast domains during the Albigensian Crusade,
Simon I de Montfort Simon I de Montfort Simon I de Montfort (c. 1025 – 25 September 1087) was a French nobleman. He was born in Montfort l'Amaury, in the Duchy of Normandy, and became its lord. He was the son of Amaury I of Montfort (c. 1000–1031) and Bertrade. At his death he was buried about away in Epernon, because it was the site of the fortress he was instrumental in constructing. Simon I first married Isabel de Broyes (b. 1034, Broyes, Marne, France), daughter of Hugh Bardoul. Their children were: Simon I's second marriage was to Agnes d'Evreux (b. 1030), daughter of