Simon de Montfort led the Barons Revolt against King Henry III and became the effective ruler of England in the 13th century. Later defeated and killed at the Battle of Evesham what was Simon de Montfort's official title?
Simon de Montfort, 5th Earl of Leicester the Cathedral of Saint-Nazaire at Carcassonne. His body was later moved by one of his sons to be reinterred at Montfort l'Amaury. A tombstone in the South Transept of the Cathedral is inscribed "of Simon de Montfort". Simon left three sons: his French estates passed to his eldest son, Amaury VI de Montfort, while his younger son, Simon, eventually gained possession of the earldom of Leicester and played a major role in the reign of Henry III of England. He led the barons' rebellion against Henry during the Second Barons' War, and subsequently became de facto ruler of England. During
Simon II de Montfort III. Simon II de Montfort Simon II de Montfort born about 1068 in Montfort l'Amaury, Ile de France, France and died September 25, 1104. He was the son of Simon I de Montfort (c. 1025–1087) and Agnès d'Évreux (c. 1030–c. 1087). He succeeded his brother Richard de Montfort in 1092 as lord of Montfort-l'Amaury. In 1098, he had to sustain a siege led by William II Rufus, King of England and guardian of Normandy in the absence of Robert Curthose, gone to crusade, and Simon successfully fought it off. He died without an heir and left Montfort to his brother,