Simon De Montfort 
Simon was born about 1208 in Leicestershire, England. Simon's father was Simon De Montfort and his mother was Alice De Montmorency. His paternal grandparents were Simon De Montfort and Amicia De Harcourt. He had two brothers and a sister, named Guy, Amaury and Amicie. He died on August 4th, 1265 in Battleof Evesham, Evesham, Worchestershire, England.General Notes
During the 13th-century crusade against the Albigenses (Cathars), a religious sect, Carcassonne was captured and its inhabitants massacred by the Anglo-Norman soldier Simon IV de Montfort. Carcassonne became a possession of the French crown in 1247. Restoration of the Cité was begun in the 19th century by the architect Eugène Emmanuel Viollet-le-Duc. Population (1999) 43,950.
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Ancestor Pedigree Chart
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- b.~ 1025 in Montfort Amaury, Ile De France, France d.1087
- b.~ 1070 in Montfort Amaury, Ile De France, France d.1137
- b.~ 1030 in Evreux, Normandy, France
- b.BET. 1120 - 1121 in Montfort-Sur-Risle, Eure, France d.13 MAR 1180/81
- b.~ 1069 in Garlende, France d.1118
- b.~ 1095 in Garlende, France d.1181
- b.~ 1075 in Montlhbery, France d. in Rochfort, France
- b.> 1140 in Montfort Amaury, Ile De France, France d.BEF. JAN 1187/88
- b.~ 1120 in France
- b.~ 1180 in Montfort Amaury, Ile De France, France d.1218
- b.~ 1121 in Leicester, Leicestershire, England/Leicester, England d.31 Aug 1190 in Durazzo Provence, West Albania
- b.1160 in Leicester, Leicestershire, England d.03 Sep 1215
- b.~ 1064 in Grentemesnil, Calvados, France d.1118
- b.~ 1092 in Hinckley, Lancastershire, England d.10 FEB 1197/98
- b.~ 1070 in Folkingham, Lincolnshire, England
- b.~ 1134 in Leicestershire, England d.01 Apr 1212 in Leicester, Leicestershire, England
- b.~ 1075 in Hinckley, Leicestershire, England/Hinckley, England
- b.~ 1105 in Hinckley, Leicestershire, England/Hinckley, England d.11 Jul 1191 in Reims, , France
- b.~ 1075 in Hinckley, Leicestershire, England/Hinckley, England
- b.~ 1208 in Leicestershire, England d.04 Aug 1265 in Battleof Evesham, Evesham, Worchestershire, England
- b.~ 1176 in Montfort Amaury, Ile De France, France d.22 FEB 1220/21
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Simon and Eleanor were married in a religious ceremony in 1238 in Ststephen Chaple, Westminster, Middlesex, England. They had five sons and a daughter, named Henry, Simon, Guy, Richard, Amaurie and Eleanor.
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