Person    | Male  Born 1208  Died 4/8/1265

Simon de Montfort

Categories: Politics & Administration

Countries: France

6th Earl of Leicester. Born France, with connections to French and English aristocracy. Married Eleanor, Henry III's sister in 1238. Built the Savoy Palace in 1245. Leader of the Second Barons' War of 1263–64 following which he ruled for a year and introduced some parliamentary reforms. Montfort's Great Parliament of 1265 initiated what later became the House of Commons. Killed at the Battle of Evesham by forces loyal to Henry.

There is a legend about Henry, Simon's son, in which Henry is blinded and nursed to health by a baroness with whom he had a son, Besse. Henry used to beg, with his son, at what is now the junction of Whitechapel Road and Sidney Road, where there is now a pub named after him, in that role. In 1900 Bethnal Green Borough adopted this image in its blazon.

Comments are provided by Facebook, please ensure you are signed in here to see them

This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
Simon de Montfort

Commemorated ati

Savoy - flowers

SH In the Palace of the Savoy lived for many months Simon de Montfort, found...

Read More

Westminster Hall - Simon de Montfort

Queen Elizabeth II here replied to addresses presented by both Houses of Parl...

Read More

Other Subjects

Henry Fitz Eylwin

Henry Fitz Eylwin

The first recorded Mayor of London: 1189 to 1212. Alternative spelling: Fitz-Ailwyn. His father was known as Eylwin de Londenstane (of London Stone).

Person, Lord Mayor, Politics & Administration

2 memorials
Victor Hugo Watson

Victor Hugo Watson

Born near the Kennington Oval but his family returned to Yorkshire when he was very young and he saw himself as a Yorkshireman. In 1908 he joined Waddingtons, a printing firm which developed a spe...

Person, Politics & Administration, Sport / Games

1 memorial
Pam Chesters

Pam Chesters

Politician. Born Pamela Chesters in Edinburgh. Worked in the oil industry and later chaired the charity, Action for Children. Councillor for Camden Council and Chair of the Royal Free Hospital Trus...

Person, Politics & Administration, Scotland

1 memorial
Sir Allan Hume Nicholl CBE

Sir Allan Hume Nicholl CBE

Mayor of Lewisham for 4 successive terms, 1915 - 19. Chairman of the London Safety First Council and of the National Executive of the National Safety First Association. CBE.  Knighted in the 1938 B...

Person, Politics & Administration, Wales

1 memorial
Earl Waldegrave

Earl Waldegrave

Politician. President of the Committee for the erection of the Florence Nightingale Hospital in 1909.

Person, Politics & Administration

1 memorial