Simon II de Montfort

Simon II de Montfort (c. 1068, Montfort l'Amaury, Ile de France, France – 25 September 1104) was the son of Simon I de Montfort (c. 1025–1087) and Agnès d'Évreux (c. 1030–c. 1087).[1]

For other people named Simon de Montfort, see Simon de Montfort (disambiguation).
Simon II de Montfort
Seigneur of Montfort
Reign1092-1104
PredecessorRichard de Montfort
SuccessorAmaury III of Montfort
Bornc. 1068
Died25 September 1104
Noble familyHouse of Montfort
FatherSimon I de Montfort
MotherAgnès d'Évreux

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.[2] He died without an heir and left Montfort to his brother, Amaury III.

References
  1. (FR) André Châtelain, Châteaux forts et féodalité en Ile de France, du XIème au XIIIème siècle, (Nonette, 1983), 20.
  2. Frank Barlow, William Rufus, (University of California Press, 1983), 394.



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