My interest in this charismatic knight
stems from my first history lessons and has never waned.
Medieval history is a fascination
and my hobby is miniature knights.
Simon de Montfort Hymn
Simon of the mountain strong,
Flower of knightly chivalry,
Thou who death and deadly wrong
Barest, making England free.
Not the holy ones of yore,
They on earth who travailed sore,
Came to such despite and scorn;
Feet and hands dissevered,
Pierced corse and wounded head
Flesh and harness script and
torn.
So with God our champion be
As our whole defence in thee
Dying, leaves the world forlorn.
Simon de Montfort the younger was born in
Northern France probably in 1208 , the great-great-great-great-grandson
of William the Conqueror.
Making is way to England around 1230 to the court of Henry 111 to eventually
succeed in his claim to the title of earl of Leicester.
His place in English history was sealed when he became the leader of the
baronial reform movement, which established an early form of
representative government.
Finally dying for the cause at the Battle of Evesham on 4th
of August 1265.
My personal interest in Simon de
Montfort stems from my school years in Warwickshire, where his name
leaps out from buildings, institutions, road names etc.
I
have gathered my information and my own personal thoughts of his
character from the books on his life, which I list in bibliography. But
I hope you will enjoy these few pages. I'm always happy to hear from
others who have an interest in Simon.
Images of Simon de Montfort
What did Simon de Montfort look like. Sadly they did not go in for
portraits and the only images we have are artists ideas, produced many
years from his time
Here are a few of the images I have found. The
problem with having a father with the same name is that images can be
mixed up, I have included both.
