Simon de Montfort: Meaning (information, definition, explanation, facts)

Two notable men bore the name of Simon de Montfort or Simon de Montford in the middle ages:

• Simon de Montfort, 5th Earl of Leicester (1160 - 1218), a French nobleman, achieved prominence in the Fourth Crusade and in the Albigensian Crusade.
• Simon de Montfort, 6th Earl of Leicester (1208 - 1265), the son of the above, a powerful English baron, led a revolt against King Henry III of England.