Powys-Lybbe Forbears - Person Sheet
Powys-Lybbe Forbears - Person Sheet
NameSimon (IV) de Montfort Earl of Leicester 
[60, Leicester article, Vol VII, pp. 537-540]
[60, Leicester article, Vol VII, pp. 537-540]Birthca 1170
Death25 Jun 1218, At siege of Toulouse
BurialHaute-Bruyere monastery, nr Montfort l'Amauri, France
General2nd son. A crusader and made earl by 1206 but in 1209 he went to Normandy.
FatherSimon (III) de Montfort Seigneur of Montfort (-<1188)
MotherAmice de Bellomont (-1215)
Spouses
Marriageca 1190 [60, Leicester article, Vol VII, p. 540]
ChildrenSimon (V) de (ca1208-1265)
Amauri de (-1241)
Notes for Simon (IV) de Montfort Earl of Leicester
An ambiguous holder of the Leicester earldom as he spent the latter part of his life in Normandy after defeating Albigensian heretics and was known as the Duke of Narbonne.