| Countess Eleanor |
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She and Simon had spent two weeks
together at Odiham Castle in March 1265. He left on April 1st and she
did not see him again. After the battle she was allowed to take her
daughter Eleanor to France. She retired to the Dominican nunnery of
Montargis and died there in 1275. |
| Their children ... |
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Henry de Montfort. The
eldest and most highly regarded of Simon's sons, a leader of his generation
and a respected friend of Prince Edward. He was one of the first to be
killed at Evesham and was buried in the Abbey Great Church at the foot of the
High Altar. |
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Simon de Montfort (the younger).
His father had relied on him as commander of the Montfortian forces not
under his own command. Young Simon had delayed at critical times
during June and July 1265 and, when he got to Kenilworth, he left his forces
open to Edward's surprise attack. On the morning of the battle he was
still breakfasting at Alcester when his father was killed. He left
Kenilworth in November 1265 and escaped to France. He and Guy took
service as soldiers in Italy. He died in 1271. |
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Guy de Montfort. He was
wounded at Evesham but escaped to France and took service as a soldier in
Italy. In March 1271 he murdered his cousin, Henry of Almain, during
mass in the church of Viterbo (young Simon was with him). After the
scandal died down he resumed his military career and died in 1291. |
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Amaury de Montfort. He
became a priest and held a succession of appointments in the church.
He died in about 1300. |
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Richard de Montfort. He was
about 13 when his father died. There is no evidence that he lived
after 1266. |
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Eleanor de Montfort. After
her mother's death she set out for North Wales to marry Llywelyn ap Gruffydd,
to whom her father had betrothed her. She was captured by Edward I,
who imprisoned her for three years before releasing her to marry Llywelyn in
1278. She died in 1282 giving birth to their daughter, Gwenllian. |
| Their only grandchild
... |
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Gwenllian was consigned by Edward
I to the nuns at Sempringham, where she died in 1337. There is a
Gwenllian Society. |
