About Simon II de Montfort
Lived 1060 – 1104 (aged 43–44). Simon II de Montfort was an aristocrat.
Simon II de Montfort ( – 25 September 1104) was a French nobleman who was the Seigneur of Montfort from 1092 to 1104.
Biography He was born in Montfort l'Amaury, Île-de-France, the son of Simon I de Montfort (c. 1025–1087) and Agnès d'Évreux (c. 1030–c. 1087).
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.
He died without an heir and left Montfort to his brother, Amaury III.
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military leader
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Simon II de Montfort was born in 1060.
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Simon II de Montfort died on 25 September 1104.
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Simon II de Montfort was an aristocrat.
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