In 1265, England's fate pivoted on a battlefield soaked in ambition and betrayal. Simon de Montfort, once a trusted leader, ...

The Battle of Evesham, fought on 4 August 1265 near the town of Evesham, saw Simon de Montfort, the powerful Earl of ...

Who was Simon de Montfort, 6th Earl of Leicester? Simon de Montfort was born around the year 1208 in northern France, the younger son of French nobles. In the late 1220s, he gave up his entitlements ...

MEMBERS of the Evesham Simon de Montfort Society have sprung to the defence of the Earl of Leicester, formally rebuked by his adopted city for anti-Semitism. Leicester City Council formally agreed ...

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Simon de Montfort, Earl of Leicester, (1208-65), was appointed Governor of Kenilworth Castle in 1244, by Henry III. De Montfort is often described as the 'founder of democracy in England'. Although ...

Mediterranean islands don't come cheap – that's as true today as it was in the 13th century. And King Henry III wasn't after just any island for his younger son, Edmund. He wanted the biggest of them ...

CELEBRATIONS to mark the 750th anniversary of the Battle of Evesham got under way on Saturday when the Speaker of the House of Commons, John Bercow MP, paid a visit to the town. Mr Bercow was the ...

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