Simon de Montfort, window in Chartres Cathedral, c1231. Simon de Montfort, 6th Earl of Leicester (c1208-1265), nobleman of French origin and a member of the English peerage, who led the baronial opposition to the rule of King Henry III of England, culminating in the Second Barons' War.

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