Simon II de Montfort

For other people named Simon de Montfort, see Simon de Montfort (disambiguation).
Simon II de Montfort
Seigneur of Montfort
Reign1092-1104
PredecessorRichard de Montfort
SuccessorAmaury III of Montfort
Bornc. 1068
Died25 September 1104
Noble familyHouse of Montfort
FatherSimon I de Montfort
MotherAgnès d'Évreux

Simon II de Montfort (c. 1068, Montfort l'Amaury, Ile de France, France – 25 September 1104) was the son of Simon I de Montfort (c. 1025–1087) and Agnès d'Évreux (c. 1030–c. 1087).[1]

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.[2] He died without an heir and left Montfort to his brother, Amaury III.

  1. ^ (FR) André Châtelain, Châteaux forts et féodalité en Ile de France, du XIème au XIIIème siècle, (Nonette, 1983), 20.
  2. ^ Frank Barlow, William Rufus, (University of California Press, 1983), 394.