Simon II de Montfort

Simon II de Montfort
Simon II de Montfort
Seigneur of Montfort
Reign	1092-1104
Predecessor	Richard de Montfort
Successor	Amaury III of Montfort
Noble family	House of Montfort
Father	Simon I de Montfort
Mother

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 (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.

References[]

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

Preceded by Richard	1092-c.1104	Succeeded by Amaury III

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[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.

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