Simon II de Montfort

For other people named Simon de Montfort, see Simon de Montfort (disambiguation).

Simon II de Montfort
Seigneur of Montfort
Reign	1092-1104
Predecessor	Richard de Montfort
Successor	Amaury III of Montfort
Born	c. 1068
Died	25 September 1104
Noble family	House of Montfort
Father	Simon I de Montfort
Mother	Agnès 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.

References

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.

Preceded by Richard

Seigneur of Montfort 1092-c.1104

Succeeded by Amaury III