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Mont·fort  (mntfrt, mô-fôr), Simon de. Earl of Leicester. 1208?-1265.
French-born English nobleman who led the baronial opposition to Henry III. After his military victory over the king at Lewes in southeast England (1264), Montfort was the effective ruler of England. In 1265 he called a representative legislature regarded as England's first full parliament.
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Noun1.MontfortMontfort - an English nobleman who led the baronial rebellion against Henry III (1208-1265)
Earl of Leicester, Simon de Montfort


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But on this June day in the year of our Lord 1243, Henry so forgot himself as to very unjustly accuse De Montfort of treason in the presence of a number of the King's gentlemen.
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The deeds of black Agnes of Dunbar, of Lady Salisbury and of the Countess of Montfort, were still fresh in the public minds.
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