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8 de mar. de 2012 · But the family's political fortunes were shattered at the battle of Evesham in August 1265 where Simon de Montfort was killed. The newly-widowed Eleanor rose to her role as matriarch of her family, sending her surviving sons - and the family treasure - overseas to France, negotiating the surrender of Dover Castle and securing her own safe departure from the realm.
10 de dic. de 2014 · Eleanor de Montfort has been overshadowed in scholarly literature by her more famous husband, Simon. This book represents an attempt to fill that gap, and such a biography is long overdue.Eleanor d...
Gwenllian, daughter of Llywelyn ap Gruffudd was born on 12th June 1282 at Garth Celyn Abergwyngregyn. Eleanor de Montfort, daughter of the French baron Simon de Montfort, was her mother. Eleanor died shortly after the birth of Gwenllian at Pen-y Bryn in Abergwyngregyn where she had spent a period of three years as a prisoner of the English Crown.
Already widowed, Eleanor had taken solemn vows not to remarry, but caused a scandal when she secretly married Simon de Montfort in 1238. In doing so she made Simon one of the most powerful men in England. After Simon’s took power from King Henry III in May 1264, Eleanor made Odiham castle her principal residence.
Eleanor de Montfort (1252–1282). She married Llywelyn ap Gruffudd, Prince of Wales, honouring an agreement that had been made between Earl Simon and Llywelyn. Eleanor, Lady of Wales, died on 19 June 1282 at the royal Welsh home at Abergwyngregyn, on the north coast of Gwynedd, giving birth to a daughter, Gwenllian of Wales.
1 de mar. de 2024 · Based on a detailed, critical analysis of British Library, Additional MS 8877 (the household roll of Eleanor de Montfort, countess of Leicester), this chapter examines the impact of the Second Barons' War and of Earl Simon's death at the battle of Evesham in August 1265 on Countess Eleanor and on the lives of those who supported or served her. It explores how the Montforts’ personal ...
But the family's political fortunes were shattered at the battle of Evesham in August 1265 where Simon de Montfort was killed. The newly-widowed Eleanor rose to her role as matriarch of her family, sending her surviving sons - and the family treasure - overseas to France, negotiating the surrender of Dover Castle and securing her own safe departure from the realm.
