Simon II de Montfort

Simon II de Montfort was a French nobleman who was the Seigneur of Montfort from 1092 to 1104.

Biography

He was born in Montfort l'Amaury, Ile de France, the son of Simon I de Montfort and Agnès d'Évreux.
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.
He died without an heir and left Montfort to his brother, Amaury III.