Simon de Montfort: Knight on his Horsedetails

Simon de Montfort: Knight on his Horse

Out of copyright (called public domain in the USA), hence royalty-free stock image for all purposes usage credit requested
Please do not redistribute without permission, since running this site is expensive.

Simon de Montfort was a member of the French nobiliy. He came to England in the year 1230. de Montford did super well: he became the Earl of Leicester, married the sister of King Henry III., and then ended up fighting the King in 1263.

After defeating the King he made a parliament with representation and a constitution, but was later defeated and killed by the barons and Prince Edward.

Here we see Simon de Montfort as a knight holding upright a spear with a banner to identify him, and wearing a mixture of plate and chain mail i think, with a triangular shield bearing a lion rampant (that is, a lion rearing up on hind legs).

A very classic picture of a medieval knight.

knights, men, people, horses, animals, shields, soldiers, earls, nobility, horseriding

289-simon-de-montfort-q75-313x500.jpg

2400 dots per inch