Simon,  Earl  of  Oxford,  the  second  son,  after  holding
Kenilworth  Castle  for  a  time  against  the  royal  forces,  was
obliged  to  surrender,  and  being  excepted  from  claiming
any  benefit  under  the  Dictum  de  Kenilworth,  finally  fled  to
the  Continent  in  1266.  Almeric,  Amaury,  or  Aymer,  the
third  son  (fourth  according  to  Dugdale),  was  at  first  a  '
priest  at  York  and  afterwards  chaplain  to  the  Pope ;  he
embraced  the  military  profession,  became  a  knight  and
died   abroad   about   1283.      Guy  the  fourth   son    (third


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according  to  Dagdale)  was  taken  prisoner  after  the  battle
of  Evesham,  and  having  escaped,  fled  into  Italy  to  join
his  brother.  Eleanor  was  married  at  Worcester  in  1278
to  Llewellyn,  the  last  King  of  Wales,  but  died  two  years
after  at  the  birth  of  her  daughter,  named  Gwendolin,  and
was  buried  at  Llandmais.  After  the  battle  of  Evesham,
Montfort's  widow  was  generously  treated  by  the  King  and
Prince,  and  retired  beyond  sea  to  the  monastery  of
Mont^irgis,  with  her  sons  Almeric  and  Richard,  and  her
only  daughter  Eleanor.  Simon  and  Guy  appear  to  have
been  of  a  very  turbulent  disposition,  and  after  leaving
England  they  wandered  about  the  Continent  brooding
over  revenge  for  their  father's  death,  Simon  married  a
French  lady,  and  was  Count  of  Bigorre  in  France,  where
he  became  the  founder  of  a  family  bearing  his  patrimonial
name.  Guy  married  in  1270  the  daughter  and  heiress  of
Aldobrandini,  an  Italian,  Count  di  Buvo,  and  resided  at
Viterbo,  where  he  and  Simon  murdered  the  brave  and
accomplished  Henry  D^Almayne,  eldest  son  of  the  King
of  the  Romans,  then  on  his  return  from  the  Crusades,
1271.  He  had  entered  the  church  of  St.  Sylvester  to
hear  mass,  when  the  two  sons  of  Montfort  rushed  upon
him  and  slew  him  at  the  foot  of  the  altar ;  then  dragged
the  corpse  to  the  door  of  the  church,  and  rode  oflF.
