KENILWORTH, JULY 1265

Most wargamers are familiar with the First Baron’s War, the struggle between King John and the English Barons, which led to the Magna Carta. But there was a second Barons’ War, which took place between 1264 and 1267, in which Simon de Montfort almost overthrew the established monarch Henry III.

Jonathan Jones

Henry has angered his nobility by bringing French nobles and administrators into the English court. The aggrieved English nobles found a leader in Simon de Montfort, the sixth Earl of Leicester. Simon was French by birth but had won over the support of many Barons. De Montfort rebelled, defeated, and captured King Henry and his son Prince Edward (the future Edward Longshanks) at Lewes. He then set up his own parliament, but his support fractured and Prince Edward escaped. Edward raised an army at Worcester, attracting support from Barons alienated by the De Montfort. Simon de Montfort allied with the Welsh prince Llywelyn ap Gruffudd and summoned his son Simon the Younger from London. With their forces combined, they could combat the young Prince Edward. The young prince saw the…

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