Simon de Montfort killed at Evesham

August 4, 1265

Trapped against a bend in the Avon by Prince Edward's forces, the baronial leader fought and died in a brutal melee. His body was dismembered and his head sent as a trophy to a baroness. Edward had won the civil war and begun his apprenticeship in kingship. Popular devotion to Montfort's memory persisted for years, with miracles reported at his tomb and pilgrimages that alarmed the crown.