Atlas of Battles

commander, 10 engagements

Battles of Simon de Montfort, 5th Earl of Leicester

Battles of Simon de Montfort, 5th Earl of Leicester

leader of the Albigensian Crusade, 1165 to 1218

Simon de Montfort, 5th Earl of Leicester is recorded as a commander at 10 placed engagements in the atlas between 1209 and 1220: 1 battle and 9 sieges, all in present-day France. Taken in date order, the sites lie 1,061 km apart end to end, 118 km between engagements on average. Most belong to Albigensian Crusade (10).

Siege of ToulouseSiege of Castelnòu d'ArriSiege of Penne-d'AgenaisSiege of BeaucaireSiege of LavaurSiege of CarcassonneSiege of MinerveSiege of TermesBattle of MuretSiege of ToulouseSiege of CarcassonneSiege of MinerveSiege of TermesBattle of MuretSiege of ToulouseMarseilleAndorraMontpellierNîmesAgenBriveAix-en-ProvencePerpignanTarbes200 km43.695N, 2.732E
10 placed engagements, coloured by era. Present-day coastlines; ringed marks are the most widely documented.

Engagements by year

1209: 1 engagements1210: 2 engagements2 in 12101211: 2 engagements2 in 12111212: 1 engagements1213: 1 engagements1216: 1 engagements1217: 1 engagements1220: 1 engagements12091220
10 dated engagements, one bar per year, coloured by era.

In time order

Siege of Carcassonne, 1209Siege of Minerve, 1210Siege of Termes, 1210Siege of Toulouse, 1211Siege of Castelnòu d'Arri, 1211Siege of Penne-d'Agenais, 1212Battle of Muret, 1213Siege of Beaucaire, 1216Siege of Toulouse, 1217Siege of Lavaur, 122012091220
One tick per dated engagement; each tick is a link.

Wars 1

Engagements by date

DateEngagementPlaceFrom the lastResult
1 August 1209Siege of CarcassonneCarcassonne, FranceCrusader victory
15 June 1210Siege of MinerveMinerve, France35 km NECrusader victory
1 August 1210Siege of TermesTermes, France41 km SCrusader victory
15 June 1211Siege of ToulouseTolosa, France113 km NWOccitan victory
August 1211Siege of Castelnòu d'ArriCastelnaudary, France52 km SECrusader victory
1212Siege of Penne-d'AgenaisFrance150 km NWCrusader victory
12 September 1213Battle of MuretMuret, France111 km SFrench Crusader victory
3 June 1216Siege of BeaucaireBeaucaire, France270 km EToulouse victory
22 September 1217Siege of ToulouseTolosa, France258 km WToulouse victory
1220Siege of LavaurLavaur, France32 km ECrusader victory

Sources and method

Commanders come from the commander fields of the English Wikipedia infoboxes of these engagements (CC BY-SA 4.0), resolved to one article each; portrait, dates and description from Wikidata (CC0) and Wikimedia Commons, AnonymousUnknown author, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons. Distances are great-circle distances between recorded sites, not marches.