Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 29. Chapters: 1208 births, 1208 by country, 1208 deaths, 1208 in Europe, Conflicts in 1208, Simon de Montfort, 6th Earl of Leicester, James I of Aragon, Nasreddin, Philip of Swabia, Sempad the Constable, Dafydd ap Llywelyn, Kumagai Naozane, Leo Sgouros, Philip of Poitou, Coloman of Galicia-Lodomeria, Battle of Philippopolis, Julian of Cuenca, List of state leaders in 1208, Brigida Haraldsdotter, Boleslaus I of Masovia, Irene Angelina, Richard Herriard, Knut Haakonsson, Eudes de Sully, Sancha of Castile, Queen of Aragon, Kolbeinn Tumason, Emperor Zhangzong of Jin, Battle of Boruy, Geoffrey de Muschamp, Thomas de Beaumont, 6th Earl of Warwick, Margret Skuladottir, Battle of Lena, Pierre de Castelnau, Humphrey de Bohun, 2nd Earl of Hereford, Mohammad Abu Abdallah Ben Hudzail al Sahuir, Hugh II of Rodez, Knut Birgersson, Riksjarl of Sweden, Gerardo Allucingoli, Battle of Vioines, Gissur orvaldsson, Ermengol VIII, Count of Urgell, Otto von Kerpen, Otto III, Count Palatine of Burgundy, Gjin Progoni, Kolbeinn ungi Arnorsson, 1208 in Ireland, 1208 in poetry. Excerpt: Simon de Montfort, 6th Earl of Leicester, 1st Earl of Chester (23 May 1208? - 4 August 1265), sometimes referred to as Simon V de Montfort to distinguish him from other people called Simon de Montfort, was a French-English nobleman. He led the barons' rebellion against King Henry III of England during the Second Barons' War of 1263-4, and subsequently became de facto ruler of England. During his rule, de Montfort called the first directly elected parliament in medieval Europe. For this reason, de Montfort is regarded today as one of the progenitors of modern parliamentary democracy. After a rule of just over a year, de Montfort was killed by forces loyal to the king in the Battle of Evesham. De Montfort was the youngest son of Simon de Montfort, a French nobleman and crusad...