The Battle of Evesham (1265)

On 4 August 1265 in the Vale of Evesham, Worcestershire, the rebel forces of Simon de Montfort, Earl of Leicester, were decisively defeated by King Henry III and his loyal followers. King Henry had been a prisoner of Earl Simon since the battle of Lewes, but was freed by Gilbert de Clare, Earl of Gloucester, who had earlier been a member of the barons' faction. Simon de Montfort and his son Henry were slain in the battle. Their bodies were mutilated and later buried by the monks of Evesham. The king's victory put an end to the barons' rebellion and the civil war.

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