Simon died on 25th June 1218 while besieging Toulouse. During
a typically brave action to retreive a seige engine called
a "cat" he was struck full on the head by a stone from a trebuchet,
tradionally claimed to have been operated by the women of
Toulouse.
Amaury
VI de Montfort (1195-1241) was the son of Simon de Montfort
and Alice of Montmorency, and the elder brother of another
Simon de Montfort. He had participated in the Albigensian
Crusade under his father's command. Now he inherited the
County of Toulouse. Amaury could not fill his father's shoes.
Only with the help of France could he avoid utter defeat.
Amaury ceded formal rights to his territories to King Louis
VIII in 1224In 1230 Amaury became Constable of France, an
office previously held by his uncle Mathieu II of Montmorency.
In 1239 he participated in the Sixth Crusade and was taken
prisoner after the defeat at Gaza. He was imprisoned in
Cairo and was freed in 1241, but died the same year in Calabria
while on his way home.
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