William
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British
- William I of EnglandWilliam I of EnglandWilliam I , also known as William the Conqueror , was the first Norman King of England from Christmas 1066 until his death. He was also Duke of Normandy from 3 July 1035 until his death, under the name William II...
(1027-1087), aka William the Conqueror, William the Bastard - William II of EnglandWilliam II of EnglandWilliam II , the third son of William I of England, was King of England from 1087 until 1100, with powers over Normandy, and influence in Scotland. He was less successful in extending control into Wales...
(1056-1100), aka William Rufus - William I of ScotlandWilliam I of ScotlandWilliam the Lion , sometimes styled William I, also known by the nickname Garbh, "the Rough", reigned as King of the Scots from 1165 to 1214...
(c. 1142-1214), aka William the Lion - William IX, Count of Poitiers (1153-1156), first son of Henry II of England
- William III of EnglandWilliam III of EnglandWilliam III & II was a sovereign Prince of Orange of the House of Orange-Nassau by birth. From 1672 he governed as Stadtholder William III of Orange over Holland, Zeeland, Utrecht, Guelders, and Overijssel of the Dutch Republic. From 1689 he reigned as William III over England and Ireland...
(1650-1702), also William II of Scotland, aka William of Orange - William IV of the United KingdomWilliam IV of the United KingdomWilliam IV was King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and of Hanover from 26 June 1830 until his death...
(1765-1837) - Prince William, Duke of Cambridge, formerly Prince William of Wales (b. 1982), son of Charles, Prince of Wales
French
- William of GelloneWilliam of GelloneSaint William of Gellone was the second Count of Toulouse from 790 until his replacement in 811. His Occitan name is Guilhem, and he is known in French as Guillaume d'Orange, Guillaume Fierabrace, and the Marquis au court nez.He is the hero of the Chanson de Guillaume, an early chanson de geste,...
(c.755-814), Count of Toulouse, canonized a saint - William II, Prince of OrangeWilliam II, Prince of OrangeWilliam II, Prince of Orange was sovereign Prince of Orange and stadtholder of the United Provinces of the Netherlands from 14 March 1647 until his death three years later.-Biography:...
(1626-1650) - William IV, Prince of OrangeWilliam IV, Prince of OrangeWilliam IV, Prince of Orange-Nassau , born Willem Karel Hendrik Friso, was the first hereditary stadtholder of the Netherlands.-Early life:...
(1711-1751) - William V, Prince of OrangeWilliam V, Prince of OrangeWilliam V , Prince of Orange-Nassau was the last Stadtholder of the Dutch Republic, and between 1795 and 1806 he led the Government of the Dutch Republic in Exile in London. He was succeeded by his son William I...
(1748-1806)
The Netherlands
- William I, Count of HollandWilliam I, Count of HollandWilliam I , Count of Holland from 1203 to 1222. He was the younger son of Floris III and Ada of Huntingdon.-Life:...
(1167-1222) - William II of Holland (1228-1256), also King of Germany
- William I, Prince of Orange (1533-1584), a.k.a. William the Silent
- William I of the NetherlandsWilliam I of the NetherlandsWilliam I Frederick, born Willem Frederik Prins van Oranje-Nassau , was a Prince of Orange and the first King of the Netherlands and Grand Duke of Luxembourg....
(1772-1843) - William II of the NetherlandsWilliam II of the NetherlandsWilliam II was King of the Netherlands, Grand Duke of Luxembourg, and Duke of Limburg from 7 October 1840 until his death in 1849.- Early life and education :...
(1792-1849) - William III of the NetherlandsWilliam III of the NetherlandsWilliam III was from 1849 King of the Netherlands and Grand Duke of Luxembourg until his death and the Duke of Limburg until the abolition of the Duchy in 1866.-Early life:William was born in Brussels as son of William II of the Netherlands and...
(1817-1890)
Sicily
- William I of SicilyWilliam I of SicilyWilliam I , called the Bad or the Wicked, was the second king of Sicily, ruling from his father's death in 1154 to his own...
(1131-1166), a.k.a. William the Bad or William the Wicked - William II of SicilyWilliam II of SicilyWilliam II , called the Good, was king of Sicily from 1166 to 1189. William's character is very indistinct. Lacking in military enterprise, secluded and pleasure-loving, he seldom emerged from his palace life at Palermo. Yet his reign is marked by an ambitious foreign policy and a vigorous diplomacy...
(1155-1189), a.k.a. William the Good - William III of SicilyWilliam III of SicilyWilliam III was briefly king of Sicily for 10 months in 1194.He was the second son of King Tancred of Sicily and Sibylla of Acerra. At the age of four, shortly after the death of first his older brother Roger V, Duke of Apulia, and then a few weeks later of his father the king , William was...
(1190-1198)
Cameroon
- William I of BimbiaWilliam I of BimbiaWilliam I of Bimbia, born Bile, was the chief and king of the Isubu ethnic group, who lived in Bimbia on the coast of Cameroon in the mid-to-late 19th century. British traders recognised the sovereignty of William's Bimbia and titled him "king". William sold land to the British missionary Alfred...
, 19th century king of the Isubu people - William II of Bimbia (d. 1882), king of the Isubu people
Other royalty
- William II of VillehardouinWilliam II of VillehardouinWilliam II of Villehardouin, was the last Villehardouin prince of Achaea and ruled the principality at the height of its power and influence.William was the son of Geoffrey I Villehardouin...
(d. 1278), Prince of Achaea - William IV, Grand Duke of Luxembourg (1852-1912)
- William, Prince of Albania (1876-1945)
British
- William de CorbeilWilliam de CorbeilWilliam de Corbeil or William of Corbeil was a medieval Archbishop of Canterbury. Very little is known of William's early life or his family, except that he was born at Corbeil in the outskirts of Paris and that he had two brothers...
(c.1070-1136), Archbishop of Canterbury - William of MalmesburyWilliam of MalmesburyWilliam of Malmesbury was the foremost English historian of the 12th century. C. Warren Hollister so ranks him among the most talented generation of writers of history since Bede, "a gifted historical scholar and an omnivorous reader, impressively well versed in the literature of classical,...
(c.1080-c.1143), English historian and monk - William of TyreWilliam of TyreWilliam of Tyre was a medieval prelate and chronicler. As archbishop of Tyre, he is sometimes known as William II to distinguish him from a predecessor, William of Malines...
(c.1130-1185), Archbishop of Tyre, chronicler of the Crusades - William of NorwichWilliam of NorwichWilliam of Norwich was an English boy whose death was, at the time, attributed to the Jewish community of Norwich. It is the first known medieval accusation of ritual murder against Jews....
(c.1132-1144), saint and martyr - William of York (died 1154), Archbishop of York and saint
- William (bishop of Moray) (died 1162), Roman Catholic bishop in Scotland
- William of RamseyWilliam of RamseyWilliam of Ramsey was a 13th Century English Benedictine monk of Croyland Abbey . He was born at Ramsey, Cambridgeshire, and wrote lives of saints, some of which are in verse....
(fl. 1219), 13th century monk and hagiographer - William of OckhamWilliam of OckhamWilliam of Ockham was an English Franciscan friar and scholastic philosopher, who is believed to have been born in Ockham, a small village in Surrey. He is considered to be one of the major figures of medieval thought and was at the centre of the major intellectual and political controversies of...
(c. 1288-c.1348), English friar and philosopher, originator of Occam's Razor - William of WykehamWilliam of WykehamWilliam of Wykeham was Bishop of Winchester, Chancellor of England, founder of Winchester College, New College, Oxford, New College School, Oxford, and builder of a large part of Windsor Castle.-Life:...
(1320-1404), Bishop of Winchester, founder of Winchester College and New College, Oxford
French
- William I, Duke of Normandy (r. 927–942), second Duke of Normandy
- William of PoitiersWilliam of PoitiersWilliam of Poitiers was a Norman chronicler most famous for his eulogistic account of Duke William of Normandy , called the Gesta Guillelmi II ducis Normannorum.-Life:...
(c.1020-1090), Norman chronicler, chaplain to William the Conqueror - William de St-Calais (d. 1096), a.k.a. William of St. Carilef, Norman abbot, Bishop of Durham
- William of ChampeauxWilliam of ChampeauxGuillaume de Champeaux , also known as William of Champeaux or Guglielmus de Campellis , was a French philosopher and theologian.He was born at Champeaux near Melun...
(1070-1121), French philosopher and theologian - William of ConchesWilliam of ConchesWilliam of Conches was a French scholastic philosopher who sought to expand the bounds of Christian humanism by studying secular works of the classics and fostering empirical science. He was a prominent member of the School of Chartres...
(c.1090-c.1154), French scholastic philosopher, tutor of Henry II of England - William of DonjeonWilliam of DonjeonSaint William of Donjeon , also referred to as St William of Bourges and St William the Confessor, was Archbishop of Bourges from 1200 until 1209. As William Berruyer , he was a descendant of the family of the ancient Counts of Nevers. He was educated under the care of Peter, Archdeacon of...
(c.1155-1209), a.k.a. St. William of Bourges and St. William the Confessor, French archbishop - William the ClerkWilliam the ClerkWilliam the Clerk was an Old French poet who names himself at the end of his only known work: the Arthurian Roman de Fergus, a parody of the romances of Chrétien de Troyes, notably Perceval, the Story of the Grail....
13th century Scoto-Norman poet, writer of the Old French Roman de Fergus - William the Clerk of NormandyWilliam the Clerk of NormandyWilliam the Clerk of Normandy was a Norman cleric and Old French poet. He is not the same person as the Scoto-Norman poet William the Clerk, who wrote the Roman de Fergus, sometimes wrongly attributed to the Norman....
, 13th century Norman cleric and Old French poet - William of AuxerreWilliam of AuxerreWilliam of Auxerre was a French scholastic theologian and official in the Roman Catholic Church.The teacher by whom William was most influenced was Praepositinus, or Prevostin, of Cremona, Chancellor of the University of Paris from 1206 to 1209...
(d. 1231), French theologian
Others
- William (marcha orientalis)William (marcha orientalis)William was the margrave of the March of Pannonia in the mid ninth century until his death on campaign against the Moravians in 871. In his day, the march orientalis corresponded to a front along the Danube from the Traungau to Szombathely and the Rába river and including the Vienna basin...
, 9th century margrave of the March of Pannonia, part of the Carolingian Empire - William, Archbishop of MainzWilliam, Archbishop of MainzWilliam was Archbishop of Mainz from 17 December 954 until his death. He was the son of the Emperor Otto I the Great and a Slav mother....
(929-968), German bishop, son of Emperor Otto the Great - William of St-ThierryWilliam of St-ThierryWilliam of St-Thierry was a theologian and mystic, and abbot of the monastery of Saint-Thierry.-Biography:He was born at Liège of a noble family between 1075 and 1080 and died at Signy in 1148...
(c.1085-1148), theologian and mystic, abbot of St. Thierry - William of MoerbekeWilliam of MoerbekeWillem van Moerbeke, O.P., known in the English speaking world as William of Moerbeke was a prolific medieval translator of philosophical, medical, and scientific texts from Greek into Latin...
(1215-1286), Flemish bishop, translator of philosophical, medical, and scientific texts
Other contemporary people
- will.i.amWill.i.amWilliam James Adams, Jr. , better known by his stage name will.i.am and occasionally by his other stage name Zuper Blahq, is an American rapper, musician, songwriter, singer, actor and producer...
, American musician, member of the Black Eyed Peas - William (Vilavancode MLA)William (Vilavancode MLA)William was an India politician and former Member of the Legislative Assembly. He was elected twice to Travancore-Cochin assembly and three times to Madras State assembly....
, Indian politician
Fictional characters
- William Brown (fictional boy), main character of the Just William novel series
- Baby William, son of Dana Scully and Fox Mulder in the American television series, The X-Files
Other uses
- "William" (song)William (song)"William" is a song by English indie rock band The Others and is featured on their debut album, The Others. Released on 4 April 2005, it was the fourth single from the album and charted at number 29.-Track listing:# "William"# "This Is for the Poor"...
, from the album The Others by English indie rock band The Others