William I
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Kings
- 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...
(fl.FloruitFloruit , abbreviated fl. , is a Latin verb meaning "flourished", denoting the period of time during which something was active...
1850s) - William I of England (c. 1028–1087), known as William the Conqueror
- William I, German EmperorWilliam I, German EmperorWilliam I, also known as Wilhelm I , of the House of Hohenzollern was the King of Prussia and the first German Emperor .Under the leadership of William and his Chancellor Otto von Bismarck, Prussia achieved the unification of Germany and the...
(1797–1888) - William I of Scotland (died 1214), known as William the Lion
- 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...
(died 1166) - 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 I of WürttembergWilliam I of WürttembergWilliam I was the second King of Württemberg from October 30, 1816 until his death.He was born in Lüben, the son of King Frederick I of Württemberg and his wife Duchess Augusta of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel .-First marriage:...
(1781–1864)
Nobles
- William of ChamplitteWilliam of ChamplitteWilliam I of Champlitte was a French knight who joined the Fourth Crusade and became the first prince of Achaea .- Early years and the Fourth Crusade :...
(died 1209), Prince of Achaea - William le Gros, 1st Earl of AlbemarleWilliam le Gros, 1st Earl of AlbemarleWilliam le Gros was the Count of Aumale , Earl of York, and Lord of Holderness. He was the eldest son of Stephen, Count of Aumale, and his spouse, Hawise, daughter of Ralph de Mortimer of Wigmore....
(died 1179) - William I TalvasWilliam I TalvasWilliam I Talvas , seigneur of Alençon. He was a son of William of Bellême and Mathilde of Condé-sur-Noireau.He assumed the Bellême estates upon the murder of his brother Robert, by the Sor family in revenge for the deaths of their father and brothers...
(c. 995–after 1030), seigneur of Alençon - William Iron ArmWilliam Iron ArmWilliam Iron Arm was a Norman adventurer, founder of the fortunes of the Hauteville family. One of twelve sons of Tancred of Hauteville, he journeyed to the Mezzogiorno with his younger brother Drogo in the first half of the eleventh century , in response to requests for help made by fellow...
(before 1010–1046), Duke of Apulia - William I de la RocheWilliam I de la RocheWilliam I de la Roche succeeded his brother, John I, as Duke of Athens in 1280. He was the first official "duke" of Athens; previous dukes had actually been "lords."...
(died 1287), Duke of Athens - William I of AquitaineWilliam I of AquitaineWilliam I , called the Pious, was the Count of Auvergne from 886 and Duke of Aquitaine from 893, succeeding the Poitevin ruler Ebalus Manser. He made numerous monastic foundations, most important among them the foundation of Cluny Abbey on 11 September 910.William was the son of Bernard II of...
(died 918) - William I, Duke of BavariaWilliam I, Duke of BavariaWilliam I, Duke of Bavaria-Straubing , was the second son of the emperor Louis IV the Bavarian from his second wife Margaret of Holland and Hainaut...
(1330–1389) - William I of BéarnWilliam I of BéarnWilliam I, called Guillem de Montcada II, was the Viscount of Béarn from 1171 to 1173 with opposition.William was the eldest son of Guillem Ramon de Montcada II. William first appears in 1150, witnessing his father's settlement at Arles with the Baux family after Raymond Berengar IV of Barcelona's...
(died 1173) - William I of BuresWilliam I of BuresWilliam of Bures was a French crusader from Bures-sur-Yvette, Ile-de-France.He arrived in the Kingdom of Jerusalem before 1115, with his brother Geoffrey. They were vassals of Joscelin I of Edessa....
(died 1142), French crusader - William I, Count of BurgundyWilliam I, Count of BurgundyWilliam I , called the Great , was Count of Burgundy and Mâcon from 1057 to 1087. He was a son of Renaud I and Alice of Normandy, daughter of Richard II, Duke of Normandy...
(1020–1087) - William I of CagliariWilliam I of CagliariWilliam I was the giudice of Cagliari from 1188 to his death.William was one of the greatest of medieval Sardinian giudici...
(c. 1160–1214) - William I of CerdanyaWilliam I of CerdanyaWilliam I Raymond was the count of Cerdanya and Berga from the year of his birth till that of his death, giving up Berga a year earlier to his son William-Jordan....
(1068–1095) - William I of GasconyWilliam I of GasconyWilliam I was the Duke of Gascony, appointed in 846 following the death of Seguin II in battle with the Norse assaulting Bordeaux and Saintes. He himself had to fight the Vikings and died during an attack on Bordeaux in 848. He was the last Frankish-appointed duke...
(died 848) - William I of GenevaWilliam I of GenevaWilliam I of Geneva was Count of Geneva from 1178 to 1195, in succession to his father, Count Amadeus I of Geneva...
(fl. 1190s) - William I, Count of HainautWilliam I, Count of HainautWilliam I, Count of Hainaut was Count William III of Avesnes, Count William III of Holland and Count William II of Zeeland from 1304 to his death...
(1286–1337) - William I, Lord of DouglasWilliam I, Lord of DouglasWilliam of Douglas was a medieval nobleman of Flemish origin living in Clydesdale, an area under the control of the King of the Scots.-Enigmatic origins:...
(died ca. 1214) - William I, Elector of HesseWilliam I, Elector of HesseWilliam I, Elector of Hesse was the eldest surviving son of Frederick II, Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel and Princess Mary of Great Britain, the daughter of George II.-Early life:...
(1743–1821) - William I, Landgrave of HesseWilliam I, Landgrave of HesseWilliam I of Hesse was the Landgrave of Hesse from 1471 to 1493.His parents were Louis the Frank and Mechthild, daughter of Count Louis I of Württemberg...
(1466–1515) - 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:...
(c. 1167–1222) - Guglielmo I Gonzaga (1538–1587), Duke of Mantua
- William I of Montferrat (fl. 924)
- William I of MontpellierWilliam I of MontpellierWilliam I or Guilhem I was the founder of the dynasty which bears his name: the Guilhems, Lords of Montpellier. He received his fief of Monspestularius on 26 November 986 from Bernard, Count of Mauguio, with the permission of Ricuin, Bishop of Maguelone....
(fl. 980s) - William I, Count of Nassau-DillenburgWilliam I, Count of Nassau-DillenburgWilliam of Nassau was a count of Nassau-Dillenburg from the House of Nassau. He was called William the Rich....
(1487–1559) - William I, Count of NeversWilliam I, Count of NeversWilliam I, Count of Nevers was born c. 1030, son of Renauld I, Count of Nevers and Adela of France. He married Ermengarde, daughter of Renauld, Count of Tonnerre in 1045. William died at Nevers, after 1083.William I and Ermengarde had six children:...
(c. 1030–after 1083) - William I of NormandyWilliam I of NormandyWilliam I Longsword was the second Duke of Normandy from his father's death until his own assassination. The title dux was not in use at the time and has been applied to early Norman rulers retroactively. William actually used the title comes .-Biography:Little is known about his early years...
(c. 900–942) - William the SilentWilliam the SilentWilliam I, Prince of Orange , also widely known as William the Silent , or simply William of Orange , was the main leader of the Dutch revolt against the Spanish that set off the Eighty Years' War and resulted in the formal independence of the United Provinces in 1648. He was born in the House of...
(1533–1584), Prince of Orange - William I of ProvenceWilliam I of ProvenceWilliam I , called the Liberator, was Count of Provence from 968 to his abdication. In 975 or 979, he took the title of marchio or margrave. He is often considered the founder of the county of Provence...
(c. 950–993) - Uilleam I, Earl of RossUilleam I, Earl of RossUilleam I of Ross was the first successor of Ferchar mac an tSagairt, as Mormaer of Ross, with his comital dates traditionally given as 1251–1274....
(died 1274) - William de Warenne, 1st Earl of SurreyWilliam de Warenne, 1st Earl of SurreyWilliam de Warenne, 1st Earl of Surrey, Seigneur de Varennes is one of the very few proven Companions of William the Conqueror known to have fought at the Battle of Hastings in 1066...
(died 1088) - William I, Bishop of UtrechtWilliam I, Bishop of UtrechtWilliam I was bishop of Utrecht between 1054 and 1076. He was a typical representative of the German imperial system in which bishops were the main officials of the empire. He was a loyal follower of king Henry IV of Germany...
(died 1076)