William II of Bures
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William II of Bures was a Crusader
lord of the Kingdom of Jerusalem
. He was Prince of Galilee from 1148 to his death as successor of his brother Elinard.
William is a poorly known figure. It is known that he was a nephew of William I of Bures
and as this William is only known to have one brother, Godfrey, it is presumed that William and his three known brothers and one sister were children of his.
William was succeeded in Galilee by his sister Eschiva.
Crusades
The Crusades were a series of religious wars, blessed by the Pope and the Catholic Church with the main goal of restoring Christian access to the holy places in and near Jerusalem...
lord of the Kingdom of Jerusalem
Kingdom of Jerusalem
The Kingdom of Jerusalem was a Catholic kingdom established in the Levant in 1099 after the First Crusade. The kingdom lasted nearly two hundred years, from 1099 until 1291 when the last remaining possession, Acre, was destroyed by the Mamluks, but its history is divided into two distinct periods....
. He was Prince of Galilee from 1148 to his death as successor of his brother Elinard.
William is a poorly known figure. It is known that he was a nephew of William I of Bures
William I of Bures
William 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....
and as this William is only known to have one brother, Godfrey, it is presumed that William and his three known brothers and one sister were children of his.
William was succeeded in Galilee by his sister Eschiva.