William II, Count of Holland

William IV of Montpellier

William Hutton (dean)

William II of Germany

William II, Prince of Nassau-Dillenburg

Marie of Brabant

Forfeit

William II

William Hutton (1798-1860)

before 1105 – before 1129

William II of Bures

Favorite Trick, Fraise, My Typhoon

William IV, Landgrave of Hesse

William I, Count of Schwarzburg-Frankenhausen (4 October 1534 in Sondershausen – 30 September 1597 in Straußberg, which is today part of Sondershausen), was the ruling Count of Schwarzburg-Frankenhausen from 1571 until his death. He was the founder of the Schwarzburg-Frankenhausen line.

William IV, Duke of Jülich-Berg

Landgrave of

William I. Bertsche

William II Button

William I, Count of Burgundy

Ada

William I, Count of Blois

William II de la Marck (Lummen, 1542 – Bishopric of Liège, 1 May 1578) (Dutch: Willem II van der Marck) was Lord of Lumey and initially admiral of the Watergeuzen, the so-called 'sea beggars' who fought in the Eighty Years' War (1568–1648), together with among others William the Silent, Prince of Orange-Nassau. He was the great-grandson of an equally notorious character, baron William de la Marck, nicknamed the "wild boar of the Ardennes".On 1 April 1572 – the day of the Capture of Brielle – the Sea Beggars were led by De la Marck, and by two of his captains, Willem Bloys van Treslong and Lenaert Jansz de Graeff. After they were expelled from England by Elizabeth I, they needed a place to shelter their 25 ships. As they sailed towards Brill, they were surprised to find out that the Spanish garrison had left in order to deal with trouble in Utrecht. On the evening of 1 April, the 600 men sacked the undefended port.On 9 July 1572 he executed the Martyrs of Gorkum, 19 Dutch Roman Catholic priests and religious who were ultimately canonized in 1865. Their crime was their refusal to abandon their belief in the Blessed Sacrament and in papal supremacy, even under torture. Lumey's action was contrary to orders he received from William the Silent.Having conquered South-Holland and controlling North-Holland and Zeeland, on 20 June 1572 Lumey was appointed stadtholder of Holland and consequently Captain General, i.e. military Commander in Chief of the conquered territories. It has never been evidenced that Lumey recognized either the authority or the seniority of the Prince of Orange, who was eventually recognized as the leader of the Low Countries' uprising against the King Philip II of Spain.In 1576 Lumey was banned from the Netherlands, either by the States of Holland or the Prince of Orange. He is said to have participated in the lost Battle of Gembloux against the Spanish. He went back to his homeland, the Bishopric of Liège, where on 1 May 1578 he died in his residence on Mont-Saint-Martin. There are two different accounts offered for the circumstances of his death, one that he died of the bite of a mad dog or that he was poisoned while in prison.There is evidence that the earthly remains of William van der Marck are stowed away in a casket, that is bricked up in the Arenberg-family crypt under the former Capuchin Monastery Church at Enghien, today located in Belgium.

William II Crispo

William IV of Henneberg-Schleusingen

William II, Duke of Nassau

William Hyde (high sheriff)

William II (29 April 1469 – 11 July 1509) was Landgrave of Lower Hesse from 1493 and Landgrave of Upper Hesse after the death of his cousin, William III, Landgrave of Upper Hesse in 1500.William II is also called "William the Middle" to distinguish him from his elder brother "William I the Elder", and his cousin "William III, the Younger". His parents were Louis II the Frank (1438–1471) and Mechthild, daughter of Count Louis II of Württemberg.William II became Landgrave of Lower Hesse in 1493, after his brother William I resigned.On 9 November 1497 William II married Yolande, daughter of Frederick II of Vaudémont. She died on 21 May 1500 after the marriage produced one child, William (27 March 1500 – 8 April 1500). The same year on 20 October, his second marriage was to Anna of Mecklenburg-Schwerin (14 September 1485 – 12 May 1525), who bore him three children:Elisabeth (4 March 1502 – 6 December 1557)Magdalena (18 July 1503 – September 1504)Philip I, (13 November 1504 – 31 March 1567)In 1500, William II reunited the Landgraviate of Hesse after the death of his cousin William III. In 1503, Emperor Maximilian I commissioned William with executing the ban on Elector Philip of the Palatinate.

William IV "The Rich"

William II, Count of Perche

(with his brother Frederick III the Turbulent)

Willem II, Lord of Egmond

Pacific Classic Stakes

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William I, Count of Hainault

Republic of Hawaii

William IV of Orange

William I, Duke of Aquitaine

William II of Baux (died 1239) was a son of William of Baux. Following his father, William II carried the title of prince of Orange. The title had come to the House of Baux through a brother, Raimbaut of Orange, of William II's paternal grandmother, Tiburge de Sarenom, the latter also referred to as Tiburge princess of Orange.

William II of Namur

William I, Earl of Ross

William Ian DeWitt Hutt

William IX, Marquess of Montferrat

William Donnermeyer, Sr.

Walburga of Egmont

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William III, Count of Burgundy (1110–1127) inherited his father William II's counties Burgundy and Mâcon as his only son, following William II's assassination by his barons in 1125. William III was himself then assassinated aged only 17 in 1127 and succeeded by Renaud III, son of William III's great-uncle Stephen.

William IV

Medieval Lands Project: Toulouse.

William II (of Sicily)

William I. Rose

William I (1020 – 12 November 1087), called the Great (le Grand or Tête Hardie, "the Stubborn"), was Count of Burgundy from 1057 to 1087 and Mâcon from 1078 to 1087. He was a son of Renaud I and Alice of Normandy, daughter of Richard II, Duke of Normandy. William was the father of several notable children, including Pope Callixtus II.In 1057, he succeeded his father and reigned over a territory larger than that of the Franche-Comté itself. In 1087, he died in Besançon, Prince-Archbishopric of Besançon, Holy Roman Empire -- an independent city within the County of Burgundy. He was buried in Besançon's Cathedral of St John.William married a woman named Stephanie (a.k.a. Etiennette).Children of Stephanie (order uncertain):Renaud II, William's successor, died on First CrusadeStephen I, successor to Renaud II, Stephen died on the Crusade of 1101Raymond of Burgundy who married Urraca of León and Castile and thus was given the government of Galicia (Spain) (died 1107)Sybilla (or Maud), married (1080) Eudes I of BurgundyGisela of Burgundy, married (1090) Humbert II of Savoy and then Renier I of MontferratClementia married Robert II, Count of Flanders and was Regent, during his absence. She married secondly Godfrey I, Count of Leuven and was possibly the mother of Joscelin of Louvain.Guy of Vienne, elected pope, in 1119 at the Abbey of Cluny, as Calixtus IIWilliamEudesHugh III, Archbishop of BesançonStephanie married Lambert, Prince de Royans (died 1119)Ermentrude, married (1065) Theodoric I(perhaps) Bertha wife of Alphonso VI of Castileand maybe another daughter

Landgrave of Upper Hesse

Duke William II of Bavaria-Straubing KG (5 April 1365—31 May 1417) was also count William IV of Holland, count William VI of Hainaut and count William V of Zeeland. He ruled from 1404 until 1417, when he died from an infection caused by a dog bite. William was a son of Albert I and Margaret of Brieg.

William II of Narbonne

William II of Prussia

Henry I and Albert II

William II of Aragon

William Hyndman

William Hutton

Albert I and Albert II

William II German Emperor

William I as imagined in the 16th century

William I, Prince of Orange-Nassau

Marie Friederike, Duchess of Anhalt-Bernburg

William I

William I. "Bill" Mott (born July 29, 1953, in Mobridge, South Dakota) is an American horse trainer, most notable for his work with Cigar. Mott earned the Eclipse Award for Outstanding Trainer in 1995 and 1996. He was inducted into the National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame in 1998 at the age of 45, becoming the youngest thoroughbred trainer ever inducted. Mott started training thoroughbreds at age 15 and won the South Dakota Futurity with Kosmic Tour before he was out of high school. He worked his way up the ranks by becoming first an exercise rider, then an assistant trainer for Hall of Fame Trainer Jack Van Berg. In 1976, Mott, trainer Frank Brothers (who was also Van Berg's assistant trainer), and a stable crew guided Van Berg's horses through the wins at Sportsman's, Hawthorne and Arlington Park race tracks in Chicago. They were so successful that Van Berg was named leading trainer at Arlington Park and leading trainer in the Nation with 496 wins in 1976, a record that stood until Steve Asmussen broke it in 2003 with 555 wins. Asmussen broke his own record in 2008 and 2009. Mott worked as an assistant trainer for Van Berg for three years before striking out on his own in 1978.On the July 28, 2007, ABC Sports broadcast of the Diana Handicap, Hall of Fame jockey and race commentator Jerry Bailey said Mott is generally regarded as the best trainer for racing on turf in the United States.

(with his brother Frederick III the Turbulent until 1483)

Founded

The Landgrave of Upper and Lower Hesse

Karoline Amelie, Duchess of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg

William I, Duke of Bavaria-Straubing

William I. Bertsche (1918–1998) was an American commercial translator. A speaker of English and German, he could sight-read Afrikaans, Danish, Dutch, French, Finnish, Icelandic, Italian, Norwegian, Portuguese, Romanian, Spanish and Swedish.Bertsche was the son of Carl Bertsche and Hertha Woelfler. In 1903 his mother had founded the Lawyers' and Merchants' Translation Bureau at 11 Broadway, New York (now a subsidiary of RWS Holdings). His father was a charter member of the American Translators Association (ATA). William obtained degrees in English and Chemical Engineering from Columbia University and in Law from Fordham (1943), being called to the New York bar. In 1944 and 1945 he served in the U.S. Counter-Intelligence Corps as a German translator and interpreter.After the end of World War II, Bertsche joined the family business, and he became owner when his parents retired in 1966. He continued to run the bureau, one of the most prestigious translation agencies in the United States, until 1994.Besides working as a technical translator and legal translator, Bertsche was also involved in translator training and professionalization. He taught German translation at New York University, and twice held the Presidency of the ATA, also serving as chair of its Ethics Committee, as Treasurer (computerizing the association's accounting system), and as Accreditation Chair.In 1986 he was awarded the Alexander Gode medal for outstanding service to the translation and interpreting professions.Bertsche lived in Croton-on-Hudson, and died of cancer at Calvary Hospital in the Bronx on July 11, 1998. His obituary in The New York Times said he "had been one of the nation's leading document translators for more than half a century".

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William III, Count of Hainaut

William III of Ponthieu (c. 1093 – 1172) also called William (II; III) Talvas. He was seigneur de Montgomery in Normandy and Count of Ponthieu.

William I (floruit 921) stands at the head of the Aleramici family which ruled Montferrat for four centuries. He was the father of the first Marquess Aleram.According to the Gesta Berengarii Imperatoris, William was a Frank who crossed the Alps leading 300 armed retainers in 888–889 to fight alongside Guy III of Spoleto against Berengar of Friuli for the Iron Crown of Lombardy.

William II, German Emperor

William II of Wuerttemberg

The William I. Koch International Sea Scout Cup is a biannual Sailing Regatta put on by Sea Scouting (Boy Scouts of America). The Event was founded by Bill Koch in 2002 in order to allow Sea Scouts from around the world to compete. The original National Sea Scout Sailing Championship began in the 1930s but went dormant when Sea Scouts left the program to serve in World War II. Today Sea Scouts from around the world gather for a week of friendly competition.

William I, Margrave of Meißen

William I, Duke of Brunswick-Lueneburg

William IX (10 August 1486 - 1518) was marquess of Montferrat from 1494 until his death.

William II, Duke of Athens

The Pious

William IV of Hesse-Kassel (24 June 1532 – 25 August 1592), also called William the Wise, was the first Landgrave of the Landgraviate of Hesse-Kassel (or Hesse-Cassel). He was the founder of the oldest line, which survives to this day.

William II, Landgrave of Hesse-Wanfried-Rheinfels (also known as William the Younger; born: 25 August 1671 in Langenschwalbach; died: 1 April 1731 in Paris, and also buried there) was a son of the Landgrave Charles of Hesse-Wanfried (1649–1711) and his first wife, Sophie Magdalene of Salm-Reifferscheid (d. 1675). He succeeded his father as Landgrave of Hesse-Wanfried and Hesse-Rheinfels. After 1711, he styled himself "Landgrave of Hesse-Rheinfels".

Richard of Cornwall and

Friedrich

William III (915 – 3 April 963), called Towhead (French: Tête d'étoupe, Latin: Caput Stupe) from the colour of his hair, was the "Count of the Duchy of Aquitaine" from 959 and Duke of Aquitaine from 962 to his death. He was also the Count of Poitou (as William I) from 935 and Count of Auvergne from 950. The primary sources for his reign are Ademar of Chabannes, Dudo of Saint-Quentin, and William of Jumièges.William was son of Ebalus Manzer and Emilienne. He was born in Poitiers.

William IV, Count of Hainaut

William I. Street

Democratic

William I (German Empire)

William II of Egmont

William IV of Aquitaine

Prince Ulrich

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William II (or III) (c. 981 – 1018), called the Pious, was the Count of Provence.

William IV (or Guillem IV) was the Lord of Montpellier from 1058 until his death in 1068. He was the son of William III and Beliardis. He was married to Ermengarde, daughter of Raymond I, Count of Melgueil. He is the first of his dynasty with charters preserved in the family cartulary, the Liber instrumentorum memorialium. They record agreements concerning some local castles in 1059. He was succeeded by his son, William V.

William II of Jülich

William II Canynges (c. 1399–1474) was an English merchant and shipper from Bristol, one of the wealthiest private citizens of his day and an occasional royal financier. He served as Mayor of Bristol five times and as MP for Bristol thrice. He was a generous patron of the arts in Bristol, particularly concerning the church of St Mary Redcliffe in Bristol, "The crown of Bristol architecture".

William I. Bertsche (1918–1998) was an American commercial translator. A speaker of English and German, he could sight-read Afrikaans, Danish, Dutch, French, Finnish, Icelandic, Italian, Norwegian, Portuguese, Romanian, Spanish and Swedish.Bertsche was the son of Carl Bertsche and Hertha Woelfler. In 1903 his mother had founded the Lawyers' and Merchants' Translation Bureau at 11 Broadway, New York (now a subsidiary of RWS Holdings).

Thomas Perronet Thompson 1835–1837

William II of wurttemburg

William I, Elector of Hesse (German: Wilhelm I., Kurfürst von Hessen; 3 June 1743 – 27 February 1821) was the eldest surviving son of Frederick II, Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel (or Hesse-Cassel) and Princess Mary of Great Britain, the daughter of George II.

Portrait of William IV

William IV of Great Britain

Member of Parliament for Glasgow Kelvingrove

William I, King of England

William of Douglas (died c.1214) was a medieval nobleman living in Clydesdale, an area under the control of the King of the Scots.

William II (died 1226), Count of Perche and Bishop of Châlons, son of Rotrou IV, Count of Perche, and Matilda of Blois-Champagne, daughter of Theobald II, Count of Champagne, and Matilda of Carinthia, daughter of Engelbert, Duke of Carinthia.He began his career as treasurer and provost of the Church of St. Martin of Tours, and was elected Bishop of Chalons in 1215, consecrated in 1216. The following year he succeeded his nephew Thomas, as Count of Perche, who was killed in the Battle of Lincoln.He made a pilgrimage to Jerusalem in 1225, but died on the return trip. The House of Perche ended with his death, but several heirs attempted to revive the estate. Louis VIII the Lion argued the right of reversion and annexed the county of Perche to Peter, Count of Alençon. Peter assumed the title of Count of Perche, although this rank never achieved the status it had maintained during the previous dynasty.

William II of Montferrat

William II d'Estouteville

William I, King of Wurttemberg

Mechthild of Württemberg-Urach

William Hyde Wollaston PRS

William IV Beauharnais

William Hutton (priest)

William Hyde (1597–1651) was an English Roman Catholic convert and priest, presumed to be of Dutch or Flemish background, who became President of the English College, Douai.

Sir William Hutt

Wilhelm II, the Rich (23 April 1371 – 13 March 1425) was the second son of Margrave Frederick the Strict of Meissen and Catherine of Henneberg.Under the Division of Chemnitz of 1382, he received the Osterland and Landsberg jointly with his brothers, Frederick I, Elector of Saxony and George (d. 1402). When Margrave William I "the one-eyed" died in 1407, William and Frederick also inherited a part of Meissen.

William I (floruit 921) stands at the head of the Aleramici family which ruled Montferrat for four centuries. He was the father of the first Marquess Aleram.According to the Gesta Berengarii Imperatoris, William was a Frank who crossed the Alps leading 300 armed retainers in 888–889 to fight alongside Guy III of Spoleto against Berengar of Friuli for the Iron Crown of Lombardy. He apparently established himself in northwestern Italy, probably supported by Guy, where he eventually received the title of comes. It is also probable that he gave his support to Berengar after Guy's death, for he appears, in 921, along with Lambert, Archbishop of Milan, and two other counts, Giselbert and Samson, as dilectissimi fideles of the Emperor. The counts were also cited as illustres comites. They stood opposed to Adalbert of Ivrea and others in rebellion against Berengar.William transferred his allegiance again following the death of Berengar. He appears for the last time alive in 924, intervening on behalf of the bishop of Piacenza with Rudolf II of Burgundy, a claimant for the Italian crown. Never again does he appear in history and a diploma of his son's dating to around 933 fixes his death sometime between those two years (924 – 933). Nonetheless, some, including 18th-century historian Malaspina and 20th-century historians Usseglio and Cognasso (writing in 1960), consider him to have been alive in 961, based on a faulty reading and interpretation of the foundation charter of the monastery of Grazzano, founded that year by Aleram and his family.Various legendary assertions about his Saxon and Kentish origins and the origins of his wife have been met by the definitive Dizionario Biografico with the pronouncement: Ma tali asserzioni non sono ancora state seriamente coinprovate da documenti: "But such assertions are not yet seriously backed up by the documents."

William III, Count of Julich

Mary

Mary of Artois

William I, Count of Eu (978-after 1057), illegitimate son of Richard I, Duke of Normandy. Count of Eu and Count of Hiémois. William succeeded his nephew as Count of Eu and Hiémois after his murder in 1040. [Some believe that William and Geoffrey are both the sons of Richard's mistress Gunnora de Crepon, but Dudo of Saint-Quentin disputes this.]William rebelled against his half-brother Richard II, Duke of Normandy, and was captured by Raoul d’Ivry and imprisoned by Turquetil of Harcourt, former governor of William the Conqueror.. He escaped five years later and, eventually, was pardoned by Richard and given leave to marry into the Harcourt family.William married Lesceline, daughter of Turquetil. William and Lesceline had three children:William Busac, the eldest son and heir until his revolt against the duke at the latest in 1048, for a time Count of Eu, then Count of Soissons, de jure uxorisRobert of Eu (d. between 1089 and 1093), who succeeded his brother as Count of Eu after the revolt of the latterHugues d'Eu (d. 17 July 1077), bishop-count of Lisieux from 1049 to 1077.William’s son and namesake succeeded him a count of Eu.

Christine, Duchess of Saxe-Eisenach

Matthew Davenport Hill 1832–1835

William III of Toulouse

Henry the Evil and Eric I

Paymaster-General and

Margaret , daughter of Henry the Peaceful, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg

William II of Besalu

Landgrave of Lower Hesse

William IX of Aquitaine

William Hybels

William III of Zeeland

William IV of the UK

Member of the Kentucky House of Representatives from the 67th district

Catherine of Savoy

William III of Burgundy

William I, Count of Nevers

Magdalena

William III (915 – 3 April 963), called Towhead (French: Tête d'étoupe, Latin: Caput Stupe) from the colour of his hair, was the "Count of the Duchy of Aquitaine" from 959 and Duke of Aquitaine from 962 to his death. He was also the Count of Poitou (as William I) from 935 and Count of Auvergne from 950. The primary sources for his reign are Ademar of Chabannes, Dudo of Saint-Quentin, and William of Jumièges.William was son of Ebalus Manzer and Emilienne. He was born in Poitiers. He claimed the Duchy of Aquitaine from his father's death, but the royal chancery did not recognise his ducal title until the year before his own death.Shortly after the death of King Rudolph in 936, he was constrained to forfeit some land to Hugh the Great by Louis IV. He did it with grace, but his relationship with Hugh thenceforward deteriorated. In 950, Hugh was reconciled with Louis and granted the duchies of Burgundy and Aquitaine. He tried to conquer Aquitaine with Louis's assistance, but William defeated them. Lothair, Louis's successor, feared the power of William. In August 955 he joined Hugh to besiege Poitiers, which resisted successfully. William, however, gave battle and was routed.After the death of Hugh, his son Hugh Capet was named duke of Aquitaine, but he never tried to take up his fief, as William reconciled with Lothair.He was given the abbey of Saint-Hilaire-le-Grand, which remained in his house after his death. He also built a library in the palace of Poitiers.

William II, Lord of Egmond

William I, Count of nevers

William IV of Bavaria

August 2012

Mary Waterhouse

William

William IV, Count of Holland

Count Willem II of Holland Granting Privileges by Caesar van Everdingen and Pieter Post, 1654

Maurice, Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel

William IV of Berg-s'Heerenberg

Wilhelm II, the Rich (23 April 1371 – 13 March 1425) was the second son of Margrave Frederick the Strict of Meissen and Catherine of Henneberg.Under the Division of Chemnitz of 1382, he received the Osterland and Landsberg jointly with his brothers, Frederick I, Elector of Saxony and George (d. 1402). When Margrave William I "the one-eyed" died in 1407, William and Frederick also inherited a part of Meissen. Under the 1410 Treaty of Naumburg, however, the brothers agreed to a fresh division of the Meissen territory. They agreed to divide the Osterland between themselves. They did so in 1411; William received the larger part of the Osterland, including Leipzig, which Frederick had managed to obtain instead of Jena.William fought at his brother's side in the Hussite war in Bohemia. He is rumoured to have been married to Amelia of Mazovia. According to Karlheinz Blaschke, however, he remained unmarried.He died on 13 March 1425.

William IV of Hesse-Kassel

William IV of England,Scotland,and Ireland

William Hutton (1798–1860)

Breeders' Cup Mile

International races:

Otto, Bishop of Utrecht

William II Sánchez

William II, Landgrave of Hesse-Wanfried-Rheinfels

William II of Ross

Beatrix of Haarlem? or Mabilia?

William I. Gabig

William II of Württemberg

William III, Count of Burgundy

Elisabeth of Brunswick-Lüneburg

Count of Hainaut 25px, Holland 25px and Zeeland 25px

William Hutt (politician)

William Hutt

William II (of Germany and Prussia)

William II, Duke of Normandy

William IX of Poitiers

Elector of Hesse

William III, Count of Angoulême

William III, Count of Toulouse

William I of Holland

William I, Count of Nassau-Dillenburg

William II of Bures (died 1158) 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.

Richardis

William II Jordan

Founder

William III of Nevers

William Hyde Rice (July 23, 1846 – June 15, 1924) was a businessman and politician during the overthrow of the Kingdom of Hawaii. He collected and published legends of Hawaiian mythology.

Wilhelm Karl Paul Heinrich Friedrich

William III, Duke of Aquitaine

William III, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg

William II, Princely count of Henneberg-Schleusingen

Prince William II of Nassau-Dillenburg (28 August 1670 – 21 September 1724 in Dillenburg) was the ruling Prince of Nassau-Dillenburg from 1701 until his death. His parents were Prince Henry (1641–1701) and his wife Princess Dorothea Elisabeth of Legnica-Brzeg (1646–1691).

William IV (22 April 1852 – 25 February 1912) reigned as the sovereign Grand Duke of Luxembourg from 17 November 1905 until his death. He succeeded his father, Adolphe, Grand Duke of Luxembourg. He also held the title of Duke of Nassau, although that was annexed by Prussia after the Austro-Prussian war of 1866.William IV was a Protestant, the religion of the House of Nassau.

William I, Count of Schwarzburg-Frankenhausen

William I. Mott

Hedwig, Countess of Schaumburg

February 1227

William I, Marquis of Namur, the Rich, (1324 – 1 October 1391) was Count of Namur from 1337 until his death.

William II (disambiguation)

William I, Duke of Berg

Elisabeth of Nassau-Saarbrücken

William I, Count of Nassau-Dillenburg (nicknamed William the Rich, Dutch: Willem de Rijke; 10 April 1487 – 6 October 1559) was a count of Nassau-Dillenburg from the House of Nassau.

William Hyde Rice

William Hutchison (c.1870 – 1 May 1924) was a Glasgow solicitor who served as a Unionist Member of Parliament for Glasgow Kelvingrove from 1922 until his death.He had previously contested the Glasgow Bridgeton constituency as a Conservative.

William II of Baux

William IV of Eberstein

William I. "Bill" Mott (born July 29, 1953, in Mobridge, South Dakota) is an American horse trainer, most notable for his work with Cigar. Mott earned the Eclipse Award for Outstanding Trainer in 1995 and 1996. He was inducted into the National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame in 1998 at the age of 45, becoming the youngest thoroughbred trainer ever inducted. Mott started training thoroughbreds at age 15 and won the South Dakota Futurity with Kosmic Tour before he was out of high school.

Bishops Stortford, Hertfordshire

William IV, Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel

William I, Duke of Nassau

Sir William Hutt KCB, PC (6 October 1801 – 24 November 1882) was a British Liberal politician who was heavily involved in the colonization of New Zealand and South Australia.

William II de Soules

Princely count William IV of Henneberg-Schleusingen (c.1475 – 24 January 1559), a member of the House of Henneberg, was a ruler of the Principality of Henneberg, within the Holy Roman Empire.The son of William III of Henneberg, William inherited the Principality of Henneberg on 26 May 1480, when his father died, and reigned until his own death nearly eighty years later, on 24 January 1559.William married Anastasia of Brandenburg, a daughter of Albert Achilles, Elector of Brandenburg.In 1543–1544 William embraced the Protestant Reformation.

Evangelical City Church in Dillenburg

William IV of Avesnes

William I, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg

William II of Holland

William II, Lord of Egmond or Willem II, heer van Egmond (c. 1230 – 30 March 1304) was a ruling Lord of Egmond.

William Hyde (Douai)

William II Longespée

William II (of Württemberg)

William I. Swoope

William I (22 March 875 – 6 July 918), 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 Auvergne and Ermengard.

Member of Parliament for Gateshead

William I, King of Württemberg

The Koch Cup Trophy

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William IV, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg

William II of Aquitaine

William Hyde

The Earl Russell

Princely count William IV of Henneberg-Schleusingen (c.1475 – 24 January 1559), a member of the House of Henneberg, was a ruler of the Principality of Henneberg, within the Holy Roman Empire.The son of William III of Henneberg, William inherited the Principality of Henneberg on 26 May 1480, when his father died, and reigned until his own death nearly eighty years later, on 24 January 1559.William married Anastasia of Brandenburg, a daughter of Albert Achilles, Elector of Brandenburg.In 1543–1544 William embraced the Protestant Reformation. In 1554 he signed a treaty of inheritance with John Frederick II, Duke of Saxony. William died in Salorno five years later. However, when his successor George Ernest, the last Prince of Henneberg, died, both the Ernestine and the Albertine branches of the Wettin dynasty claimed his estates. In 1660 they were finally divided between the Ernestine duchies of Saxe-Weimar and Saxe-Gotha and the Albertine Maurice of Saxe-Zeitz, while the lordship of Schmalkalden went to William IV, Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel, honouring an inheritance treaty of 1360.

William (Bill) I. Donnermeyer Sr. (born September 19, 1924) is an American former politician, from Bellevue, Kentucky. He was elected unopposed in 1973 to the 68th district of the House of Representatives for the Commonwealth of Kentucky. Donnermeyer retired in 1995, having served continuously for 25 years. Bill is a member of the Bellevue Veterans Club.

William IV, Princely count of Henneberg-Schleusingen

William I, King of Scotland

William I, Count of Provence

William Ian DeWitt Hutt, CC OOnt MM (May 2, 1920 – June 27, 2007) was a Canadian actor of stage, television and film. Hutt's distinguished career spanned more than fifty years and won him many accolades and awards. While his base throughout his career remained at the Stratford Festival in Stratford, Ontario, he appeared on the stage in London, New York and across Canada.

William (1312 – 22 August 1338) was the third son of Frederick III of Sicily and Eleanor of Anjou. He inherited the Duchy of Athens after the death of his elder brother Manfred on 9 November 1317.During his minority, his Greek possessions were governed by his illegitimate elder brother Alfonso Frederick, who in 1319 added the Duchy of Neopatria to the Catalan domains. In 1330, Alfonso returned from Greece and William ceded the counties of Malta and Gozo to him.

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William IV of Hesse

William Hypolite Keating

William II, Duke of Bavaria-Straubing

Member of Parliament for Kingston upon Hull

William II (died probably around 961) was the co-margrave of Montferrat with his father Aleram.He was the eldest son of Aleram by his first wife, name unknown. He was named after his grandfather, the head of the family, William I. William probably co-reigned with his father, but appears to have been dead at around the same time. The only mention of him is in a document for the foundation of an abbey pro anime nostre et quondam Gulielmi qui fuit filius et filiaster atque germanus noster seu parentum nostrum mercede.

William I (1020 – 12 November 1087), called the Great (le Grand or Tête Hardie, "the Stubborn"), was Count of Burgundy from 1057 to 1087 and Mâcon from 1078 to 1087. He was a son of Renaud I and Alice of Normandy, daughter of Richard II, Duke of Normandy. William was the father of several notable children, including Pope Callixtus II.In 1057, he succeeded his father and reigned over a territory larger than that of the Franche-Comté itself.

William III of Weimar

William II, Margrave of Meissen

William II of Villehardouin

William II of Besalú

Dorothea Elisabeth of Legnica-Brzeg

William IV, Grand Duke of Luxembourg

William II Rufus

William, Earl of Ross (Gaelic: Uilleam; d. 1274) was ruler of the province of Ross in northern Scotland.William appears as early as 1232, witnessing a charter as the son of Ferquhard, Earl of Ross. He succeeded his father as Earl around 1251. He played a pioneering role in the Scottish reconquest of the Hebrides, which had been under Norwegian control. Indeed, in many ways, he may be regarded as the instigator of Scottish aggression.

William II Betham (1779-1853)

William II, Landgrave of Hesse
William II (29 April 1469 – 11 July 1509) was Landgrave of Lower Hesse from 1493 and Landgrave of Upper Hesse after the death of his cousin, William III, Landgrave of Upper Hesse in 1500.William II is also called "William the Middle" to distinguish him from his elder brother "William I the Elder", and his cousin "William III, the Younger".

William I. Rose is a professor of mineralogy, petrology and meteorology at Michigan Technological University. He was involved in a study of Lake Toba on Sumatra.He won the 2002 N. L. Bowen Award.

The Elector of Hesse

William, Earl of Ross (Gaelic: Uilleam; d. 1274) was ruler of the province of Ross in northern Scotland.William appears as early as 1232, witnessing a charter as the son of Ferquhard, Earl of Ross. He succeeded his father as Earl around 1251. He played a pioneering role in the Scottish reconquest of the Hebrides, which had been under Norwegian control. Indeed, in many ways, he may be regarded as the instigator of Scottish aggression. Hákonar saga Hákonarsonar tells us that in Norway:"In the previous summer [i.e. that of 1262], letters came east from the Hebrides ... and they brought forward much about the dispeace that the Earl of Ross ... and other Scots, had made in the Hebrides, when they went out to Skye, and burned towns and churches, and slew very many men and women ... They said that the Scottish king intended to lay under himself all the Hebrides." 1Uilleam's attacks on Norwegian possessions earned him the ire of King Haakon, who planned an expedition against him. However, William escaped this expedition. He was probably rewarded with Skye and Lewis after the Scottish reconquest of the Hebrides, a reward secured when the conquests were ratified by the Treaty of Perth in 1266.William married Jean Comyn, daughter of William, Earl of Buchan. So far as is known he had only one son, also named William, who succeeded him as Earl. William died in May 1274 at "Earles Allane", likely the site of modern Allanfearn or Allangrange.

William II of Hohenzollern

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William II of Holland (February 1227 – 28 January 1256) was a Count of Holland and Zeeland (1234–56). He was elected as German anti-king in 1247 and remained king until his death.

William III, Duke of Narbonne

September 1037

William IV, Count of Henneberg-Schleusingen

William II of Provence

William I, Marquis of Namur

William Hyde Rice in his uniform as Governor of Kauai

William I, Lord of Douglas

Elisabeth of Isenburg-Büdingen-Ronneburg

William I, Abbot of Arbroath

William I (c. 1167, The Hague – 4 February 1222), Count of Holland from 1203 to 1222. He was the younger son of Floris III and Ada of Huntingdon.

William II (of The Netherlands)

William II Sánchez of Gascony

William I, Duke of Guelders

William (1312 – 22 August 1338) was the third son of Frederick III of Sicily and Eleanor of Anjou. He inherited the Duchy of Athens after the death of his elder brother Manfred on 9 November 1317.During his minority, his Greek possessions were governed by his illegitimate elder brother Alfonso Frederick, who in 1319 added the Duchy of Neopatria to the Catalan domains. In 1330, Alfonso returned from Greece and William ceded the counties of Malta and Gozo to him. Nicola Lanza replaced him in Greece.In 1335, he married María Álvarez de Jérica, a descendant of Roger of Lauria, without papal dispensation, as both John XXII and Benedict XII wanted to check the power of Frederick his father.In 1337, his father willed him the Principality of Taranto, the county of Calatafimi, the honour of Monte Sant'Angelo, and various castles and lands in Noto, Spaccaforno, Capo Passero, and Avola when his mother, Eleanor, daughter of Charles II of Naples, died. She died in 1341, but William died first on 22 August 1338. He left his library to the Dominicans of Palermo and was buried in the cathedral there.

William IV of Angouleme

William IV. of Hesse

William I. Troutman (At Large)

William I, Count of Holland

William I (22 March 875 – 6 July 918), 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 Auvergne and Ermengard. Sometime before 898, he married the Bosonid Engelberga, daughter of Boso of Provence and Ermengard.By inheritance, he was the ruler of Auvergne and the Limousin. He conquered Poitou and Aquitaine in 893 on behalf of Ebalus Manser. He kept the latter for himself and was proclaimed duke. His possessions extended from Austrasia to Toulouse and included the Autunois and Mâconnais.In 910, William founded the Benedictine abbey of Cluny that would become an important political and religious centre. William required no control over the abbey, which he arranged should be responsible directly to the pope (see Clunian reforms). This was especially striking since most monasteries were owned privately and the appointment of abbots and officials was left to that family or individual. This led to the appointment of untrained, unordained abbots and officials. William also nominated Cluny's first abbot, Berno of Baume.A sign of William's independence of rule in Aquitaine is that he had a deniers minted in his own name at Brioude. He was buried in the monastery of Saint-Julien there. He had no sons of his own and was succeeded by a nephew, William the Younger, son of his sister Adelinda.

William II de Croÿ, Lord of Chièvres

The William I. Koch International Sea Scout Cup is a biannual Sailing Regatta put on by Sea Scouting (Boy Scouts of America). The Event was founded by Bill Koch in 2002 in order to allow Sea Scouts from around the world to compete. The original National Sea Scout Sailing Championship began in the 1930s but went dormant when Sea Scouts left the program to serve in World War II. Today Sea Scouts from around the world gather for a week of friendly competition. Scouts from Australia, Brazil, Denmark,Egypt, England, Finland, Germany, Ireland, Liberia, New Zealand, Norway, Poland, Saudi Arabia, South Africa, Sweden, Trinidad and Tobago, Turkey, and the United States have participated.
William I. Koch International Sea Scout Cup

William IV of Holland

Raymond, Prince of Gothia

William Hutton (1797–1860)

William II de La Marck

Painting of the Elector wearing the ensign of the Order of the Elephant

William III of Weimar (Wilhelmi Thuringorum praetor; died 16 April 1039) was count of Weimar from 1003 and of the Eichsfeld from 1022.He was the youngest son of Count William II of Weimar.

William II de la Marck (Lummen, 1542 – Bishopric of Liège, 1 May 1578) (Dutch: Willem II van der Marck) was Lord of Lumey and initially admiral of the Watergeuzen, the so-called 'sea beggars' who fought in the Eighty Years' War (1568–1648), together with among others William the Silent, Prince of Orange-Nassau.

William II of Tyre

William Hyman

William II, German Emperor/Scraps

William II Sanchez of Gascony

William II of Cerdanya

William II of Hesse-Cassel

William II, Duke of Brunswick-Luneburg

'''Belmont Stakes

William II, Duke of Brunswick-Calenberg-Göttingen

Monarchy abolished

William II, Marquess of Montferrat

William I, Count of Nassau-Dillenburg (nicknamed William the Rich, Dutch: Willem de Rijke; 10 April 1487 – 6 October 1559) was a count of Nassau-Dillenburg from the House of Nassau. He was not wealthy; his nickname the Rich refers to him having many children.William was born in Dillenburg as the younger son of Count John V of Nassau-Dillenburg and Landgravine Elisabeth, daughter of Landgrave Henry III of Hesse-Marburg and Anna of Katzenelnbogen He was the brother of count Henry III of Nassau-Breda and the father of William I of Orange.His eldest son William inherited the principality of Orange. The early House of Orange-Nassau descends from the younger William, while the later House of Orange-Nassau (and the Dutch royal family) descends from both the younger William and his younger brother John.

William I, King of Wuerttemberg

William III of Ponthieu

William II de Soules (d. 1320/1321), Lord of Liddesdale and Butler of Scotland, was a Scottish Border noble during the Wars of Scottish Independence. William was the elder son of Nicholas II de Soules, Lord of Liddesdale and Butler of Scotland, and a cousin of Alexander Comyn, Earl of Buchan. He was the nephew of John de Soules, Guardian of Scotland.While still a young man, he was received into the peace of King Edward I of England in 1304. He remained in English service in the following decade, and received reward in 1312 with a knighthood and the lands of Sir Robert Keith although by that time those were in the hands of the Scots. After the victory of the Bruce cause at the Battle of Bannockburn in 1314, he switched to the Scottish side. By 1318 he was Butler of Scotland, and in 1320 he appeared as a signatory to the Declaration of Arbroath with this designation.Later in 1320 he was involved in a conspiracy against King Robert along with Sir David de Brechin. Some say that he wanted the Scottish throne for himself, others, that the probable aim was to place Edward Balliol on the Scottish throne. Soules had gathered a few followers when he was arrested at Berwick, and brought before parliament. There he confessed his treason, and was placed in Dumbarton Castle. He is said to have died by 20 April 1321, in mysterious circumstances.Another William de Soules, about two generations earlier, had married Ermengarde, daughter of Alan Durward by Marjorie, illegitimate daughter of Alexander II of Scotland. A son, Nicholas de Soulis, was one of the Competitors for the Crown of Scotland.Scottish Borders folklore maintains that a Soulis was involved with the Black Arts being schooled with Michael Scot, the "wizard of the North". Sir Walter Scott made this Evil Lord Soules - Sir William and gave him a familiar called Robin Redcap. In retaliation for a long history of cruelty, locals boiled this Lord Soules alive at Ninestane Rig. The more likely culprit would have been Sir Ranulf (Randolph) de Soules of Liddel (born c.1150 and murdered by his servants in 1207/8)

William IV, Count of Jülich

Vice-President of the Board of Trade

William IV, Count of Forcalquier (French: Guillaume IV d'Urgell ou Guillaume II de Forcalquier; 1130-1208) was the son of Bertrand I Count of Forcalquier and Josserande de la Flotte. William, married Adelaide de Beziers, daughter of Adelaide de Beziers and Raimond Trencavel of Beziers Viscount of Beziers, of Agde, of Albi, of Carcassonne, and of Razès.He co-ruled the county with his brother Bertrand II, who died leaving him as sole count. He had a daughter Garsenda who married Rainou of Sabran, Lord of Caylar and Ansouis. His daughter Garsenda predeceased him so his grand daughter of the same name inherited his county at the age of 13. He signed the Treaty of Aix with Alfonso II who was in line to become Count of Provence betrothing her to Alfonso in marriage.

Coat of Arms of the Counts of Ponthieu

William IX, Landgrave of Hesse-Cassel

William IV (22 April 1852 – 25 February 1912) reigned as the sovereign Grand Duke of Luxembourg from 17 November 1905 until his death. He succeeded his father, Adolphe, Grand Duke of Luxembourg. He also held the title of Duke of Nassau, although that was annexed by Prussia after the Austro-Prussian war of 1866.William IV was a Protestant, the religion of the House of Nassau. He married Princess Marie Anne of Portugal, believing that a Roman Catholic country ought to have a Roman Catholic monarch. Thus since William IV all other Grand Dukes have been Catholic.At the death of his uncle, Prince Nikolaus-Wilhelm in 1905, the only other legitimate male in the House of Nassau-Weilburg was William's cousin, Georg Nikolaus, Count of Merenberg, the product of a morganatic marriage. So in 1907, William declared the Counts of Merenberg non-dynastic, naming his own eldest daughter Marie-Adélaïde (1894–1924) as heir presumptive to the grand ducal throne. She became Luxembourg's first reigning grand duchess upon her father's death in 1912, and upon her own abdication in 1919, was succeeded by her younger sister Charlotte (1896–1985). Charlotte's descendants have reigned until the present day.He was the last monarch of Luxembourg to die whilst still on the throne.

William II of Brunswick-Lüneburg

William III Taillefer (also spelled Tallefer or Tallifer; c. 970 – September 1037) was the Count of Toulouse, Albi, and Quercy from 972 or 978 to his death. He was the first of the Toulousain branch of his family to bear the title marchio, which he inherited (c.975) from Raymond II of Rouergue.His parentage has been subject to reevaluation. He has traditionally been called son of Raymond III Pons and Garsinda. However, recent research has revealed that William was instead son of Adelais of Anjou, known to have married a Raymond, "Prince of Gothia". This discovery has required a complete reevaluation of the succession to the County of Toulouse during this period, and no scholarly consensus has developed.He and his vassals were notorious usurpers of church property. He stole from the abbey of Lézat, but gave it back between 1015 and 1025. Pope John XIX ordered him to stop his vassals from taking the lands of Moissac, a problem later remedied by his successor, Pons, who gave Moissac to Cluny.William became the most powerful prince in western Languedoc and he saw the rise of the House of Capet in France and a corresponding decrease in royal authority recognised in the south. He bore the title of marchio prefatus in pago Tholosano: "prefect margrave in the Toulousain country." His influence extended into the Narbonensis and even Provence, on behalf of his wife. His power did not remain undiminished in his own city of Toulouse, where he was forced by a council of local noblemen and clerics to give up dues imposed on the market there.Before 992, William married Emma, daughter of Rotbold III of Provence. From her he gained titles and lands to Provence. From a prior marriage, he had two sons, Raymond and Hugh, who died young. His eldest son by Emma, Pons, inherited Toulouse and the title of Margrave of Provence. His second son Bertrand became Count of Forcalquier, a Provençal fief. He had an illegitimate daughter who married Otto Raymond of L'Isle-Jourdain.

William I, Elector of Hesse

William II Canynges (c. 1399–1474) was an English merchant and shipper from Bristol, one of the wealthiest private citizens of his day and an occasional royal financier. He served as Mayor of Bristol five times and as MP for Bristol thrice. He was a generous patron of the arts in Bristol, particularly concerning the church of St Mary Redcliffe in Bristol, "The crown of Bristol architecture". Following the death of his wife Joan in 1467, he renounced civic and commercial life and was ordained a priest in 1468, in which capacity he remained until his death six years later. His tomb effigy in St Mary's later inspired the boy poet Thomas Chatterton to write the romantic poem "The Storie of William Canynge"

William Hutt (MP)

William IV of Montferrat

William IV of Jülich-Berg

Businessman, politician

William IX

William II Wickwane

William Hurwitz

Arsende de Comminges

William II de Warenne

William IV, Duke of Brunswick-Lueneburg

William III of Provence

Mary Milner

Hesse-Wanfried

Count of Nassau-Dillenburg

William II Rufus of England

William IV Atheling

William II (of England)

Gerberga of Burgundy

Maria Branković

Dayton, Kentucky, United States

William II of Gascony

William IX of Montferrat

Actor

British

William Hyland

House of Jülich-Heimbach

William III, Count of Ponthieu

William II of Hainaut

William IV, Duke of Julich-Berg

William II, King of Wurttemberg

William IV of Angoulême

Biennial Event

William II (died 1226), Count of Perche and Bishop of Châlons, son of Rotrou IV, Count of Perche, and Matilda of Blois-Champagne, daughter of Theobald II, Count of Champagne, and Matilda of Carinthia, daughter of Engelbert, Duke of Carinthia.He began his career as treasurer and provost of the Church of St. Martin of Tours, and was elected Bishop of Chalons in 1215, consecrated in 1216.

William I, Viscount of Bearn

William II de Soules (d. 1320/1321), Lord of Liddesdale and Butler of Scotland, was a Scottish Border noble during the Wars of Scottish Independence. William was the elder son of Nicholas II de Soules, Lord of Liddesdale and Butler of Scotland, and a cousin of Alexander Comyn, Earl of Buchan. He was the nephew of John de Soules, Guardian of Scotland.While still a young man, he was received into the peace of King Edward I of England in 1304.

Imaginary 19th-century portrait in the Cathédrale Saint-Jean de Besançon

Count of Holland

William I, Count of Eu (978-after 1057), illegitimate son of Richard I, Duke of Normandy. Count of Eu and Count of Hiémois. William succeeded his nephew as Count of Eu and Hiémois after his murder in 1040.

William I, Landgrave of Hesse

William II (of Wuerttemberg)

William II, Count of Angoulême

Emilienne

House of Arles

William II Crispo (or Guglielmo) (1390–1463) was the fifteenth Duke of the Archipelago, from 1453 to 1463. He was the son of the tenth Duke Francesco I Crispo and wife Fiorenza I Sanudo, Lady of Milos.

William IV, Count of Forcalquier (French: Guillaume IV d'Urgell ou Guillaume II de Forcalquier; 1130-1208) was the son of Bertrand I Count of Forcalquier and Josserande de la Flotte. William, married Adelaide de Beziers, daughter of Adelaide de Beziers and Raimond Trencavel of Beziers Viscount of Beziers, of Agde, of Albi, of Carcassonne, and of Razès.He co-ruled the county with his brother Bertrand II, who died leaving him as sole count.

Appley Towers, Ryde,
Frances Stanhope

William III

William II Count of Hainaut

William I, Marquess of Montferrat

Elizabeth of Stolberg-Wernigerode

William IV of Orange-Nassau

William III Taillefer (also spelled Tallefer or Tallifer; c. 970 – September 1037) was the Count of Toulouse, Albi, and Quercy from 972 or 978 to his death. He was the first of the Toulousain branch of his family to bear the title marchio, which he inherited (c.975) from Raymond II of Rouergue.His parentage has been subject to reevaluation. He has traditionally been called son of Raymond III Pons and Garsinda.

William Hutt (Canadian actor)

William II (died probably around 961) was the co-margrave of Montferrat with his father Aleram.He was the eldest son of Aleram by his first wife, name unknown. He was named after his grandfather, the head of the family, William I. William probably co-reigned with his father, but appears to have been dead at around the same time.

William Hyde (disambiguation)

William IV of Weimar

David Carruthers 1835

Ada, Abbess at Rijnsburg

William I, Count of Eu

United States

William Hutchison (Scottish politician)

William II, Duke of Bavaria

William II Canynges

William Hynes

Johanna Dorothea of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Plön-Norburg

Portrait of William IX by Macrino d'Alba

William IV of Forcalquier

William I. Kip

William Hutt (actor)

Straußberg, now part of Sondershausen

William I. Donnermeyer, Sr.

William IV of the Netherlands

Sophie Magdalene of Salm-Reifferscheid

William Hutton (dean of Winchester)

William II the Pious

William I, Count of Aumale