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Born: 4th September, 1198, '''Alexander''' was the son of [[William the Lion]] and Ermengarde of Beaumont. he succeeded to the [[throne]] of [ {{Scottish Monarch | ruler = Alexander II | predecessor = [[William the Lion|William I]] | successor = [[Alexander III]] | reign = 1214-1249}}

At the [[Norman Conquest]], the [[count]] was Robert, half-brother of [[William the Conqueror]], who came to have extensive land-holdings in [[England]] as ..., nephew to [[Henry I]] and later [[king]] in his own right; Stephen's son William (who died childless); and [[John Lackland|John]], brother to [[Richard I]],

...of the [[castle]], and in 1079CE of a [[Norman]] [[cathedral]]. In 1100 [[William Rufus]] was buried in the [[cathedral]], under the tower. 7 years later, i

'''William I''', '''William the Lion''', was brother to [[Malcolm IV]] and succeeded him as [[king]] of {{Scottish Monarch | ruler = William the Lion | predecessor = [[Malcolm IV]] | successor = [[Alexander II]] | re

...of, [[William I]] (otherwise William the Bastard, WIlliam of Normandy, or WIlliam the Conqueror) in the years after his conquest of 1066. Evidnece of the or ...he further expansion of the fortress, leaving the execution of the work to William Longchamp, [[Bishop]] of Ely, his [[Chancellor]], whilst he (the King) went

...''' reigned as [[king]] of [[England]] between 1100 and 1135, succeeding [[William Rufus]]. He received the cognomen "''Beauclerc''" because he was an [[educ ...ther would inherit both of their father's dominions. In the event, when [[William Rufus|Rufus]] died in 1100, in an "accident" while [[hunting]], Robert was

The term was named after [[William Archibald Spooner]], and although he was born [[out of period]], we can be

...only son and [[heir]] of [[Henry I]] and his retinue, which according to [[William of Malmesbury]] included the flower of the young [[nobility]] of [[England] :''"Here also perished with William, Richard, another of the King's [Henry I] sons, whom a woman without rank h

...they weren't somewhere else in their kingdom, and [[William the Conqueror|William]] (the Bastard, of [[Normandy]]) built a [[Norman]] [[keep]] here which sti

...[[Rhazes]] --[[Cicero]] -- [[Augustine]] -- [[Anselm]] -- [[Aquinas]] -- [[William of Ockham]] -- [[Francis Bacon]]

...nths until the [[Norman Conquest]] replaced him by [[William the Conqueror|William]]

...l control; their nascent [[duke|duchy]], however, foundered, and it was '''William V''' who successfully founded a dynasty, as duke, basing himself in [[Poito When William X died, his daughter, [[Eleanor of Aquitaine|Eleanor]] married the kign of

...[[troubadour]] who was apparently from [[Gascony]]. He appears to have had William X of Aquitaine (son of [[Guilem de Peitieu]]) as a [[patron]]. He is said t

*[[William Byrd]]

...ngland|English]] throne emerged, chief among these [[William the Conqueror|William, Duke of Normandy]]. ...was fighting Norse invaders at the [[Battle of Stamford Bridge]], [[Duke]] William was waiting for a favourable [[wind]] to cross the [[English Channel]] and

Peculiarly (see [[William Rufus]]) it doesn't seem to have prohibited killing people -- but then, the

...ble to obtain revenge on Normandy (then under Duke [[William the Conqueror|William]], the Bastard. ...Henry later married his son, William, to Fulk's daughter, Matilda. After William's death, and some further complexities, a second marriage, between Henry's

The annual [[William Marshall]] [[feast]]/[[tournament]] held in the [[Barony of Stormhold]] eac

...ear subservience to [[William the Conqueror]]. In 1093, fighting aganst [[William Rufus]], he was obliged to cede territory, and in the same year, he and Edw

...ever, aware that the duke and the king had agreed that, on Edward's death, William should take the English throne, for the good of the nation.