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Edgar Atheling
(Encyclopedia) Edgar AthelingEdgar Athelingăthˈəlĭng [key] [O.E. ætheling,=son of the king], 1060?–1125?, English prince, grandson of Edmund Ironside. After the death of King Harold at the battle of…William II, king of England
(Encyclopedia) William II or William RufusWilliam IIr&oomacr;ˈfus [key], d. 1100, king of England (1087–1100), son and successor of William I. He was called William Rufus or William the Red…William II, king of Sicily
(Encyclopedia) William II (William the Good), c.1153–1189, king of Sicily (1166–89), son and successor of William I. He married (1177) Joan, daughter of Henry II of England. As an ally of Pope…The Tragedy of King Richard the Second
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(Encyclopedia) Roger II, c.1095–1154, count (1101–30) and first king (1130–54) of Sicily, son and successor of Roger I. He conquered (1127) Apulia and Salerno and sided with the antipope Anacletus II…Sunderland, Robert Spencer, 2d earl of
(Encyclopedia) Sunderland, Robert Spencer, 2d earl of, 1641–1702, English statesman. He succeeded to the earldom in 1643. During the reign of Charles II he served on various diplomatic missions and…William of Orange
(Encyclopedia) William of Orange: see William the Silent; William II, prince of Orange; William III, king of England.The Life and Death of King John
ContentsDramatis PersonaeAct IScene IAct IIScene IAct IIIScene IScene IIScene IIIScene IVAct IVScene IScene IIScene IIIAct VScene IScene IIScene IIIScene IVScene VScene VIScene VIIWilliam the Lion
(Encyclopedia) William the Lion, 1143–1214, king of Scotland (1165–1214), brother and successor of Malcolm IV. Determined to recover Northumbria (lost to England in 1157), he supported the rebellion…William, count of Holland
(Encyclopedia) William, count of Holland, 1227?–1256, German king (1254–56), previously rival king (1247–54) to Conrad IV. William was chosen by Pope Innocent IV to succeed Henry Raspe (d. 1247) as…