* 1770 – Frederick William III of Prussia ( d. 1840 )

Alexander III was also the grandson of William the Lion.

Following the Glorious Revolution, the line of succession to the English throne was governed by the Bill of Rights 1689, which declared that the flight of James II from England to France during the revolution amounted to an abdication of the throne and that James ' son-in-law, ( and nephew ) William of Orange, and his wife, James ' daughter, Mary, were James ' successors, who ruled jointly as William III and Mary II.

The Bill of Rights also stated that the line of succession would go through their descendants, then through Mary's sister Princess Anne, and her descendants, and then to the issue of William III by a later marriage ( if he were to marry again after the death of Mary II ).

However, Mary II died childless in 1694, after which William III did not remarry, and Princess Anne's last surviving child, Prince William, Duke of Gloucester, died six years later, after which it was unlikely she would have any more children due to her age and the large number of miscarriages she had previously suffered.

With the descendents of Charles I thus either childless ( in the case of William III and Anne ) or Catholic, consideration then fell to the descendants of Elizabeth of Bohemia, the only other child of James I to have reached adulthood.

* 1689 – William III and Mary II are crowned as joint sovereigns of Britain.

Owing to the refusal of the chief officers of the corporation to take the oath of allegiance to William III in 1688, the charter was annulled, and the town subsequently declined in prosperity.

This oath was imposed under William III, George I and George III.

The reigns of King Przemysł II of Poland ( 1296 ), William the Silent of the Netherlands ( 1584 ), and the French kings Henry III ( 1589 ) and Henry IV ( 1610 ) were all ended by assassins.

* John Ehrman, The Navy in the War of William III: Its State and Direction ( Cambridge, 1953 ).

William Jefferson " Bill " Clinton ( born William Jefferson Blythe III ; August 19, 1946 ) is an American politician who served as the 42nd President of the United States from 1993 to 2001.

William Jefferson Blythe III, in 1950 at age four

Bill Clinton was born William Jefferson Blythe, III, at Julia Chester Hospital in Hope, Arkansas.

* William C. Patrick III

Painting based on The Beggar's Opera, Act III Scene 2, William Hogarth, c. 1728

A Collect for 5th November, in Book of Common Prayer published London 1689, referring to the Gunpowder Plot and the arrival of William III of England | William III

He thus broke allegiance with Philip and assembled a broad coalition including Emperor Otto IV, King John I of England, Duke Henry I of Brabant, Count William I of Holland, Duke Theobald I of Lorraine, and Duke Henry III of Limburg.

* The left wing, composed of knights and foot soldiers was led by Robert de Dreux, Count William of Ponthieu.

* William IV Talvas, Count of Ponthieu ( d. 1221 )

* October 4 – William III Talvas, Count of Ponthieu ( b. 1179 )

* June 20 – William III, Count of Ponthieu ( b. c. 1095 )

Having been abruptly recalled into Anjou by a revolt of his barons, he returned to the charge in September 1136 with a strong army, including in its ranks William, duke of Aquitaine, Geoffrey, count of Vendôme, and William Talvas, count of Ponthieu, but after a few successes was wounded in the foot at the siege of Le Sap ( 1 October ) and had to fall back.

Initially William could not get support for the invasion but, claiming that Harold had sworn on sacred relics to support his claim to the throne after having been shipwrecked at Ponthieu, William was given the Church's blessing and nobles flocked to his cause.

1220 ), engaged to Richard I of England ; she married William III Talvas, Count of Ponthieu

By mischance, Harold arrives at the wrong location in France and is taken prisoner by Guy, Count of Ponthieu .< sup >( scene 7 )</ sup > After exchanges of messages borne by mounted messengers, Harold is released to William who then invites Harold to come on a campaign against Conan II, Duke of Brittany.

* William IV, Count of Ponthieu ( 1179 – 1221 )

The scandal of Isabella ’ s relations with Mortimer compelled them both to withdraw from the French court to Flanders, where they obtained assistance for an invasion of England from Count William of Hainaut, although Isabella did not arrive from Ponthieu until the fleet was due to sail.

Robert de Bellême (– after 1130 ), Seigneur de Bellême ( or Belèsme ), Seigneur de Montgomery, viscount of the Hiémois, 3rd Earl of Shrewsbury and Count of Ponthieu, was an Anglo-Norman nobleman, and one of the most prominent figures in the competition for the succession to England and Normandy between the sons of William the Conqueror.

* William III of Ponthieu, who via his mother inherited the county of Ponthieu.

* Helie of Burgundy 1080 – 1141, wife of Bertrand of Toulouse and William III of Ponthieu

William married Adela ( or Ela ), daughter of William Talvas, count of Ponthieu, by Helie ( Ella ) daughter of Odo I, Duke of Burgundy.

* William Talvas, lord of Bellême ( until 1113 ), Count of Ponthieu, Sées, and Alençon ( died 1171 )

William IV Talvas ( 1179 – October 4, 1221 ) was William III, Count of Ponthieu and William IV ( of the house of Belleme / Montgomery ).

His father Jean I, Count of Ponthieu ( d 1191 was the son of Guy II, Count of Ponthieu ( who died on the Second Crusade 1147 ) and grandson of William III of Ponthieu, also frequently called William III Talvas, and who represented the senior line of the lords of Montgomery, once trusted vassals and allies of William the Conqueror.

* William of Hirsau ( c 1030 – 91 )

* William of Malmesbury ( c 1095 – c1143 )

William " Captain " Kidd ( c. 1645 – 23 May 1701 ) was a Scottish sailor remembered for his trial and execution for piracy after returning from a voyage to the Indian Ocean.

The Wedding of Stephen Beckingham and Mary Cox by William Hogarth, c. 1729 ( Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City | N. Y. ).

** Paterson by William Carlos Williams ( composed c. 1940-1961 )

William Cecil, 1st Baron Burghley, the Queen's Secretary of State and Oxford's father-in-law, c. 1571.

Henry Ford's siblings include Margaret Ford ( 1867 – 1938 ); Jane Ford ( c. 1868 – 1945 ); William Ford ( 1871 – 1917 ) and Robert Ford ( 1873 – 1934 ).

Henry I ( c. 1068 / 1069 – 1 December 1135 ) was the fourth son of William I of England.

Jacob's Ladder by William Blake ( c. 1800, British Museum, London ).

* Sir William Hamilton, 1st Baronet ( c. 1605 – 1680 )

* Lady Margaret Hamilton ( d. c. 4 May 1642 ), married Sir William Cuninghame of Caprington

* William Mayo ( civil engineer ) ( c. 1685 – 1744 ), the civil engineer who laid out the city of Richmond, Virginia

Robeson had three brothers, William Drew, Jr. ( born 1881 ), Reeve ( born c. 1887 ), and Ben ( born c. 1893 ), and one sister, Marian ( born c. 1895 ).

According to William of Malmesbury ( c. 1080 – c.

The first allusion to a literary tradition of Robin Hood tales occurs in William Langland's Piers Plowman ( c. 1362 – c.

Stephen ( c. 1092 / 6 – 25 October 1154 ), often referred to as Stephen of Blois (, Medieval French: Estienne de Blois ), was a grandson of William the Conqueror.

# William ( c. 1137 – 1159 ), who succeeded as Count William I of Boulogne

Partly based on the works by the Italian surgeon and anatomist Matteo Realdo Colombo ( c. 1516 – 1559 ), the anatomist William Harvey ( 1578 – 1657 ) described the circulatory system.

In William Shakespeare's play King Lear ( c. 1600 ), when the King learns that his daughter Regan has publicly dishonoured him, he says They could not, would not do't ; ' tis worse than murder: a conventional attitude at that time.