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In his tenth year, upon Bertrand's death ( 1112 ), he succeeded to the county of Toulouse and marquisate of Provence, but Toulouse was taken from him by William IX, count of Poitiers, in 1114, who claimed it by right of his wife Philippa of Toulouse, daughter of William IV of Toulouse.
In 1137, Duke William X left Poitiers, going to Bordeaux and taking his daughters.
Some, such as John of Salisbury and William of Tyre say Eleanor's reputation was sullied by rumours of an affair with her uncle Raymond of Poitiers, Prince of Antioch.
13th-century depiction of Henry II of England | Henry II and John's siblings: ( l to r ) William IX, Count of Poitiers | William, Henry the Young King | Henry, Richard I of England | Richard, Matilda of England, Duchess of Saxony | Matilda, Geoffrey II, Duke of Brittany | Geoffrey, Eleanor of England, Queen of Castile | Eleanor, Joan of England, Queen of Sicily | Joan and John
He was a younger brother of William IX, Count of Poitiers ; Henry the Young King ; and Matilda, Duchess of Saxony.
Henry II and Eleanor of Aquitaine's oldest son, William IX, Count of Poitiers, died in 1156, before Richard's birth.
William of Poitiers claimed that the battle was won mainly through William's efforts, but earlier accounts claim that King Henry's men and leadership also played an important part.
No English source mentions a supposed embassy by Archbishop Robert to William conveying the promise of the succession, and the two Norman sources that mention it, William of Jumièges and William of Poitiers, are not precise in their chronology of when this visit took place.
William of Poitiers describes a council called by Duke William, in which the writer gives an account of a great debate that took place between William's nobles and supporters over whether to risk an invasion of England.
Although William of Poitiers and William of Jumieges disagree about where the fleet was built – Poitiers states it was constructed at the mouth of the River Dives while Jumieges states it was built at Saint-Valery-sur-Somme – both agree that it eventually sailed from Valery-sur-Somme.
William of Poitiers wrote glowingly of William's reign and its benefits, but the obituary notice for William in the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle condemns William in harsh terms.
* April – William IX, Count of Poitiers ( b. 1153 )
* August 17 – William IX, Count of Poitiers ( d. 1156 )
The history of Anjou may be told partly with the aid of the chroniclers of the neighbouring provinces, especially those of Normandy ( William of Poitiers, William of Jumièges, Ordericus Vitalis ) and of Maine ( especially Actus pontificum cenomannis in urbe degentium ).

William and also
she also went to Washington and appealed to Senator George William Norris of Nebraska, the Fighting Liberal, from whose office a sympathetic but cautious harrumphing was heard.
The defendant, William L. Stickney 3, 23, of 3211 Park pl., Evanston, who pleaded guilty to reckless driving, also was ordered by Judge James Corcoran to attend the Evanston traffic school each Tuesday night for one month.
They had one son, Col. William Preston Johnston, who would also serve in the Confederate Army.
There he also received instruction in piano and counterpoint from professor Gustav Jacobsthal, and associated closely with Ernest Munch ( the brother of his former teacher ), organist of St William church, who was also a passionate admirer of J. S.
" Through Methodism, Wesley's teachings also inspire a large scholarly following, with vocal proponents including J. Kenneth Grider, Stanley Hauerwas, Thomas Oden, Thomas Jay Oord, and William Willimon.
The teachings of William Ellery Channing a few years earlier had also laid the groundwork for the work of most of the Concord Transcendentalists.
This verse is also featured in William Billing's popular Sacred Harp song " David's Lamentation ", first published in 1778.
Alexander III was also the grandson of William the Lion.
In reply to this the French sovereign dispatched Andrew as his ambassador to Güyük Khan ; with Longjumeau went his brother William ( also a Dominican ) and several others — John Goderiche, John of Carcassonne, Herbert " Le Sommelier ," Gerbert of Sens, Robert ( a clerk ), a certain William, and an unnamed clerk of Poissy.
It was also around this time that William of Tyre was promoted to archdeacon of Tyre, and was recruited by Amalric to write a history of the kingdom.
He also befriended the canon William of Æbelholt at the Abbey of St Genevieve, whom he later made abbott of Eskilsø Abbey.
Because unlike the Hawaiians, Cubans and Puerto Ricans, the Filipinos were willing to fight for their independence, Carnegie believed that the conquest of the islands is a denial of the fundamental democratic principle, and he also urged William McKinley to withdraw American troops and allow the Filipinos to live with their independence.
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 ).
From 1852 onwards, Disraeli's career would also be marked by his often intense rivalry with William Ewart Gladstone, who eventually rose to become leader of the Liberal Party.
He was also partners with William Goddard and Joseph Galloway the three of whom published the Pennsylvania Chronicle, a newspaper that was known for its revolutionary sentiments and criticisms of the British monarchy in the American colonies.
William Fitzstephen ( d. about 1190 ), in his biography of Thomas Becket, gives a graphic sketch of the London of his day and, writing of the summer amusements of the young men, says that on holidays they were " exercised in Leaping, Shooting, Wrestling, Casting of Stones jactu lapidum, and Throwing of Javelins fitted with Loops for the Purpose, which they strive to fling before the Mark ; they also use Bucklers, like fighting Men.
Hill Top Farm was opened to the public by the National Trust in 1946 ; her artwork was displayed there until 1985 when it was moved to William Heelis ’ s former law offices in Hawkshead, also owned by the National Trust as the Beatrix Potter Gallery.
The French army also comprised a contingent of Scots commanded by Sir William Douglas.
Fans come from all over the world to see the places in Scotland where William Wallace fought for Scottish freedom, and also to the places in Scotland and Ireland to see the locations used in the film.
Several of the actors also attended including James Robinson ( Young William ), Andrew Weir ( Young Hamish ), Julie Austin ( the young bride ) and Mhairi Calvey ( Young Murron ).
Jones was a friend and admirer of William Jennings Bryan but also campaigned throughout the South for Herbert Hoover ( and against Al Smith ) during the 1928 presidential election.
William Reginald Hall, British Director of Naval Intelligence criticized the agreement on the basis that " the Jews have a strong material, and a very strong political, interest in the future of the country " and that " in the Brown area the question of Zionism, and also of British control of all Palestine railways, in the interest of Egypt, have to be considered ".
William the Breton also says in his column that the two lines of combatants were separated by a small space.

William and relates
William Cave wrote, "... the Sabbath or Saturday ( for so the word sabbatum is constantly used in the writings of the fathers, when speaking of it as it relates to Christians ) was held by them in great veneration, and especially in the Eastern parts honoured with all the public solemnities of religion.
Orderic Vitalis relates an incident that took place at L ' Aigle, in 1077 or 1078: William and Henry, having grown bored with casting dice, decided to make mischief by emptying a chamber pot onto their brother Robert from an upper gallery, thus infuriating and shaming him.
Opinions by two long serving Supreme Court judges, Hugo Black and William O. Douglas, indicate the extent to which corporate personhood is not an all or nothing doctrine, but rather relates to the purpose of government regulation and the underlying rights of the individuals making up the corporation.
William of Poitiers constantly relates Duke William ’ s exploits to those of the Greek and Roman world, for example there is a lengthy comparison between William and Caesar ’ s conquest of Britain.
Mary II's ordinal coincidentally relates to both her predecessors Queen Mary I of England and Queen Mary I of Scotland ; her co-sovereign husband is William III and II.
* The Master by Colm Toibin relates Wilkie James's ( younger brother of Henry and William James ) participation as an officer in the regiment.
As Lisa Jardine relates in her account of the assassination of William the Silent of the Netherlands, in 1584, the small size, ease of concealment and user-friendly loading aspect of the wheellock, compared to more arduous hand-held weapons, meant that it was used for curtailing the lives of public figures, such as Francis, Duke of Guise and William himself.
In the " Foreword ", the first person narrator, 15 year-old William Grove, a stand-in for Yates, relates what makes his divorcée mother, decide on Dorset Academy for her son.
It relates how in 1226, in another stronghold, called Tarwanpe, William of Modena successfully mediated peace between Germans, Danes and Estonians.
The setting of " William Wilson " is semi-autobiographical and relates to Poe's residence in England as a boy.
As later retellings clarify, this is surely a reference to Dr. William C. Clarke, the founder of Dark Entry Forest, Inc. Starr, a Congregational Church minister, somewhat cruelly and very fancifully relates the suicide of Clarke ’ s first wife, claiming that the doctor never returned to Dudleytown.
The archive relates also to his grandson, another William Wickham, who was Vice-Chairman on the first County Council.
Don Crompton in " A View from the Spire: William Golding's Later Novels " analyses the novel and relates to its pagan and mythical elements.
William T. Vollmann's Europe Central, the National Book Award fiction winner for 2005, has a 55-page segment, entitled Clean Hands, which relates Gerstein's story.
Arthur F. Moody's Water-Fowl and Game-Birds in Captivity ; Some Notes on Habits & Management ( H. F. & G. Witherby, 326 High Holborn, London, W. C .) relates in detail the experience of the bird-keeper for Scampston's grounds in the years of William Herbert St Quintin.
In his 1782 poem, The Diverting History of John Gilpin, William Cowper relates the comic tale of John Gilpin a linen draper of Cheapside London, who was probably based on a Mr Beyer, a linen draper of the Cheapside corner of Paternoster Row.
In both works William speaks in very laudatory terms of the king ; but his writings are valuable because he had personal knowledge of many of the facts which he relates.
It is now impossible to assign them to their respective saints, especially as two were located in the same county ; the one whom William of Malmesbury mentions with most honour was S. Editha of Wilton, whose festival he relates was in his time kept in several parts of the kingdom with great solemnity ; probably the majority, if not all, these churches are named in her honour ".
There is no record of any subsequent court hearing, but the Gesta Annalia I relates that Donnchadh was granted Carrick on condition of peace with Lochlann, and emphasises the role of King William ( as opposed to Henry ) in resolving the conflict.

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