28 July 1128(1128-07-28) (aged 25) Aalst, Flanders
Burial
Abbey of Saint Bertin, Flanders
Spouse
Sibylla of Anjou
(m. 1123; ann. 1124)
Joanna of Montferrat
(m. 1127; died 1128)
House
Normandy
Father
Robert Curthose
Mother
Sibylla of Conversano
William Clito (25 October 1102 – 28 July 1128) was a member of the House of Normandy who ruled the County of Flanders from 1127 until his death and unsuccessfully claimed the Duchy of Normandy. As the son of Robert Curthose, the eldest son of William the Conqueror, William Clito was seen as a candidate to succeed his uncle King Henry I of England. Henry viewed him as a rival, however, and William allied himself with King Louis VI of France. Louis installed him as the new count of Flanders upon the assassination of Charles the Good, but the Flemings soon revolted and William died in the struggle against another claimant to Flanders, Thierry of Alsace.
WilliamClito (25 October 1102 – 28 July 1128) was a member of the House of Normandy who ruled the County of Flanders from 1127 until his death and unsuccessfully...
The Latin term Clito (meaning "noble") was sometimes used instead: for example in the case of William Adelin's cousin, WilliamClito. See Ætheling, S...
Duke of Normandy 1087-1106 WilliamClito, 1102-1128, Count of Flanders 1127-1128 Richard of Normandy, 1054-1070 William II of England, King of England...
Crusade; they had one child: WilliamClito, was born 25 October 1102 and became heir to the Duchy of Normandy. WilliamClito was unlucky all his life; his...
and Fulk V of Anjou, who promoted the rival claims of Robert's son, WilliamClito, and supported a major rebellion in the Duchy between 1116 and 1119...
Flanders from passing to his nephew WilliamClito, another contender and second cousin of William of Ypres, as WilliamClito also laid claim to Henry's Duchy...
husband's mistress, Agnes de Ribemont. Robert and Sibylla had one son: WilliamClito (1102—27 July 1128), Count of Flanders. The spelling Sibylla (after...
in favour with Henry. WilliamClito, the only son of Robert Curthose, was King Louis VI of France's preferred choice, but William was in open rebellion...
Robert Curthose and William of Mortain spent the rest of their lives in captivity. Robert Curthose had a legitimate son, WilliamClito (1102–1128), whose...
and marched into Flanders with an army and urged the barons to elect WilliamClito, son of Robert Curthose, who had been disinherited of Normandy by his...
Richard was born to William Longsword, princeps (chieftain or ruler) of Normandy, and Sprota, a Breton concubine bound to William by a more danico marriage...
daughter of Fulk V of Anjou and Ermengarde of Maine, In 1123, she married WilliamClito, son of the Norman Robert Curthose and future Count of Flanders. Sibylla...
the region of Normandy until at least 928. He was succeeded by his son William Longsword in the Duchy of Normandy that he had founded. The offspring of...
Abbess of Fontevrault. Sibylla of Anjou (d. 1165), married in 1121 to WilliamClito, and then (after an annulment in 1124) to Thierry, Count of Flanders...
to Louis VII of France were Marie and Alix. He had one elder brother, William (d. 1156), and his younger siblings included Matilda, Richard, Geoffrey...
when William II conquered England, becoming King William I, the title Duke of Normandy was often held by the King of England. In 1087, William died and...
married his second daughter Sibyl, at the instigation of Louis VI, to WilliamClito, son of Robert Curthose, and a claimant to the duchy of Normandy, giving...
countered Henry by marrying his other and older daughter, Sibylla, to WilliamClito, the son of Robert Curthose, Henry's nephew and rival for Normandy....
Sibylla, to William Clito, son of Henry I's older brother, Robert Curthose. Henry I had the marriage annulled to avoid strengthening William's rival claim to...
Elias II, Count of Maine (†1151) Mathilde († 1119) m William Adelin Sibylle († 1119) m WilliamClito m Thierry of Alsace Baldwin III of Jerusalem († 1163)...
had defeated his brother Robert Curthose and angered Robert's son, WilliamClito, who was Count of Flanders from 1127. Henry used his paternal inheritance...
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