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William des Roches (died 1222) (in French Guillaume des Roches) was a French knight and crusader who acted as Seneschal of Anjou, of Maine and of Touraine. After serving the Angevin kings of England, in 1202 he changed his loyalty to King Philip II of France and became a leading member of his government.[1]

  1. ^ Vincent, Nicholas (January 2008). "Roches, Peter des (Peter de Rupibus) (d. 1238)". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/22014. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)

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