Count of Flanders, supporter of King Stephen of England (1104–1164)
William of Ypres (Dutch: Willem van Yper; c. 1090 – 24 January 1165[1]) was a Flemish nobleman and one of the first mercenary captains of the Middle Ages.[2] Following two unsuccessful bids for the County of Flanders, William became King Stephen of England's chief lieutenant during the civil war of 1139–54 known as the Anarchy. He held Kent, though not the title of earl, until the early years of King Henry II's reign, when he returned to Flanders.
^24 January 1164 O.S., 1165 N.S.
^Isaac, Steven (2010). "William of Ypres". The Oxford Encyclopedia of Medieval Warfare and Military Technology. Vol. 3. Oxford University Press. pp. 451–452. ISBN 978-019533403-6.
WilliamofYpres (Dutch: Willem van Yper; c. 1090 – 24 January 1165) was a Flemish nobleman and one of the first mercenary captains of the Middle Ages...
lack of resources. The Germans conducted their own Flanders offensive at the Second Battle ofYpres (22 April – 15 May 1915), making the Ypres salient...
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capturing William of Ypres and imprisoning him at Lille. He then quickly took Aire, Cassel and all the towns still loyal to WilliamofYpres. Louis's final...
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had kept his cause alive in the south-east of England, and the Queen, backed by her lieutenant WilliamofYpres and reinforced with fresh troops from London...
maternal half-brother of duke, and later king, William the Conqueror, and was, for a time, William's primary administrator in the Kingdom of England, although...
is a war memorial in Ypres, Belgium, dedicated to the British and Commonwealth soldiers who were killed in the Ypres Salient of World War I and whose...
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youngest son of Zeger II, Viscount de Gand (himself grandson ofWilliamofYpres, legitimated son of Phillip ofYpres and his concubine, madam of Loo) and...
foot of the North Downs and falls within the parish of Boxley. The abbey was founded in around 1146 by WilliamofYpres, leader of King Stephen of England's...
1154), under the command ofWilliamofYpres, who was King Stephen's chief lieutenant from 1139 to 1154 and who was made Earl of Kent by Stephen.[citation...
Duke of Kent and Strathearn is a title that was created once in the Peerage of Great Britain. Several Earls of Kent had previously been created in the...
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William III (William Henry; Dutch: Willem Hendrik; 4 November 1650 – 8 March 1702), also widely known as Williamof Orange, was the sovereign Prince of...
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