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Robert Guiscard - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia In 1035 there arrived William Iron-Arm and Drogo, the two eldest sons of Tancred of Hauteville, a petty noble of Coutances in Normandy. In 1042 Melfi was chosen as the Norman capital, and in September of that year the Normans elected as their count William Iron-Arm, who was succeeded in turn by his brothers Drogo, "Comes Normannorum totius Apuliae e Calabriae", and Humphrey, who arrived about 1044. Then Sergius of Naples, by installing the leader Rainulf in the fortress of Aversa in 1029, gave them their first base, allowing them to begin an organized conquest of the land. en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Robert_Guiscard   (997 words)

William IV of Aquitaine - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia William IV of Aquitaine (937 – February 5, 995), nicknamed Fierebras (Iron Arm), was Duke of Aquitaine and Count of Poitiers between 963 and 995. William was the son of William III of Aquitaine and Gerloc (Adele) of Normandy. Their marriage was stormy, in part because of William's indulgence in the pursuit of women and wild animals. en.wikipedia.org /wiki/William_IV_of_Aquitaine   (155 words)

Encyclopedia: William IV of Aquitaine William IV of Aquitaine (937-February 5, 995), nicknamed Iron Arm, was Duke of Aquitaine and Count of Poitiers between 963 and 995. William was the son of William III of Aquitaine and Adele of Normandy. People who viewed "William IV of Aquitaine" also viewed: www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/William-IV-of-Aquitaine   (113 words)

Palermo William the Bad could rouse himself from the sloth of his seraglio to head an army ; William the Good, though feeble in foreign policy and no general, administered the State with clemency and wisdom. William of Apulia tells how, in the course of a pilgrimage to St. Michael's shrine on Monte Gargano, certain knights of Normandy were accosted by a stranger of imposing aspect, who persuaded them to draw their swords in the quarrel of the Lombard towns of South Italy against the Greeks. The intrigues which endangered the throne and liberty of William the Bad, and which perplexed the policy of William the Good, were court-conspiracies of a kind common enough at Constantinople. www.oldandsold.com /articles29/southern-europe-1.shtml   (6938 words)

Lombards and Normans William Iron Arm and Drogo conquered the Apulian county of Melphi. Some of his sons were William (Iron Arm), Drogo, Humphrey, Robert (Guiscard) and Roger (I). William became count of Apulia and his title would pass on to his brothers Drogo and Humphrey. www.geocities.com /fairauthor/NormanItaly.html   (1259 words)

Jarl Andræs Mikkelgaard: Biography During his first year of sole rule of the Earldom, in 1057, Andræs Mikkelgaard negotiated his marriage to Arlette, the daughter of Guillaume (William) "Iron Arm" de Hauteville, Count of Ascoli, and Aubrey, daughter of the Lomdard Duke of Sorrento, Guido. William of Hauteville was the son of the Norman Tancred and conquered much of southern Italy in 1036. Expressing his condolences to his family, he was at once struck by the beauty of William's young daughter and humbly sought her hand from her adopted father, Onfroi. edoras.ucsd.edu /mikkelgaard/biography.html   (2141 words)

VENOSA (anc. Venusia, q.v.) - Online Information article about VENOSA (anc. Venusia, q.v.) ARM (a common Teutonic word; the Indo-European root is ar, to join or fit; cf. WILLIAM (A.S. Wilhelm, O. Norse Vilhidlmr; O. Ger. encyclopedia.jrank.org /VAN_VIR/VENOSA_anc_Venusia_qv_.html   (421 words)

FOSTER FAMILY ROOTS Baldwin is called Bras de Fer, which means "Iron Man." We have also seen him referenced as "Iron Arm." Some have speculated that he got his nickname from wearing his armor all the time. William and Matilda were the parents of Duke Robert of Normandy, King William II of England, and King Henry I of England. When William, Duke of Normandy, claimed the English throne and was granted assistance from the Pope to invade England, the king of France commissioned Baldwin V to head the French forces. freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com /~fosterfamily/foster3.html   (1421 words)

William Iron Arm and the Normans in Melfi Thus in September 1042 William of Hauteville, known as Iron-Arm and the other leaders turned to Guaimar of Salerno (now known as the duke of Apulia and Calabria), in order to obtain, by paying homage of vassalage to him, official recognition of their conquests. With the death of William, his son Dreux was elected in his place and adopted a titular, which indicated the change of status of the Norman mercenaries and the ambitions of the Hautevilles: “duke and master of Italy, count of the Normans and the whole of Apulia and Calabria”. William of Hauteville, who had become a count in 1042 and had married the Duke of Salerno’s niece, held a predominant position. www.mondes-normands.caen.fr /angleterre/histoires/medit/3/medit3_4.htm   (297 words)

The Norman Dynasties William, despite the status of his birth, was chosen by his relatives to succeed his father [who died on a pilgrimage to the Holy Land] as duke. William II (known as William Rufus) was strong, outspoken and ruddy (hence his nickname 'Rufus'), William II (reigned 1087-1100) extended his father's policies, taking royal power to the far north of England. Although William immediately began to build and garrison castles around the country, he apparently hoped to maintain continuity of rule; many of the English nobility had fallen at Hastings, but most of those who survived were permitted to keep their lands for the time being. xenophongroup.com /montjoie/norman.htm   (2438 words)

jm37v10.txt The son of William the Silent, the grandson of Maurice of Saxony, whom he resembled in visage and character, he was summoned by every drop of blood in his veins to do life-long battle with the spirit of Spanish absolutism, and he was already girding himself for his life's work. William the Silent knew full well, that after the withdrawal of the great keystone-city of Ghent, the chasm between the Celtic-Catholic and the Flemish-Calvinist Netherlands could hardly be bridged again. The intimate connection which was formed between the Kingdom of England and the Republic of Holland, immediately after the death of William the Silent, rendered the history and the fate of the two commonwealths for a season almost identical. www.cise.ufl.edu /mirrors/gutenberg/etext04/jm37v10.txt   (16367 words)

Italy Under Frederick's son William (XII), Montferrat itself was raised to the status of a Duchy, but then in 1708 it was asorbed by Savoy. It was during this period that the English Ambassador, Sir William Hamilton again, who was in the Kingdom from 1764-1800, studied the volcanoes of the Naples and Sicily. William VII married Sibylla and fathered King Baldwin V of Jerusalem. www.friesian.com /italia.htm   (9545 words)

Vikings and Feudal Europe 900-1095 by Sanderson Beck Duke William of Guienne at the Poitiers council he summoned in 1000 proposed that those who refused to settle disputes by means of justice instead of arms should be excommunicated. William agreed to let his son Robert have Normandy upon his death, which came at Rouen in 1087; while barons seized castles, his servants plundered the late Duke William's personal effects, leaving a naked corpse. William of Dijon and Richard of St. Vannes criticized the prelates for being hirelings rather than preachers. www.san.beck.org /AB17-FeudalEurope.html   (24112 words)

34th Generation (cont.) In Apulia, William ("Iron Arm") de Hauteville, Robert's eldest half brother, having successfully defeated the Byzantine Greeks who controlled that region, had been elected count of Apulia in 1042. During his rise he repressed with an iron hand not only the claims of Humphrey's sons but also the uprisings of towns and lords that were fretting under the restraints imposed upon them. Because of the deaths of William and Drogo and of his third half brother, Count Humphrey, in 1057, Robert returned to Apulia to seize control from Humphrey's sons and save the region from disgregating internal conflicts. boazfamilytree.com /edebeauchamp/aqwg73.htm   (2252 words)

Norman Conquest of Sicily William d'Hauteville, for reasons perhaps suggested by his nickname "Iron Arm," emerged as leader of the Norman mercenaries. In later years the d'Hautevilles' personal control over the new principality was strengthened as William and Drago were joined by their brothers, especially the two youngest, Robert "Guiscard" (meaning, "the Resourceful"), who arrived in 1046, and Roger, who joined his older siblings about 1057. When English-speaking historians mention the Norman Conquest, they are usually referring to the invasion of England in 1066 by Normans under the leadership of William the Conqueror. www.boglewood.com /sicily/normanconquest.html   (382 words)

The Normans One of these, William Iron Arm, became lord of Apulia in 1043; he was succeeded by his brother Drogo and by another brother, Humphrey, who defeated (1053) Pope Leo IX when the pope attempted to enforce papal rights in S Italy. William the Conqueror, his fellow Normans, and their descendants formed a distinct population in England. In 1066 the Norman Conquest of England made the duke of Normandy king of England as William I (William the Conqueror). www.lyberty.com /encyc/articles/normans.html   (870 words)

Chapter The Saracens, The Franks And The Normans. of History of The Decline And Fall of The Roman Empire by Gibbon The first of his peers, their president and general, was entitled count of Apulia; and this dignity was conferred on William of the iron arm, who, in the language of the age, is styled a lion in battle, a lamb in society, In a second action the emir of Syracuse was unhorsed and transpierced by the iron arm of William of Hauteville. In the centre of the province, the common habitation of Melphi was reserved as the metropolis and citadel of the republic; a house and separate quarter was allotted to each of the twelve counts: and the national concerns were regulated by this military senate. www.bibliomania.com /2/1/62/109/25698/4.html   (883 words)

William Sydney Porter (O. Henry) Noticing that the guys of the iron bridge rattle ominously to the strain of his wracking cough, he moves on to a nearby "glittering bar," where he encounters, among others, "a middle-aged man, well-dressed, with a lined and sunken face," in contrast to Goodall himself, "a mere boy who is chiefly eyes and overcoat" (103). William Sydney Porter (O. Henry) had first come to Texas in 1882, the same year that Oscar Wilde visited the city in June of that year. Placing an arm around his neck and kissing him on the cheek, Rosa sends young Goodall away, his innocence intact and his will to live so strongly renewed that he leaves the packet of morphine grains behind. www.accd.edu /sac/english/mcquien/htmlfils/ohenry2.htm   (1385 words)

William D. Murray William D. Murray, Sergeant of Co. I, 24th Michigan Volunteer Infantry was born in April 1840, in Kingston Ontario, Canada. The last April edition of the Jeffersonian states, "William Murray died at his home this week, the wounds he received at Gettysburg had finally healed over about a year ago and doctors thought he would now completely recover, the funeral will be held in the G.A.R. Hall Saturday at 1pm. Murray's last son was named William; he died at 16 yrs. www.geocities.com /capecanaveral/lab/1419/wmurray.html   (1136 words)

Comic creator: William Kerridge Haselden William Kerridge Haselden is regarded as the father of the British newspaper strip. William Haselden's most famous creations first appeared in 1914 under the title 'The Sad Experiences of Big and Little Willie', which were caricatures of England's war-time enemy Kaiser Wilhelm of Germany and his son. In 1904, he walked into the office of the Daily Illustrated Mirror with a portfolio of sample cartoons under his arm. www.lambiek.net /haselden_wk.htm   (148 words)

William De Hauteville --  Encyclopædia Britannica byname William Iron Arm, Italian Guglielmo D'altavilla, or Guglielmo Braccio-di-ferro, French Guillaume De Hauteville, or Guillaume Bras De Fer Norman adventurer, the eldest of 12 Hauteville brothers, a soldier of fortune who led the first contingent of his family from Normandy to southern Italy. He led the Norman conquest of southern Italy after the death of his older brother William Iron Arm, whom he succeeded as count of Apulia. William and his brothers Drogo and Humphrey responded (c. www.britannica.com /eb/article-9077049?tocId=9077049   (821 words)

EXCERPTS FROM Thomas Mifflin LADD BOOK William F. Martin, Feb. 16, 1963 (146) Robert A. Ladd, III, of Henrico County, Virginia, son of Robert A. Ladd, II (71), and Margaret Orrock Ladd, married Teresa Bealkowski, July 16, 1938. William Green Munford, of Charles City Co. a Major in the Revolution, served in the house of delegates 1781-1785. This William, is probably the grandson of Gerard Ladd, (449) of Mecklenburg Co. Children: 611, Cynthia Pennington Ladd 612, William W. Ladd, ma. homepages.rootsweb.com /%7Eladd/warren.htm   (19448 words)

Publisher description for Library of Congress control number 2001034900 William was born with a withered arm and suffered from cerebral palsy many historians have sought in this clue a clue to his behavior later in life. He destabilized the Iron Chancellor's foreign policy by failing to renew the Reinsurance Treaty with Russia, a decision that opened the way for Russia's alliance with France in 1894. He denied that the fleet he built was targeted at Britain, but there is evidence that German domination of the seas was the aim of William's secretary of state, who was altogether less anxious to please the British than the grandson of Queen Victoria. www.loc.gov /catdir/description/hol042/2001034900.html   (326 words)

William Dodd William was sent to St. Thomas' Hospital and the doctors eventually decided that he would have to have his right arm amputated. William Dodd became an overlooker with responsibility for checking the ages of children working in the factory. (4) William Dodd interviewed John Reed, a former employee of Richard Arkwright, in his book The Factory System Illustrated (1842) www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk /IRdodd.htm   (1627 words)

VENOSA - LoveToKnow Article on VENOSA An inscription on the wall commemorates the great Norman brothers William Iron Arm (d, 1046), Brogo (murdered at Venosa in 1051), Humfrey (d. The bones of these brothers rest together in a simple stone sarcophagus opposite the tomb of Alberada. www.1911encyclopedia.org /V/VE/VENOSA.htm   (245 words)

Battery B, 4th U.S. Light Artillery - Battery B's Medal of Honor Winners Three of his comrades seeing him fall came to his assistance, and with a tourniquet applied to his arm refused to leave the battery until the action was decided. While bringing case shot to his gun a piece of shrapnel severed his right arm, carrying away much of his shoulder. Coverage was eventually extended to include all services and "any civilian national" wounded while serving with the Armed Forces. www.batteryb.com /medal_of_honor.html   (1536 words)

Duke of Aquitaine William I the Pious, Count of Auvergne (893-918) www.portaljuice.com /duke_of_aquitaine.html   (91 words)

Ships of the World: An Historical Encyclopedia - - CSS Florida Wilson had granted about half his crew leave, and after assessing the situation, Lieutenant T. Porter surrendered the ship and the remaining crew, who were put in irons. Built: William C. Miller and Sons, Liverpool; 1862. Known as the "Prince of Privateers," CSS Florida was the second most successful Confederate raider after Alabama. college.hmco.com /history/readerscomp/ships/html/sh_034600_cssflorida.htm   (303 words)

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