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Guelfic Revolution in Tuscany, 1266–1267.
situation, spurred his horse into the thick of the fight, and valiantly met his fate. His wife and children fell into the victor’s hands, and on that one day Charles gained his new kingdom, which he now sought to tame by stern and systematic cruelty. He was soon able to give material help to the struggling Guelfs of Tuscany. On the news of Charles’s victory reaching Florence, the Ghibellines were expelled, and the Guelfs availed themselves of their triumph to reorganise the constitution. It was the first faint beginning of Florentine democracy, and the turning-point in the whole history of the city. Fearing for the permanence of their power, the Florentines called upon Charles to aid them. On Easter Day 1267, Count Guy of Montfort, the fiercest and wildest of the banished sons of Leicester, marched into the city at the head of a band of French horse. Charles was made lord of Florence for ten years. The Guelfs were almost as triumphant in Tuscany as in Naples.
Conradin’s Italian Expedition, 1267–1268.
Conradin was in his fifteenth year when the death of his uncle made him the sole surviving representative of the house of Hohenstaufen. He was a precocious and gallant youth, conscious that there was no prospect of his playing a great part in Germany, and greedily listening to the stories which Ghibelline exiles told of the wrongs of Italy and the violence of the Angevin usurper. The triumph of Charles had been too rapid to be permanent, and a strong reaction set in both in Apulia and Tuscany against the brutal violence of his partisans. A revolt broke out in Calabria. The Pope himself trembled at the completeness of his ally’s success, and Rome chose Henry of Castile, brother of Alfonso X. and an old enemy of Charles, as her Senator. Pisa raised the Ghibelline standard in Tuscany, and the northern feudalists vied with the Ghibelline cities in stemming the Guelfic tide. Conradin judged the moment opportune to try his fortunes in Italy. At the head of a small army, and accompanied by his uncle, Duke Louis of Bavaria, and by his closest friend, Frederick, the nominal Duke of Austria, the young prince crossed the Brenner, and in October 1267 entered Verona. But he was not strong enough to act at once, and Charles profited by the delay to prepare thoroughly for the struggle. At the approach of danger the jealousies of the Guelfs vanished, and Clement was as eager as Charles to destroy the ‘basilisk sprung from the seed of the dragon.’
Battle of Tagliacozzo and Death of Conradin, 1268.
Early in 1268 Conradin began to move. Welcomed in January in Ghibelline Pavia, in April he was nobly received in Pisa, where he long tarried, hoping to make head against the Guelfic reaction which, thanks to Charles’s energy, was already apparent in Tuscany. In July he entered Rome, where the Senator Henry of Castile joined his forces with the Ghibelline host. He pressed on into Apulia, hoping to join hands with the revolted Saracens of Lucera. But Charles hurried to meet him, and on 23rd August annihilated his army at the battle of Tagliacozzo. Conradin fled from the ruin of his hopes, but was betrayed to Charles, and was beheaded at Naples along with his comrade Frederick of Austria. He was the last of his race, and his death ensured the Guelfic triumph in Italy, which was henceforth to be utterly separate from Germany, and was to go through long generations of anguish before she could work out her destinies for herself. Clement IV. only just outlived the success of his policy. After his death, in November 1268, a three years’ vacancy in the Papacy completed the victory of Charles of Anjou by depriving him of the only control that could be set over his actions. It was during this period that he attained that fatal ascendency over Louis IX. that led to the expedition to Tunis, where even the sacred crusading cause was made subservient to the ambition of the lord of Naples. Yet, fierce and violent as he was, Charles’s power alone kept Italy from absolute anarchy.
While Italy was distracted by the contest between Guelfs and Ghibellines, Germany was equally divided by the troubles of the Great Interregnum which followed the death of William of Holland in 1256. After Conrad IV.’s departure to Italy, William had begun to make way in Germany, and his marriage with the daughter of Duke Otto of Brunswick connected him closely with the traditional leaders of the German Guelfs. After Conrad’s death many of the partisans of the Hohenstaufen, including the Rhenish cities, recognised his claim, and no attempt was made to set up the infant Conradin as his rival. But if he thus gained formal recognition, William never aspired to be more than a king in name. The chief event of his reign was the union in 1254 of the Rhenish cities in a league which extended beyond its original limits as far as Ratisbon, and gave a
Germany, 1254–1273.
King William of Holland, 1254–1256.
The Double Election of 1257.
precedent for other and even more memorable unions of German towns. The local alliance between Lübeck and Hamburg, established as far back as 1241, proved the nucleus of the famous Hanseatic League. William’s death was only important because of the troubles that a contested election evoked. The friends of the Hohenstaufen found it useless to pursue the candidature of Conradin, and were anxious to effect a compromise. They sought to find some prince who, while friendly to the Swabian traditions, was acceptable to the Pope and his partisans. Even the Rhenish archbishops, who had procured the elections of Henry and William, felt the need for peace. Thus both the Bavarian kinsfolk of Conradin, and Conrad of Hochstaden, the Guelfic archbishop of Cologne, agreed in the sort of candidate that they would welcome. They soon found no one in Germany who answered their requirements. Ottocar, King of Bohemia, possessed a power that far outshadowed that of any native prince, and his recent acquisition of Austria and Styria gave him a sort of claim to be considered a German. But all parties viewed with alarm the aggrandisement of so powerful and dangerous a neighbour, and looked further afield, hoping to find a candidate who, though not strong enough to overwhelm their independence, was rich and energetic enough to save them from the ambitious Czech. Conrad of Hochstaden, already well acquainted with England, declared himself in favour of Richard, Earl of Cornwall, whose wealth and reputation were great, and whose rejection of the Sicilian throne, afterwards bestowed by the Pope on his nephew Edmund, showed that he would keep clear from the complications of Italian politics. Henry III., delighted that his brother and son should divide the Hohenstaufen inheritance between them, backed up his candidature. Richard was a good friend of the Pope, and yet had been the brother-in-law and ally of Frederick II. He scattered his money freely, and the Jews, his faithful dependants in England, actively furthered his candidature. But France took the alarm at the extension of the power of her English enemies, and the inveterate Ghibelline partisans of the Italian cities would hear of no Emperor indifferent to their ancient feuds. The citizens of Pisa suggested that Alfonso X. of Castile would be a better candidate than the Earl of Cornwall, and the French party eagerly took up his claims. The ancient rights of all the German nobles to choose their king had fallen into disuse during the recent
troubles, and the right of election had gradually passed to seven of their leaders, who on this occasion first definitely exercised the power that belonged to the Seven Electors of later times.
In January 1257 the Archbishop of Cologne appeared with the Count Palatine Otto of Bavaria and the proxy of the captive Archbishop of Mainz before the walls of Frankfurt. On being refused admission to the city, they formally elected Richard as King of the Romans before the gates. The Archbishop of Trier, who had held the town against them, was soon joined by the Duke of Saxony and the Margrave of Brandenburg, and on 1st April these three elected Alfonso of Castile. Ottocar of Bohemia, the remaining elector, for some time hesitated between the two, but his declaration in favour of Richard gave the English earl a majority of the votes of the electoral college. In May Richard crossed over the North Sea, and was crowned at Aachen by Archbishop Conrad. He remained nearly two years in Germany, and succeeded in getting himself generally recognised by the estates of the Rhineland. But the rest of Germany took little interest in his movements, and as soon as his money was exhausted, even his Rhenish friends grew lukewarm in his cause. More hopeful was the support of Alexander IV. and the alliance of Milan and other Italian cities. The Castilians refused to allow Alfonso to prosecute his candidature in person, and an absentee competitor might safely be neglected. Richard now hoped to be able to seek the Imperial crown at Rome. But his absorption in English politics required his return to his native land, and the death of Alexander IV. deprived him of his best chance of formal recognition.
The Great Interregnum, 1257–1273.
Richard paid three subsequent visits to Germany, but never obtained any greater power. Neither his character nor his resources were adequate to the difficult task that he had undertaken, and his divided allegiance to his old and new country made real success quite impossible. His simple policy was to obtain formal recognition from the princes by making them lavish grants of privileges. A striking example of this was when in 1262 he secured the permanent friendship of Ottocar by confirming his acquisitions of Austria and Styria. For all practical purposes Germany had no king at all. The abeyance of the central power forced the princes to exercise all sovereign rights, and their feuds and factions reduced the realm to a
deplorable state of anarchy. Richard’s gold had broken up the league of the Rhenish cities, and for the time the feudal party seemed to have it all their own way. Richard, despairing of general recognition, at last agreed to submit his claims to the judgment of Clement IV., though he had refused similar proffers from Urban IV. Clement died in 1268 before anything could be decided, and three years’ vacancy of the Papacy between 1268 and 1271 left the world without either a spiritual or a temporal head. The great days of Papacy and Empire were plainly over.
Henceforth the Empire was little more than an unrealised theory, but the Papacy was still a practical necessity for the age, however much the furious Guelfic partisanship of recent pontiffs had deprived the Apostolic See of its former position as spiritual director of Europe. Only a good and a strong Pope could restore peace to Italy and Germany, and in September 1271 the election of the holy Theobald of Piacenza, Archdeacon of Liége, then actually on pilgrimage in the Holy Land, secured for Europe a high-minded spiritual leader. The short pontificate of Theobald, who took the name of Gregory X. (1271–1276), stands in noble contrast to the reigns of a Gregory IX., an Innocent IV., or a Clement IV. With the wise and peace-loving pontiff, who sought to win back Europe to better ways, the highest spirit of the Roman Church was restored. We have seen how Gregory laboured in the second Council of Lyons for the organisation of the Mendicant Orders, for the union of East and West, and for the renewal of the Crusades. He devoted himself with equal energy to ending the long anarchy in Germany. Richard of Cornwall submitted to his decision, but died in 1272 before it could be pronounced. In 1273 the Electors chose Rudolf, Count of Hapsburg, in his stead. Gregory smoothed over the difficulties which might have attended his candidature, and established friendly relations with him. But the peace that the Pope loved was but of short duration. The Papacy again succumbed to the spirit of intrigue and violence, and before long fell at the hands of the grandson of St. Louis, the great-nephew of Charles of Anjou. The glory of the Papacy only outlasted the glory of the Empire for two generations: but while the Empire had become little more than a mere name, the Papacy, even in the days of the Captivity, continued, though with diminished lustre, to command the spiritual allegiance of Europe. Germany and
Gregory X. and the restoration of peace 1271–1276.
Italy, the chief names of the Imperial idea, had hopelessly lost any prospect of national unity, while losing the wider unity of the Roman State. The real future thus remained with the localised national states, which were best represented by France, England, and the Spanish kingdoms. With their establishment on the ruins of the older system, the age of the Papacy and Empire came to an end.
(1) P .
John X., 914–928.
Leo VI., 928–929.
Stephen VII., 929–931.
John XI., 931–936.
Leo VII., 936–939.
Stephen VIII., 939–942.
Martin III. or Marinus II., 942–946.
Agapet II., 946–955.
John XII., 955–963.
Leo VIII., 963–964.
Benedict V., 964–965.
John XIII., 965–972.
Benedict VI., 972–974.
Benedict VII., 974–983.
John XIV., 983–984.
Boniface VII., Antipope, 974–984; recognised, 984–985.
John XV., 985–996.
Gregory V., 996–999.
John XVI., 997–998 (partisan of Crescentius).
Sylvester II., 999–1003.
John XVII., 1003.
John XVIII., 1003–1009.
Sergius IV., 1009–1012.
Benedict VIII., 1012–1024.
John XIX., 1024–1033.
Benedict IX., 1033–1046. } deposed in 1046.
[Antipope, Sylvester III., 1044–1046.] } deposed in 1046.
Gregory VI., 1044–1046. } deposed in 1046.
Clement II., 1046–1047.
Damasus II., 1048.
Leo IX., 1048–1054.
Victor II., 1055–1057.
Stephen IX., 1057–1058.
[Antipope, Benedict X., 1058–1059.]
Nicholas II., 1058–1061.
Alexander II., 1061–1073.
[Antipope, Honorius, 1061–1062.]
Gregory VII., 1073–1085.
[Antipope, Clement III., 1080–1100.]
Victor III., 1086–1087.
Urban II., 1088–1099.
Paschal II., 1099–1118.
[Antipopes, Albert, Theodoric, and Sylvester IV.]
Gelasius II., 1118–1119.
[Antipope, Gregory VIII., 1118–1121.]
Calixtus II., 1119–1124.
Honorius II., 1124–1130.
Innocent II., 1130–1143.
[Antipopes, Anacletus, 1130–1138. Victor, 1138 (abdicated).]
Celestine II., 1143–1144.
Lucius II., 1144–1145.
Eugenius III., 1145–1153.
Anastasius IV., 1153–1154.
Adrian IV., 1154–1159.
Alexander III., 1159–1181.
[Antipopes, Victor, 1159–1164.
Paschal III., 1164–1168.
Calixtus III., 1168–1178. Lando, 1178–1180.]
Lucius III., 1181–1185.
Urban III., 1185–1187.
Gregory VIII., 1187.
Clement III., 1187–1191.
Celestine III., 1191–1198.
Innocent III., 1198–1216.
Honorius III., 1216–1227.
Gregory IX., 1227–1241.
Celestine IV., 1241.
Innocent IV., 1243–1254.
Alexander IV., 1254–1261.
Urban IV., 1261–1264.
Clement IV., 1265–1268.
Gregory X., 1271–1276.
(2) E K R .
Henry I. (the Fowler), 918–936.
*Otto I. (the Great), 936–973.
*Otto II., 973–983.
*Otto III., 983–1002.
*Henry II. (the Saint), 1002–1024.
*Conrad II. (the Salic), 1024–1039.
*Henry III. (the Black), 1039–1056.
*Henry IV., 1056–1106.
[Rivals—Rudolf of Swabia, 1077–1080. Hermann of Luxemburg, 1082–1093. Conrad of Franconia, 1093–1101.]
*Henry V., 1106–1125.
*Lothair II., 1125–1138.
Conrad III., 1138–1152.
*Frederick I. (Barbarossa), 1152–1190.
*Henry VI., 1190–1197.
*Otto IV., 1197–1212, } Rivals.
Philip II., 1197–1208, } Rivals.
*Frederick II., 1212–1250.
[Rivals—Henry Raspe, 1246–1247; William of Holland, 1247–1256.]
Conrad IV., 1250–1254.
The Great Interregnum, 1254–1273.
Richard, Earl of Cornwall, } Rivals, 1257–1272.
Alfonso X., King of Castile, } Rivals, 1257–1272.
* An asterisk is affixed to these Kings who were crowned Emperors by the Pope.
(3) E E .
Constantine VII. (Porphyrogenitus), 912–959.
[Joint-rulers—Alexander, 912–913.
Romanus I. (Lecapenus), 919–945.]
Romanus II., 959–963.
Basil II. (Bulgaroctonus), 963–1025.
[Joint-rulers—Nicephorus II. (Phocas), 963–969. John I. (Zimisces), 969–976.]
Constantine VIII., 1025–1028.
Romanus III. (Argyrus), 1028–1034.
Michael IV. (the Paphlagonian), 1034–1041.
Michael V., 1041–1042.
Constantine IX. (Monomachus), 1042–1054.
Theodora, 1054–1057.
Michael VI. (Stratioticus), 1057.
Isaac I. (Comnenus), 1057–1059.
Constantine X. (Ducas), 1059–1067.
Michael VII. (Ducas), 1067–1078.
[Joint-ruler—Romanus IV. (Diogenes), 1068–1071.]
Nicephorus III. (Botaniates), 1078–1081.
Alexius I. (Comnenus), 1081–1118.
John II. (Comnenus), 1118–1143.
Manuel I. (Comnenus), 1143–1180.
Alexius II. (Comnenus), 1180–1183.
Andronicus I. (Comnenus), 1183–1185.
Isaac II. (Angelus), 1185–1195.
Alexius III. (Angelus), 1195–1203.
Isaac II. (restored) } Joint-rulers 1203–1204.
Alexius IV. (Angelus) } Joint-rulers 1203–1204.
Alexius V. (Ducas), 1204.
(4) L E E .
Baldwin I., 1204–1205.
Henry of Flanders, 1205–1216.
Peter of Courtenay, 1216–1219.
Robert, 1219–1228.
Baldwin II., 1228–1261.
(5) K J .
Godfrey of Boulogne, 1099–1100 [refused the title].
Baldwin I. of Edessa, 1100–1118.
Baldwin II. of Edessa, 1118–1130.
Fulk of Anjou, 1130–1143.
Baldwin III., 1143–1163.
Amalric I., 1163–1174.
Baldwin IV. (the Leper), 1173–1185.
Baldwin V. (the Child), 1185–1186.
Guy of Lusignan, 1186–1194.
[Conrad of Montferrat, 1191–1192.]
[Henry of Champagne, 1192–1197.]
Amalric II. of Lusignan, 1197–1205.
Amalric III., 1205–1206.
John of Brienne, 1210–1225.
Iolande of Brienne, 1225–1228.
Frederick II., 1228–1250.
Hugh of Lusignan (King of Cyprus), 1268–1284.
(6) K F .
Charles the Simple, 896–929.
[Rivals—Robert of Paris, 922–923; Rudolf of Burgundy, 923–936.]
Rudolf of Burgundy, 929–936.
Louis IV., 936–954.
Lothaire, 954–986.
Louis V., 986–987.
Hugh Capet, 987–996.
Robert II., 996–1031.
Henry I., 1031–1060.
Philip I., 1060–1108.
Louis VI., 1108–1137.
Louis VII., 1137–1180.
Philip II., Augustus, 1180–1223.
Louis VIII., 1223–1226.
Louis IX. (Saint Louis), 1226–1270.
INDEX
Aachen, 18, 46, 51, 139, 141, 258, 331, 371.
—— palace at, 46, 80.
Aarhus, 22.
Aba, king of Hungary, 61.
Abbassides, the, 158, 465.
Abbeville, 416.
Abelard, 7, 208, 211–214, 239, 240, 241, 429, 432.
Abotrites, the, 21, 226, 227, 264.
Abul Cassim, 39.
Acarnania, 348.
Acerra, Diepold of. See Diepold.
Achaia, Villehardouin, Prince of, 349.
—— Princes of, 355.
Acre, 186, 192, 300, 302–303, 304, 312, 337, 368, 453, 461, 462, 463.
—— battle of, 459–460.
—— St. Thomas of. See Thomas, St.
Adalbero, Archbishop of Reims, 44, 70, 71, 74, 77.
—— Archbishop of Trier, 231.
Adalbert, St., 43, 45, 379.
—— Archbishop of Bremen, 121, 122, 123, 223, 236.
—— —— of Mainz, 144, 146, 231.
Adela, daughter of William the Conqueror, 87.
—— of Champagne, third wife of Louis VII., 290, 291.
Adelaide of Burgundy, wife of Otto I., 28, 29, 31, 41.
—— of Maurienne, queen of Louis VI., 282.
—— of Poitou, 69.
Adenulfus, Duke of Benevento, 106.
Adhemar, bishop of Le Puy, 182, 183.
Adige, the, 29, 258.
Adolf of Holstein, 265.
—— Archbishop of Cologne, 311.
Adrian IV., Pope, 249–250, 252–254, 256.
Adrianople, 155, 162, 299, 348; battle at, 351.
Ægean, islands of, 158, 348; crusaders in, 345.
Ætolia, 348.
Affonso Henriquez, king of Portugal, 325, 470–471, 475.
Afghanistan, 168.
Africa, 158, 170, 236–237, 468, 409, 471.
—— Christianity in, 103.
Agenais, the, 416.
Agnes of Poitou, wife of Henry III., 62, 121, 122, 128.
—— daughter of Henry IV., 221.
—— wife of Henry of Brunswick, and daughter of Conrad, Count Palatine, 308, 319.
—— of France, daughter of Louis VII., and wife of Alexius II., 340.
—— of Meran, wife of Philip Augustus, 323–324, 408.
Agriculture under Frederick I., 272.
Aigues Mortes, 457.
Ain Talut, battle of, 460.
Aix (in Provence), 417, 418.
Alan ‘of the Twisted Beard,’ first Count of Brittany, 85.
Alarcos, battle of, 471.
Albania, 164, 348; Greeks in, 350.
Alberic I., Marquis of Camerino, 30.
—— II., 30, 38.
—— 381.
—— da Romano, 483.
Albert the Bear, the Margrave, 226, 232, 233, 251, 264, 265, 268.
—— of Brabant, claimant to Liège, 307.
—— of Buxhöwden, 379.
—— the Great, 378, 447.
Albi, 216.
Albigenses, the, 216–217, 334, 394, 397, 398, 401, 419, 433, 436.
Albigensian Crusade, the, 332. See also Albigenses.
Albigeois, 287.
Albina, daughter of Tancred, 317.
Alcantara, Order of, 207, 471.
Alençon, Peter, Count of. See Peter.
Aleppo, 158, 195; Ameer of, 159–160.
Alessandria founded (1168), 259, 260; besieged, 261, 382.
Alexander II., Pope, 116, 124, 145.
—— III., Pope, 6, 256, 257–264, 269–270, 288, 471.
—— IV., Pope, 444, 446, 481–484, 490.
—— joint-emperor of Eastern Empire, 152.
—— of Hales, 445, 446, 447.
Alexandria, 195, 458.
Alexius I., Comnenus, 173–175, 179, 180, 182, 183, 184–185, 336–338.
—— II., Comnenus, 340.
—— III., 312, 342, 345.
—— IV., Angelus, 342, 344–346.
—— V. (Ducas), Murzuphlus, 346.
Alfonse of Poitiers, Count of Poitou, 407, 408, 410, 413, 414, 415, 416, 417, 418, 458.
—— Jordan, Count of Toulouse, 283–284, 287.
Alfonso, king of Leon, 326.
—— I., of Aragon, 467, 470.
—— VI., of Castile, 467, 468, 469.
—— VIII., king of Castile, 395, 421, 431, 467, 468, 469.
—— X., the Wise, of Castile, 10, 473, 475–476, 487, 490.
Alfred, king of Wessex, 15, 25.
Algarve, 473, 475.
—— Spanish, 473.
Algebra, Arabic, 363.
Alice, daughter of Louis VII. and Constance of Castile, betrothed to Richard of Aquitaine, 288, 290, 293, 302.
—— of Champagne. See Adela.
—— queen of Cyprus, 409.
Almansor, 466.
Almohades, the, 469–472.
Almoravides, the, 468–471.
Alp Arslan, Seljukian Sultan, 169, 171, 172, 179.
Amalfi, 117, 227.
Amalric I., king of Jerusalem, 185, 193.
—— II., of Lusignan, 453.
—— III., of Lusignan, 453.
—— of Bena, 433.
—— of Montfort, 456. See Amaury.
Amaury, abbot of Cîteaux, 399, 400.
—— de Montfort, 402, 406.
Amiens, 291, 292.
—— treaty of, 416.
Anacletus II., Antipope, 228, 229, 230, 234, 235, 241, 281.
Anagni, 257, 262; meeting of Gregory IX. and Frederick II. at, 369.
Anastasius IV., Pope, 249.
Ancona, 310; siege of, 261, 310; March of, 384.
Andalous (Andalusia), 464, 468, 470, 471, 472, 473.
Andechs-Meran, house of, 323.
Andernach, 19.
Andrew, king of Hungary, 61, 326, 452, 453, 454.
Andronicus Comnenus, 340–341.
Angelus, house of, 341–346, 351, 353.
Angevins. See Anjou.
Angoulême, Isabella of. See Isabella.
Ani captured, 169.
Aniane, Benedict of, 97.
Anjou, county of, 71, 76, 79, 87, 88; rise of the house of, 286–287, 395–396, 404, 415, 416, 417. See Bertrada, Charles, Fulk, Geoffrey, Henry, Joan, John, Richard. Anna Comnena, 107, 173, 337, 338.
Anne of Russia, wife of Henry I. of France, 79.
Anno, Archbishop of Cologne, 116, 121, 122, 123.
Anselm, St., of Canterbury, 7, 100, 139, 141, 210.
—— of Laon, 211.
—— Bishop of Lucca. See Alexander II.
Anthony, St., of Padua, 441, 445.
Antioch, 160, 163, 182, 183, 184, 185, 188, 192, 195, 196, 285–300, 453; principality of, 117, 460; capture of by Bibars, 460.
—— Frederick of. See Frederick.
Anweiler, Markwald of. See Markwald.
Aosta, 210.
Apulia, 10, 11, 50, 166, 227, 228, 230, 253, 261, 306–307, 309–310, 311–312, 316–318, 328, 367, 369, 374, 390, 458, 479; the Normans and, 105, 106, 114, 117.
Aquileia, 29; patriarch of, 50.
Aquino, St Thomas of. See Thomas, St.
Aquitaine, 75, 89, 90, 280–281, 286–287, 395, 396, 398, 406, 415, 416; barons of, 76; dukes of, 91.
See also William V. of; William the Pious of, and Eleanor of.
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