ODO1 OF See also:BAYEUX (c. 1036-1097)
, See also:Norman See also:bishop and See also:English See also:earl, was a uterine See also:brother of See also:- WILLIAM
- WILLIAM (1143-1214)
- WILLIAM (1227-1256)
- WILLIAM (1J33-1584)
- WILLIAM (A.S. Wilhelm, O. Norse Vilhidlmr; O. H. Ger. Willahelm, Willahalm, M. H. Ger. Willehelm, Willehalm, Mod.Ger. Wilhelm; Du. Willem; O. Fr. Villalme, Mod. Fr. Guillaume; from " will," Goth. vilja, and " helm," Goth. hilms, Old Norse hidlmr, meaning
- WILLIAM (c. 1130-C. 1190)
- WILLIAM, 13TH
William the Conqueror, from whom he received, while still a youth, the see of See also:Bayeux (1049)
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But his active career was that of a See also:warrior and states-See also:man
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He found See also:ships for the invasion of See also:England and fought in See also:person at Senlac; in 1067 he became earl of See also:Kent, and for some years he was a trusted royal See also:minister
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At times he acted as See also:viceroy in William's See also:absence; at times he led the royal forces to chastise rebellions
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But in 1083 he was suddenly disgraced and imprisoned for having planned a military expedition to See also:Italy
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He was accused of desiring to make himself See also:pope; more probably he thought of serving as a papal See also:condottiere against the See also:emperor See also:- HENRY
- HENRY (1129-1195)
- HENRY (c. 1108-1139)
- HENRY (c. 1174–1216)
- HENRY (Fr. Henri; Span. Enrique; Ger. Heinrich; Mid. H. Ger. Heinrich and Heimrich; O.H.G. Haimi- or Heimirih, i.e. " prince, or chief of the house," from O.H.G. heim, the Eng. home, and rih, Goth. reiks; compare Lat. rex " king "—" rich," therefore " mig
- HENRY, EDWARD LAMSON (1841– )
- HENRY, JAMES (1798-1876)
- HENRY, JOSEPH (1797-1878)
- HENRY, MATTHEW (1662-1714)
- HENRY, PATRICK (1736–1799)
- HENRY, PRINCE OF BATTENBERG (1858-1896)
- HENRY, ROBERT (1718-1790)
- HENRY, VICTOR (1850– )
- HENRY, WILLIAM (1795-1836)
Henry IV
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The Conqueror, when on his See also:death-See also:bed, reluctantly permitted See also:Odo's See also:release (ro87)
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The bishop returned to his earldom and soon organized a See also:rebellion with the See also:object of handing over England to his eldest See also:nephew, See also:Duke See also:Robert
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William See also:Rufus, to the disgust of his supporters, permitted Odo to leave the See also:kingdom after the collapse of this See also:design (ro88), and thenceforward Odo was the right-See also:hand man of Robert in See also:Normandy
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He took See also:part in the agitation for the First Crusade, and started in the duke's See also:company for See also:Palestine, but died on the way, at See also:Palermo (See also:February 1097)
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Little See also:good is recorded of Odo
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His vast See also:wealth was gained by See also:extortion and See also:robbery
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His ambitions were boundless and his morals lax
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But he was a See also:patron of learning and, like most prelates of his See also:age, a See also:great architect
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He rebuilt the See also:cathedral of his see, and may perhaps have commissioned the unknown artist of the celebrated Bayeux See also:tapestry
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See the authorities cited for WILLIAM I. and WILLIAM II., the See also:biographical See also:sketch in Gallia Christiana, xi
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353-360; H
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See also:Wharton Anglia Sacra, i
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334-339 (1691); and F
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Fowke, The Bayeux Tapestry (See also:London, 1898)
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