William 252206 225653511 2008-07-14T19:18:19Z SlackerMom 4898486 /* Royalty */ rearrange, new headings {{TOCright}} '''William''' may refer to: *[[William (name)]], a masculine given name ==Royalty== ===British=== *[[William I of England]] (1027-1087), a.k.a. William the Conqueror, William the Bastard *[[William II of England]] (1056-1100), a.k.a. William Rufus *[[William I of Scotland]] (c. 1142-1214), a.k.a. William the Lion *[[William, Count of Poitiers]] (1153-1156), first son of Henry II of England *[[William III of England]] (1650-1702), also William II of Scotland, a.k.a. William of Orange *[[William IV of the United Kingdom]] (1765-1837) *[[Prince William of Wales]] (b. 1982), son of Charles, Prince of Wales ===French=== *[[William of Gellone]] (c.755-814), Count of Toulouse, canonized a saint *[[William I, Prince of Orange]] (1533-1584), a.k.a. William the Silent *[[William II, Prince of Orange]] (1626-1650) *[[William IV, Prince of Orange]] (1711-1751) *[[William V, Prince of Orange]] (1748-1806) ===Germany and The Netherlands=== *[[William I, Count of Holland]] (1167-1222) *[[William II of Holland]] (1228-1256), also King of Germany *[[William I, Count of Hainaut]] (1286-1337) *[[William II, Count of Hainaut]] (1307-1345) *[[William I, Duke of Bavaria]] (1330-1389) *[[William II, Duke of Bavaria-Straubing]] (d. 1417) *[[Wilhelm, Duke of Jülich-Cleves-Berg]] (1516-1592) *[[William I of the Netherlands]] (1772-1843) *[[William II of the Netherlands]] (1792-1849) *[[Wilhelm I, German Emperor]] (1797-1888), a.k.a. Wilhelm the Great *[[William III of the Netherlands]] (1817-1890) *[[Wilhelm II, German Emperor]] (1859-1941), last German emperor and King of Prussia ===Sicily=== *[[William I of Sicily]] (1131-1166), a.k.a. William the Bad or William the Wicked *[[William II of Sicily]] (1155-1189), a.k.a. William the Good *[[William III of Sicily]] (1190-1198) ===Cameroon=== *[[William I of Bimbia]], 19th century king of the Isubu people *[[William II of Bimbia]] (d. 1882), king of the Isubu people ===Other royalty=== *[[William II of Villehardouin]] (d. 1278), Prince of Achaea *[[William IV, Grand Duke of Luxembourg]] (1852-1912) *[[William, Prince of Albania]] (1876-1945) ==Other historical people== ===British=== * [[William de Corbeil]] (c.1070-1136), Archbishop of Canterbury * [[William of Malmesbury]] (c.1080-c.1143), English historian and monk * [[William of Tyre]] (c.1130-1185), Archbishop of Tyre, chronicler of the Crusades * [[William of Norwich]] (c.1132-1144), saint and martyr * [[William of York]] (d.1154), Archbishop of York and saint * [[William of Ramsey]], 13th century monk and hagiographer * [[William of Ockham]] (c.1288-c.1348), English friar and philosopher, originator of Occam's Razor * [[William of Wykeham]] (1320-1404), Bishop of Winchester, founder of Winchester College and New College, Oxford * [[William Waynflete]] (c.1398-1486), Bishop of Winchester, founder of Magdalen College, Oxford ===French=== * [[William of Poitiers]] (c.1020-1090), Norman chronicler, chaplain to William the Conqueror * [[William de St-Calais]] (d. 1096), a.k.a. William of St. Carilef, Norman abbot, Bishop of Durham * [[William of Champeaux]] (1070-1121), French philosopher and theologian * [[William of Conches]] (c.1090-c.1154), French scholastic philosopher, tutor of Henry II of England * [[William of Donjeon]] (c.1155-1209), a.k.a. St. William of Bourges and St. William the Confessor, French archbishop * [[William the Clerk]] 13th century Scoto-Norman poet, writer of the Old French ''Roman de Fergus'' * [[William the Clerk of Normandy]], 13th century Norman cleric and Old French poet * [[William of Auxerre]] (d. 1231), French theologian ===Others=== * [[William, Archbishop of Mainz]] (929-968), German bishop, son of Emperor Otto the Great * [[William of St-Thierry]] (c.1085-1148), theologian and mystic, abbot of St. Thierry * [[William of Moerbeke]] (1215-1286), Flemish bishop, translator of philosophical, medical, and scientific texts ==Other contemporary people== * [[will.i.am]], American musician, member of the Black Eyed Peas ==Fictional characters== * [[William Brown (fictional boy)]], main character of the ''Just William'' novel series * [[Baby William]], son of Dana Scully in the American television and movie series, ''The X-Files'' {{hndis}} [[an:Guillén]] [[cs:Vilém]] [[de:Willem]] [[el:Γουλιέλμος]] [[es:Guillermo]] [[fr:Guillaume]] [[ko:윌리엄]] [[it:Guglielmo]] [[he:ויליאם]] [[la:Gulielmus]] [[hu:Vilmos]] [[nl:Willem]] [[ja:ウィリアム]] [[nn:William]] [[nds:Willem]] [[pl:William]] [[ru:Вильгельм]] [[fi:Vilhelm]] [[sv:Vilhelm]] [[uk:Вільгельм]] [[zh:威廉]]