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The earliest surviving mention of William's epithet, Longsword, said to refer to his military abilities, and differentiating him from his father, known as "William the Elder", is in the song En abril, quan vei verdeyar, composed in late 1176-early 1177 by the troubadour Peire Bremon lo Tort: Chanzos, tu.t n'iras outra mar,
Longsword was known at the time as count (Latin comes) of Rouen. [3] [4] Flodoard—always detailed about titles—consistently referred to both Rollo and his son William as principes (chieftains) of the Normans. [5] There are no contemporary accounts of William's byname, 'Longsword', either; it appears first in later eleventh-century sources. [6]
William I of Montferrat (d. before 933) William II of Montferrat (died probably around 961) William III of Montferrat (991 – bef.1042), son of Otho I; William IV of Montferrat (c.1084–c.1100) William V of Montferrat (c.1136–1191) William of Montferrat, Count of Jaffa and Ascalon (c. 1140–1177), also called William Longsword (early 1140s ...
William V of Montferrat (occ./piem.Guilhem, it.Guglielmo) (c. 1115 – 1191) also known regnally as William III of Montferrat [1] while also referred to as William the Old or William the Elder, [1] in order to distinguish him from his eldest son, William Longsword, was seventh Marquis of Montferrat from 1135 to his death in 1191.
The following is a list of people executed by the U.S. state of Texas between 1990 and 1999. All of the 166 people (165 males and 1 female) during this period were convicted of murder and executed by lethal injection at the Huntsville Unit in Huntsville, Texas .
A remorseful death row inmate pleaded for forgiveness and mouthed one final message before being put to death in Texas on Thursday, 20 years after he killed his strip club manager and another man.
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In the days since, guns have killed at least 2244 more people. Chicago has seen more recent gun deaths than any other city in the U.S. In a speech there, President Obama said "too many of our children are being taken away from us" as a result of gun violence.