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Eustace was born a younger son of Baudoin Busket, a lord of the county of Boulogne.According to his biography, he went to Toledo, Spain, and studied black magic there. The author of the Histoire des Ducs de Normandie wrote in Eustace's own day, "No one would believe the marvels he accomplished, nor those which happened to him many times."
Eustace the Monk once belonged to a monastic order, but he broke his vows and became a pirate along with his brothers and friends. His early successes at this endeavor attracted many lawless men and his pirates became a menace to shipping in the English Channel. [2] The English opponents of Eustace credited the man with "diabolical ingenuity". [3]
Some of the earliest computers were military computers. Military requirements for portability and ruggedness led to some of the earliest transistorized computers, such as the 1958 AN/USQ-17, the 1959 AN/MYK-1 (), the 1960 M18 FADAC, and the 1962 D-17B; the earliest integrated-circuit based computer, the 1964 D-37C; as well as one of the earliest laptop computers, the 1982 Grid Compass.
This list of naval battles is a chronological list delineating important naval battles that have occurred throughout history, from the beginning of naval warfare with the Hittites in the 12th century BC to piracy off the coast of Somalia in the 21st century. If a battle has no commonly used name it is referred to as "Action of (date)" within ...
Eustace IV (c. 1129/1131 – 17 August 1153) ruled the County of Boulogne from 1146 until his death. He was the eldest son of King Stephen of England and Countess Matilda I of Boulogne . [ 2 ] When his father seized the English throne on Henry I's death in 1135, he became heir apparent to the English throne but predeceased his father.
Eustace was the son of Count Eustace II and Ida of Lorraine. [1] In 1088, he rebelled against William II of England in favour of Robert Curthose. [2] While waiting for Robert Curthose's arrival from Normandy, Eustace and his fellow compatriots were besieged at Rochester castle by William II. [3]
Eustace of Luxeuil (c. 560 – c. 626), also known as Eustasius, was the second abbot of Luxeuil from 611. He succeeded his teacher Columbanus , to whom he had been a favorite disciple and monk . He had been the head of the monastic school.
Eustace [1] d'Aubrichecourt or d'Abrichecourt or d'Auberchicourt, of the Auberchicourt family, (c. 1334 in Bugnicourt - c. 1373 in Normandy) was a French knight who enlisted in the service of the English during the Hundred Years' War.