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William of Montferrat (early 1140s – 1177), also called William Longsword (modern Italian Guglielmo Lungaspada; original Occitan Guilhem Longa-Espia), was the count of Jaffa and Ascalon, the eldest son of Marquess William V of Montferrat and Judith of Babenberg.
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.
It became imperative to arrange a marriage for Sibylla. The groom chosen by Raymond and the High Court was William Longsword, son of Marquis William V of Montferrat and cousin of both Holy Roman Emperor Frederick Barbarossa and King Louis VII of France. [20] William arrived in the East in October 1176.
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 ...
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