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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.
The Marchioness and Duchesses of Montferrat [1] were the consorts of the rulers of a territory in Piedmont south of the Po and east of Turin called Montferrat. The March of Montferrat was created by Berengar II of Italy in 950 during a redistribution of power in the northwest of his kingdom.
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 ...
Ristorante Lo Stella dates back to 1850, and is still family run, where the eighth generation continues to deliver hand-crafted Ligurian recipes from its location in the main square.
It was addressed, however, not to his lady herself, but to Guillelm Longa-Espia, that is, William of Montferrat, Count of Jaffa and Ascalon. The poem contains the earliest mention of William by his famous nickname, "Longsword". The date of the poem can be set by the dates when William was known to be in the Holy Land: October 1176 – July 1177.
A Long Island livestock sanctuary faces 112 counts of animal neglect for allegedly depriving dozens of animals of food, water, and shelter, according to prosecutors. Investigators visited Double D ...
In 1612, Charles, a descendant of the Byzantine Emperor Andronicus II Palaeologus through his grandmother Margaret Paleologa, who was of the line of Theodore I, Marquess of Montferrat, Andronicus's son, claimed the throne of Constantinople, at the time the capital of the Ottoman Empire. [3]