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William de Hastings. William de Hastings (died 1225), was an English soldier and noble. He was the second son of William Hastings and Maud Banastre. William was part of the baronial opposition during the First Barons' War, against King John of England. His lands were forfeited in 1216 and he was taken prisoner at the Battle of Lincoln in 1217 ...
1217 Maximiliana, provisional designation 1932 EC, is a background asteroid from the inner regions of the asteroid belt, approximately 17 kilometers (11 mi) in diameter. It was discovered on 13 March 1932, by Belgian astronomer Eugène Delporte at the Royal Observatory of Belgium in Uccle. [5] The asteroid was named in memory of Max Wolf, a ...
Niketas or Nicetas Choniates (Medieval Greek: Νικήτας Χωνιάτης; c. 1155 – 1217), whose actual surname was Akominatos (Ἀκομινάτος), was a Byzantine Greek historian and politician – like his brother Michael Akominatos, whom he accompanied to Constantinople from their birthplace Chonae (from which came his nickname, "Choniates" meaning "person from Chonae").
Isabella of Angoulême. Henry III (1 October 1207 – 16 November 1272), also known as Henry of Winchester, was King of England, Lord of Ireland, and Duke of Aquitaine from 1216 until his death in 1272. [1] The son of King John and Isabella of Angoulême, Henry assumed the throne when he was only nine in the middle of the First Barons' War.
Oliver fitz Regis. Oliver fitz Regis or Oliver Fitzroy (died 1218/1219) was an illegitimate son of John, King of England. [1] Oliver's mother was Hawise (Hadwisa), a sister of Fulk FitzWarin. [1] [2] He was probably born before John became king in 1199.
Richard de Clare. Father. Roger de Clare, 2nd Earl of Hertford. Mother. Maud de St. Hillary. Occupation. Peerage of England. Richard de Clare, 3rd Earl of Hertford ( c. 1153 –1217), feudal baron of Clare [1] in Suffolk, and lord of Tonbridge in Kent and of Cardigan in Wales, was a powerful Anglo-Norman nobleman with vast landholdings in ...
The Seal of Gilbert de Clare. Gilbert de Clare, 4th Earl of Hertford, 5th Earl of Gloucester, 1st Lord of Glamorgan, 7th Lord of Clare (1180 – 25 October 1230) was the son of Richard de Clare, 3rd Earl of Hertford (c. 1153–1217), from whom he inherited the Clare estates. He also inherited from his mother, Amice Fitz William, the estates of ...
