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Isabella was the daughter of William Fitz Robert, 2nd Earl of Gloucester, and his wife Hawise. Her paternal grandfather, Robert, 1st Earl of Gloucester, was the illegitimate son of King Henry I. Her father died in 1183, at which time she became Countess of Gloucester suo jure .
Nur ad-Din al-Bitruji ( Arabic: نور الدين ابن إسحاق البطروجي) (also spelled Nur al-Din Ibn Ishaq al-Betrugi and Abu Ishâk ibn al-Bitrogi) (known in the West by the Latinized name of Alpetragius) (died c. 1204) was an Andalusian-Arab [2] [3] astronomer and a Qadi in al-Andalus. [4] Al-Biṭrūjī was the first astronomer ...
Eustace the Monk. Eustace's death at the 1217 Battle of Sandwich (13th-century illustration by Matthew Paris) Eustace the Monk ( Old French: Eustache le Moine; c. 1170 – 24 August 1217), born Eustace Busket, [1] was a mercenary and pirate, in the tradition of medieval outlaws. The birthplace of Eustace was not far from Boulogne.
Pope Honorius III (c. 1150 [2] – 18 March 1227), born Cencio Savelli, was head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States from 18 July 1216 to his death. A canon at the Basilica di Santa Maria Maggiore, he came to hold a number of important administrative positions, including that of Camerlengo. In 1197, he became tutor to the young ...
Victor Adere (born 2 August 1993), better known as Victor AD, is a Nigerian singer and songwriter. [1] [2] In 2019 He posted a picture of himself on the street of Dubai with the caption “God I still remember this time last year, I had no passport but now Dubai be like backyard" just to recall the journey to success so far.
The Fifth Crusade (1217–1221) was a failed attempt to recapture Jerusalem by first conquering Cairo. Critical original sources include Historia Damiatina by Oliver of Paderborn (died 1227) and Chronica Hungarorum by Joannes de Thurocz , compiled in the collection Gesta Dei per Francos (God's Work through the Franks) (1611) by Jacques Bongars .
Kuang Lu (鄺露, style name Zhan Ruo "湛若" and psedo-name "Haixue" 海雪) (AD 1604–1650), of Hainan County, Guangdong, was a Ming dynasty literato, specializing in poetry, literature, and calligraphy. In 1634, seventh year of the Chongzhen Emperor 's reign (崇禎七年), he offended the magistrate of Hainan County and was exiled to ...
