Wilhelm II. (Eu)

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Wilhelm II. (French: Guillaume II d'Eu ; † January 1096 ) was a Count of Eu from the Rolloniden clan . He was a son of Count Robert von Eu and Lady Beatrix.

In league with Odo von Champagne , Robert de Montbray , Gilbert de Clare and Roger de Lacy, Wilhelm conspired against King Wilhelm II Rufus in 1088 in order to depose him and replace him with Stephan von Aumale . The conspiracy was discovered in time, however, whereupon Wilhelm fled to Normandy , his English property was confiscated.

On January 13, 1096, William II Rufus convened a court day in Salisbury in which the conspirators were to free themselves from their guilt in judicial duels and thus to be offered the prospect of the restitution of their goods. Wilhelm faced his prosecutor, Geoffrey Baynard, ex-Yorkshire Sheriff, and lost the fight. On a royal decree he was blinded and castrated , and a few days later he died of the consequences of the punishment. His cousin and co-conspirator, Guillaume d'Audrey, was hanged.

William I of Eu was married to Helisende, a sister of Hugh d'Avranches, 1st Earl of Chester . They had several sons including:

literature

  • Frank Barlow: William Rufus. Methuen, London 1983, ISBN 0-413-28170-1 , p. 257 ( English Monarchs ).
  • Reginald R. Darlington, Patrick McGurk (Eds.): The Chronicle of John of Worcester. Volume 3: Patrick McGurk (Ed.): The annals from 1067 to 1140 with the Gloucester interpolations and the continuation to 1141. Clarendon Press, Oxford 1998, ISBN 0-19-820702-6 , pp. 82-83 ( Oxford Medieval Texts ).
predecessor Office successor
Robert Count of Eu
1093-1096
Heinrich I.