Wilhelm the Younger (Jülich)
Wilhelm von Jülich , called the Younger (Dutch: Willem van Gulik de Jongere ; † August 18, 1304 ), was a Dutch nobleman and general. He was a son of Wilhelm von Jülich ( Wilhelm V. von Jülich ) and grandson of Count Wilhelm IV von Jülich . His mother was Maria von Flanders, a daughter of Count Guido I of Flanders .
Wilhelm initially embarked on a clerical career and became archdeacon of the Prince-Bishop of Liège . After his uncle, Count Walram von Jülich , fell in Flanders in the fight against the King of France in 1297 , he actively supported the Flemish resistance. As the leader of a German mercenary army, he suffered a defeat on August 20, 1297 in the Battle of Veurne against a French army under Count Robert II of Artois . In the famous Battle of the Golden Spurs near Kortrijk (July 11, 1302), however, he and his uncle Guido von Namur were one of the troop leaders of the victorious Flemings, the Count of Artois and a large number of French knights were killed.
On August 18, 1304, however, the Flemings were defeated in the Battle of Mons-en-Pévèle by King Philip IV the Fair , while William was killed by Count Rainald II of Dammartin .
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- Annales Gandenses , ed. by Johann Martin Lappenberg in: Monumenta Germaniae Historica SS 16 (1859), pp. 564-588
- Extraits d'une chronique anonyme intitulée anciennes chroniques de Flandre , in: Recueil des Historiens des Gaules et de la France 22 (1860), pp. 363–395
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- ↑ However, the oldest son and heir of the Count of Artois was mortally wounded in this battle.
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| SURNAME | Wilhelm the Younger |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Willem de Jongere van Gulik |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Archdeacon of Liège, general in the Flanders War |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 13th Century |
| DATE OF DEATH | August 18, 1304 |
| Place of death | Mons-en-Pévèle |