Robert of Shrewsbury (died 1168) or Robertus Salopiensis was a Benedictine monk, prior and later abbot of Shrewsbury Abbey, and a noted hagiographer. Robert...
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1483), son of King Edward IV Robert of Shrewsbury (died 1212), English cleric and judge Robert of Shrewsbury (died 1168), abbot of Shrewsbury Abbey Tom...
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The Abbey Church of the Holy Cross (commonly known as Shrewsbury Abbey) is an ancient foundation in Shrewsbury, the county town of Shropshire, England...
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Saint Winifred (category Year of birth unknown)
compiled in 1130 by Robert, prior of Shrewsbury (d. 1168). Prior Robert is generally credited with greatly promoting the cult of St. Winifred by translating...
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Adeliza of Louvain, wife of Henry I (died 1151 in Brabant) 1104 Robert, 2nd Earl of Leicester (died 1168) 1105 Approximate date – Matilda of Boulogne...
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of Plantagenet and by marriage Duchess consort of Saxony and Bavaria from 1168 until her husband's deposition in 1180. Matilda was born in or around June...
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Hundred Years War heroes, John Talbot, 1st Earl of Shrewsbury, and Richard Beauchamp, Earl of Warwick. Robert Dudley was especially fascinated by the Beauchamp...
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The Cadfael Chronicles (category Cultural depictions of Empress Matilda)
(prior to 1148, then abbot to 1168) Henry I of England (1068/9–1135) A distinctive feature of the series is a pair of star-crossed lovers in nearly every...
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Hugh (redirect from Hugh of Cyprus)
Lusignan (died 1110) Hugh VII of Lusignan (1065–1151) Hugh VIII of Lusignan (12th century) Hugh IX of Lusignan (1163 or 1168 – 1219) Hugh X of Lusignan...
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Robert's father, was the brother of another Robert, Lord of Courville and Chailloué, near Vieuxpont, and perhaps the Robert de Vieuxpont who in 1168 held...
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her marriage to the much older Henry the Lion, Duke of Saxony, which took place on 1 February 1168. Henry II's reign was marred by a bitter feud with Thomas...
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but 1168 is now generally accepted, as it is the year given in the Annals of Tewkesbury Abbey. It seems likely he died and was buried at Shrewsbury Abbey...
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Earl of Richmond. The earldom of Nottingham had been held by Richmond's great uncle Prince Richard of Shrewsbury, Duke of York, the second son of Edward...
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drew from it a salary of 600 pounds. He was appointed Admiral of the Sea to the army commander John Talbot, 1st Earl of Shrewsbury, who from August 1440...
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powerful Percy family of Northumberland. He played a central part at the Battle of Shrewsbury despite being just sixteen years of age. As he entered adulthood...
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Earl of Nottingham, and Duke of Richmond and Somerset on 18 June 1525. He died without heirs on 23 July 1536 so his titles became extinct. Robert Carr...
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War for Richard II, against whom he later rebelled. After the Battle of Shrewsbury, he was beheaded for treason and his honours forfeit, although he was...
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Leicester Abbey (redirect from Abbot of Leicester)
personally considered Bourchier for the position of Bishop of the King's proposed new bishopric of Shrewsbury but the king then decided against the bishopric's...
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as the fate of the establishment after dissolution, and the current status of the site. Formal name or dedication is the formal name of the establishment...
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regained Ceredigion, and his share of the family inheritance in Powys, from the new earl of Shrewsbury, Robert of Bellême. With the settlement reached...
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Malmesbury Abbey (redirect from Abbot of Malmesbury)
Æthelstan, king of Wessex and of the English, died in Gloucester, and in the year 941 his remains were buried in the Abbey. The choice of Malmesbury over...
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John Benbow (category Military personnel from Shrewsbury)
National Museum of the Royal Navy concur that Benbow was born in Coton Hill in Shrewsbury, Shropshire, and Nightingale asserts that the death of both uncle...
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about 37/39) in 1168. Eleanor of England, daughter of Eleanor of Aquitane and Henry II of England, married 15-year-old Alfonso VIII of Castile in 1170...
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Braybrooke, English landowner (b. 1168) William FitzAlan, Norman nobleman and knight 1211 February 2 – Adelaide of Meissen, duchess of Bohemia March 14 – Pietro...
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Earl of Chester, Anglo-Norman nobleman (d. 1153) Raymond of Poitiers, prince of Antioch (d. 1149) Thierry of Alsace, count of Flanders (d. 1168) William...
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ahead of the vote. Chaired by Fiona Bruce. 24 June 2024: A General Election Leaders' Special, ten days ahead of the vote. Chaired by Bethan Rhys Roberts. 28...
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force under the Earl of Shrewsbury and Sir John Guise. He voted for a regency in preference to the offer of the crown to William of Orange. On 14 December...
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In 1168, the intercession of Pope Alexander III was necessary to secure a truce between them. Henry II had conquered Brittany and taken control of Gisors...
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St Augustine's Abbey (redirect from Abbey of Saint Augustine)
was further rebuilding as a result of the great fire in 1168. The fire's destruction accounts for the paucity of historical records for the preceding...
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regained Ceredigion, and his share of the family inheritance in Powys, from the new earl of Shrewsbury, Robert of Bellême. With the settlement reached...
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