Walbert I (Count) de ARDENNES (485+ - 530?) ; aka Wambert (Vaubert Wambertus) I (Duke) of MOSELLE (MOSEL); (decided Walbert of Ardennes and Wambert of ....
Waldemar II (King) of DENMARK (1170 - 1241) ; aka Valdemar II `Sejr'; `the Victorious'; `the Conqueror'; (conquered Holstein & Hamburg 1201, Estonia 1....
[Waltbert de STEENLAND (who married Enguerrand's daughter)] Enguerrand (Ingelrannus) de FLANDERS (? - 851?) ; or: poss. Waltbert de STEENLAND (who married Enguerrand's daughter); aka Engleran HARLEBEC; Count of FLANDERS
[Walter (q.v., this Walter's nephew)] Walter(?) de RIDWARE ; or: Walter (q.v., this Walter's nephew)
[Walter (q.v., Walter's son)] Walter (of Dirleton) HALYBURTON ; or: poss. Walter (q.v., Walter's son); (called to Parliament, hence `Lord')
Walter (Sir) de BERKELEY (Banffs., Scotl. 1136? - 1210+ (or 1190?)) ; aka Walter de BARCLAY, 3rd Laird of GARTLEY; Great Chamberlain/Chancellor of SCOTLAND
Walter (5th of Skipnish?) CAMPBELL (Argyll, Scotl. 1630? - 1704?) ; (this link was a confused assumption, Walter having a son John who was Provost, Bedchamber Groom, etc., not the imprisoned Covenanter)
Walter (Sir; of HYNDFORD) CARMICHAEL (1520 - ?) ; aka John (of Park) CARMICHAEL; (brother Bartholomew d. without son, 5 Lairds descended from brother Willi....
Walter (l'; le) ESPEC (1075? - ?) ; Lord of KIRKHAM & Helmsley (HELMESLEY); (died childless leaving three sisters as heirs)
Walter de EVEREUX (EWRUS) (France 1039? - ?) ; aka Gerarde (Gerold) de ROUMARA; aka Walter Miles d' EVEREUX; Earl of Rosmare (Roumare); `the Fortunate'
Walter (Knight; FitzROBERT) FitzWALTER (? - by 1258) ; his sister Maud (in legend, Robin Hood's fair Maid Marion) was poisoned by King John for denying him her chastity
Walter the FLEMING (Flanders ? - by 1138 Bedfords.) ; aka Walter (of WAHULL) FLANDRENSIS; (some conjecture Walter the Fleming and Dougall de Seton were same person)
Walter `the Elder' GIFFARD (Longueville 1010? - 1085) ; aka Gauthier de BOLBEC; Sn. de LONGUEVILLE; 1st Earl of BUCKINGHAM; certainly fought at Hastings with Wm the Conqueror
Walter STEWART (Earl of ATHOLL) (? - 26/3/1437) ; also Earl of Caithness; (helped foil Albany, becoming Heir Presumptive of Scotland after the Albany heirs....
Waltheof II of HUNTINGTON (1049? - 1076) ; Earl of NORTHUMBERLAND; revolted against the Normans in 1075, though by this time the English population was pro-Norman
Wan-yen A-ku-ta (Chin Tsai-Tsu) (1068? - 1123+) ; EMPEROR of Northern CHINA; (took control of Northern China from the Song Dynasty, founding the CHIN (Jin) Dynasty)
[Western Malayo-Polynesian] First Speaker of Austronesian (4000 BC - ?) ; (Atayalic, Paiwanic, Tsouic are all aboriginal Formosan language families; Paiwanic, Malayo-Polynesian & Daic may form a Muish clade)
Wigeric (Wigerich Voiry) of LUXEMBURG (882? - by 919) ; aka Widricus (Widicus) of BIDGAU & Ardennengau; Pfalzgraf von AACHEN (d' AIX-LA-CHAPELLE); Count in TRIE....
[Wigger (Wigger's son or grandson)] Wigger II (Graf) der GERMARAMARK (970? - by 1035) ; or: poss. Wigger (Wigger's son or grandson); aka Widelo von BILSTEIN
Wilhelm II (EMPEROR) of the GERMAN REICH (1859 - 1941) ; aka Frederick William Victor Albert HOHENZOLLERN; 3rd (and last) Kaiser of the Second Reich; K.G. (annull....
[William (Philip's brother)] Philip (Sir) OLIFARD ; or: William (Philip's brother)
[William (Richard's cousin)] Richard FORTESCUE ; or: William (Richard's cousin)
[William (Robert's son)] Robert PATRIC ; or: poss. William (Robert's son); poss. aka Robert Patrick BELWARD
[William (son of Sheriff of TIVIATDALE)] John (Sir; of Castlemilk) STEWART ; (little is known of him but that he was William's father; The connection of Alexander of Darnley is probably a genealogic fraud.)
[William (Sir] Roger le ROUS (? - by 1294) ; Sheriff of Gloucester
[William (q.v. : Louis' son)] Louis (I; Sn.) de FAUCIGNY (1030? - 1060?) ; or: William (q.v. : Louis' son)
[William (Roger's brother?)] Roger (I) de BERKELEY (1042? - 1093?) ; or: poss. William (Roger's brother?); Lord of Dursley; (Provost of Manor of Berkeley)
[William (q.v. : Roger's son)] Roger II de BERKELEY (1068? - by 1131) ; or: William (q.v. : Roger's son); Lord of Dursley
[William (William's father)] William I de OMETAS (? - 1160??) ; or: poss. William (William's father); aka Guillaume I of MONTPELLIER-AUMELAS; aka Guillaume de OMELAZ
[William (William's 2nd cousin)] William (de) VIPONT (? - 1162?) ; or: William (William's 2nd cousin)
[William (Adam's brother)] Adam OLIFARD (? - 1225+) ; or: William (Adam's brother)
[William (Thomas' brother)] Thomas MINER (? - 1573 Somersets.) ; or: William (Thomas' brother)
[William (shown here as this William's grandfather)] William (Sir) WALBIEFFE (? - by 1299) ; or: William (shown here as this William's grandfather); aka William de WALDEBOEFF
[William (Thomas's brother?)] Thomas GODOLPHIN (? - by 1570) ; or: William (Thomas's brother?);
William A. J. (Dr.) ANDERSON (So. Car. 17/4/1827 - 3/5/1892) ; (graduated Emory College, served as physician in Civil War); aka William Andrew Jackson ANDERSON
[William III of AQUITAINE, q.v.] Acfrid II (Count) of CARCASSONNE & RASEZ (880? - 927+) ; aka Waifre (Effroi Alfred Acfred Acfredo); Duke of AQUITAINE; Count of AUVERGNE (& Macon ?); (In McBride....
William Arthur Philip Louis WINDSOR (London 1982) ; Prince of GREAT BRITAIN & Northern Ireland; K.G.; K.T.; Duke of CAMBRIDGE; prob. future King William V of ENGLAND
William `the Butler' d' AUBIGNY (? - 1139?) ; Earl of ALBEMARLE; Lord of BUCKENHAM (BUCKINGHAM); aka William PINCERNA d' ALBINI; Butler to Wm Conqueror
[William (II) `Pincerna' d' AUBIGNY] William `le Breton' de ALBINI (? - 1155) ; (d' AUBIGNY); Lord of BELVOIR; poss. aka William MESCHINES
William (V; IV; III) d' AUBIGNY (Essex 1170? - 1221 nr. Rome) ; 3rd Earl of ARUNDEL, Earl of Sussex; poss. Lord of HASBURGH; Crusader; poss. Magna Charta Surety
William II (Lord of; de) BRAOSE (1106? - 1192? (or '80?)) ; 1st Baron of GWENTLAND (BRAIOSE-GWENTLAND); Lord of Gower; Sheriff of Herefordshire; 1st Baron (10th Lord....
William III de BRAOSE (1144+ - 1211 Corbeil, France) ; aka `the Ogre' (11th Lord) of ABERGAVENNY; Lord Brecknock of Bramber; 5th Baron de BRAIOSE
William V (VI) `Black Will' de BRAOSE (1200? - 1230) ; 14th Lord of Abergavenny; 6th Baron de BRAIOSE; Earl of Radnorshire; aka William (of Brecknock) BRIOUZE
William (Elder) BREWSTER (Scrooby, Nottinghams. 1560 - 10/4/1644 Plymouth, Mass.) ; minor official, founded the 'Pilgrims', fled to Holland, arranged Pilgrim expedition to America; Signed the Mayflower Compact
William BROUNCKER (1585 - 1645) ; 1st Baron of Newcastle; 1st Viscount Brouncker of Lyons
William BROUNCKER (1620 - 1684) ; 2nd Viscount BROUNCKER of LYONS; (famous mathematician, Chancellor of the Queen Consort, President of the....
[William BROWN (husband of Elizabeth Long)] Thomas BROWN (1705 - by 1749 Frederick Co., Virg.) ; or: prob. not William BROWN (husband of Elizabeth Long)
William (4th Lord) BYRON (1669 - 1736) ; (when his son, Wm the Wicked, d. heirless, the Barony passed to the famous poet, the grandson of Wicked's brother John)
William CALDER (7th Thane) of CAWDOR (? - 1503) ; (he gave Cawdor to his son John, who died young leaving the baby Muriel as Heiress; William was not then ....
William `Lupellus' (de LOVEL) of CASTLE KARY (? - 1160??) ; Comte de YVERY; Sn. de IVRI & Breval; eponym of LOVEL (Lupellus (little wolf) .. Lupel .. Lovel); aka William Gouel PERCEVAL
William (K.G.) CAVENDISH (1641 - 1707 London) ; 1st Duke (& 4th Earl) of DEVONSHIRE; (one of the Immortal Seven who in 1688 invited William of Orange to rule England)
William (K.G.) CAVENDISH (1808 - 1891) ; 7th Duke of DEVONSHIRE; Lord Cavendish of KEIGHLEY; Earl of BURLINGTON; (won Smith's Prize at Cambridge; Chancellor of two Universities)
[William CLAXTON] William (Sir; of Hawsted) CLOPTON (? - by 1377) ; or: prob. not William CLAYTON or: prob. not William CLAXTON; Lord of TOPPESFIELD Manor; (also of Newenham)
[William CLAYTON] William (Sir; of Hawsted) CLOPTON (? - by 1377) ; or: prob. not William CLAYTON or: prob. not William CLAXTON; Lord of TOPPESFIELD Manor; (also of Newenham)
William (Sir; of Hawsted) CLOPTON (? - by 1377) ; or: prob. not William CLAYTON or: prob. not William CLAXTON; Lord of TOPPESFIELD Manor; (also of Newenham)
William COCHRANE (by 1681 - 1717) ; of Kilmarnock; (his older brother's male line becoming extinct, his heirs won the Earldom, but their line became extinct also)
[William (Henry's son)] Henry (Knight) de GREY (Devons. 1178? (or '61?) - 1220?) ; poss. aka de GRESTUN; Baron of CODNOR (Condor; Codner); aka Henry GREY of Grays Thurrock (Thurock)
William (Sir) d' ENGAYNE (1243? - ?) ; (Wm son of Viel died childless, so this is probably a different man of same name)
William III (King) of ENGLAND (1650 - 1702) ; aka William X (Prince) of ORANGE; Stadholder of HOLLAND; defeated France in war, 1674; defeated King Jame....
[William FitzGEOFFREY de BEAUCHAMP, q.v.] Robert de BEAUCHAMP (by 1157 - ?) ; or: poss. William FitzGEOFFREY de BEAUCHAMP, q.v.; aka Robert de CAMPO BELLO
William FitzOSBERN de BRETEUIL (1033? - 1071? Germany) ; 1st Earl of HEREFORD; de CREPON; FitzOSBORNE; certainly fought at Hastings with Wm the Conqueror
William (Sgt.) GIPSON (Moncks Corner, So. Car. 25/12/1753 - 9/4/1835 Boone Co., Indiana) ; (details of his brave exploits in the Revolutionary War may be read in Boone Magazine , May 1979)
William (Duke) of GLOUCESTER (1689 - 1700) ; K.G.; (with his early death, and his Stuart cousins clinging to the Church of Rome, the throne of England....
William GURNEY (? - 1510?) ; (GOURNAY); (his mother or wife was married to Leo Dymoke; this may help explain the probable source error showing father 'Leon')
William Jennings BRYAN (Salem, Illinois 19/3/1860 - 26/7/1925 Dayton, Tennessee) ; (spell-binding orator, politician, Presidential candidate, most famous for his Cross of Gold speech)
[William de LANCASTER (q.v., William's maternal grandfather)] William (III) de LANCASTER (Lord KENDAL) ; or: poss. William de LANCASTER (q.v., William's maternal grandfather)
[William LONGESPEE (q.v.)] bastard sibling of King Henry III or John ; or: prob. not William LONGESPEE (q.v.); (Bishop Roger was known as King's cousin, but details are unknown); (MEULENT, MULENT, MEULENG, MEULINGES, MOLEND, prob. not LONGESPEE)
William (the) MARSHALL (the PROTECTOR) (1145? - 1219) ; 3rd/4th Earl of PEMBROKE; (loyal soldier of King Henry II, he scorned King Richard but was spared and mad....
[William MONTGOMERY (d. 1750 Penn. : grandfather of Ann Whitesides)] John (Maj.) MONTGOMERY (Eaglesham, Renfrews.? 1665? - 1721 Ulster) ; or: Not! William MONTGOMERY (d. 1750 Penn. : grandfather of Ann Whitesides); (that our Deborah Montgomery was sister of the (slightly) famous Thomas of Philadelphia is suggested by w....
William `the Conqueror' (Duke) of NORMANDY (1027 - 9/9/1087) ; aka William the Bastard; affirmed as heir to England by Edward III, invaded when Harold II usurped throne....
[William (Robert's 1st cousin)] Robert de VIPONT (Normandy 1065? - 1107+ Westmoreland) ; or: William (Robert's 1st cousin)
William (I; VIII) `the Silent' ORANGE-NASSAU (Dillenburg 1533 - 1584 Delft) ; aka Willem I `de Zwijger' van ORANJE; Prince of ORANGE; Earl of NASSAU, etc.; Stadholder of HOLLAND; (Maurice?)
William `the Elder' PITT (1708 - 1778) ; P.M.; 1st Earl of CHATHAM; `the Great Commoner'; (famous for victory in Seven Years' War; eponym of Pittsburgh)
William de la POLE (1302 - 1366) ; 2nd Baron of the Exchecker; Mayor of Hull
William (K.G.) de la POLE (1396 - 1450) ; 4th Earl & 1st Duke of SUFFOLK; aka Jack NAPIS; (important supporter of Lancastrians; eponym of 'Jackanapes')
William `the Bard' SHAKESPEARE (Stratford 1564 - 1616 Stratford) ; greatest writer in history; (Michael Hart shows, instead, Edward de Vere, q.v., as the great writer, and ....
William SPENCER (Bedford 1601 - 1640 Conn.) ; lived in Cambridge, Mass.; (founding member of `Ancient & Honorable Artillery Company'; served on General Courts of both Mass. and Conn.)
[William (Robert's brother)] Robert (BLUND) le BLOUNT (Suffolk 1029? - 1066+) ; or: William (Robert's brother); 1st Baron of Ixworth; Lord of Ashfield; Admiral for Wm Conqueror
William (I; II) TALVAS (Conte) de ALENCON (995? - 1052) ; Prince/Earl of BELLEME; `in all things worse than his brothers, and his wickedness has flourished to this day among his heirs'
William (I; Duke/Count) of TOULOUSE (771? - 821?) ; aka William (Guillem) `le Cornet' Saint of GELLONE; Margrave of SEPTIMANIA; of DAVID-TOULOUSE; Saint William `of the Desert'
William (of Foveran) TURING (Edinburgh? ? - 1342+) ; aka William de TURYNE (de TURIN); Burgess of Edinburgh; (shared exile with King David II, granted Foveran)
William (Sir) `the Patriot' WALLACE (1273 - 24/8/1305 Tyburn Tree, London) ; Regent/Guardian of SCOTLAND; renowned warrior, led Scots in insurrection, massacring thousands under John....
[William `Black Will', q.v., Wm's half-brother] William de BRAOSE ; or: poss. William `Black Will', q.v., Wm's half-brother; (different person from same-named half-brother ?)
William(?) CADDELL (Laird of CAWDOR) ; Thane of CALDER; (Caddell is the early Highland spelling, with CALDER and CAWDIOR the variants used in Scottish Lowland and England resp.)
[Wistrach (Mojmir's brother)] Mojmir (von MAHREN?) (1st Duke) of MORAVIA (? - 857) ; or: poss. Wistrach (Mojmir's brother); (this family was rival to the Carolingian Dukes of Bavaria); eponym of MOIMIRID
Witta (Vitta Vitgils Witte; II) the JUTE (336? - 384?) ; (some sources make Witta son of Wihtgils instead of vice versa); aka Wittichius (Uitto Wicta Cretta) de SAXE; Ruler of the SWAETE
Wladislav II (King) of BOHEMIA (1117? - 1175 Thuringia) ; aka Vladislav II PRZEMYSLIDE; (he and his heirs were Imperial Arch-Cupbearer of the Holy Roman Empire)
Woden (Wodan Odin) of ASGARD (Asia 215? AD or 75 BC) ; aka Wodin (Woutan, Bodo) von DROTTNAR; Overlord of ANGLO-SAXONS; (dates inferred from Alfred and modern historians respectively)
[Woden of ASGARD, q.v.] Odin (GOD) of the NORSE ; or: Woden of ASGARD, q.v.; aka Woden (King) in VALHALLA; aka Ygg, Hangater, Othni; poss. aka Odin av SVITJOD; poss. aka Gauti of GOT....
Wojslawa (Woizslawa) (? - 1172) ; aka Woizlawa of the OBOTRITES; aka Verishode of POMERANIA; aka Weislawa von NORWEGEN; she converted her husband to Christianity
Woulgrin (Count) of PERIGORD (Aachen 830? - 886) ; aka Wulgrin I (Vulgrin) `Taillefer' (Count) d' ANGOULESME; Count of AGEN, Ct. of the Palace for Charles `....
Wulfhere (Wulfred) (King) of MERCIA (? - 674+) ; conquered West Britain via Battle of Badon Hill, defeating Cadwaladr Fendigaid, q.v.; 9th BRETWALDA (High King)
Wurgust (7th/14th King) of SCONE, sister of ; aka Uirges; (from here King lists differ; perhaps this was when the separation into Northern and Southern Pictish Kingdoms occurred)