Gerard I Count of Auvergne
A relative of Theoderic IV, Lord of Aquitane. Received Aquitane along with Guillaume of Toulouse at Theoderic's death in 741.
Egil ruled the Swedes after his father's death. Tunne had been his father's
counsel and had buried much treasure. Egil sent Tunne to be a slave when
he became ill. Tunne unburied the treasure and ran away with it and many
other slaves, becoming their chief. Egil persued Tunne in eight battles
but always lost. Egil fled to Frode the Bold at Sealand in Denmark, received
armies in exchange for a promise of a scatt (property/money/animals) in Sweden.
Egil regained his kingdom, sent Frode regular presents but no scatt, yet
the friendship prevailed. Egil ruled for three more years, and was later
killed by a great bull while hunting it down.
Heimskringla, Ynglinga Saga, Section 30
Ongenþeow, Ongentheow, Ongendþeow, Egil, Egill, Eigil, or Angantyr (– ca 515) was the name of one or two semi-legendary Swedish kings of the house of Scylfings, who appear in Anglo-Saxon and Scandinavian sources.
The names are different and have little etymological connection. Ongenþeow would in Proto-Norse have been *Anganaþewaz, whereas Egil would have been *Agilaz. The reason why they are thought to have been the same is that they have the same position in the line of Swedish kings and are described as the fathers of Ohthere and grand-fathers of Eadgils. As will be shown below, it can be argued that they are based on the same person and the same events, but it should be noted that not every scholar is open to the historicity of the characters in Beowulf and in the Norse sagas.
In Ari Þorgilsson's Íslendingabók and in Historia Norwegiae, he was called Egil Vendelcrow (Vendilcraca/Vendilkráka, a name traditionally given to those living at the royal estate of Vendel in Sweden). Snorri Sturluson, however, gave the name Vendelcrow to Egil's son Ottar (Ohthere). In these sources, Egil was the son of Aun the Old, and like him, not very warlike. After he had made the thrall Tunni (or Tonne) responsible for the treasury, Tunni rebelled against Egil. They fought eight battles after which Egil fled to Denmark, according to the Ynglinga saga (Ynglingatal does not mention where he fled and Historia Norwegiae does not mention any escape at all). Snorri wrote that Fróði, the Danish king, aided Egil in defeating Tunni, and made Egil a tributary to the Danish king.
Egil was killed by a bull during the sacrifices at the Temple at Uppsala.
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William d'Aubigny, 1st Earl of Arundel (c. 1109 – October 12, 1176) was son of a senior William d'Aubigny and Maud le Bigod, daughter of Roger Bigod.
The younger William was an important member of Henry I of England's household. After Henry's death he married the widow Queen consort Adeliza, and became lord of Arundel in her right. He was loyal to Stephen of England, who made him Earl of Arundel (more precisely, Earl of Sussex). In 1143 he was also mentioned as Earl of Lincoln in two charters confirming a donation of land around Arundel to the abbey of Affligem in Brabant (representing his wife Adeliza), with William's brother Olivier present.
In 1153 he helped arrange the truce between Stephen and Henry Plantagenet, known as the Treaty of Wallingford, which brought and end to The Anarchy. When the latter ascended the throne as Henry II, he confirmed William's earldom and gave him direct possession of Arundel Castle (instead of the possession in right of his wife he had previously had). He remained loyal to the king during the 1173 revolt of Henry the Young King, and helped defeat the rebellion.
He and Adeliza were parents to William d'Aubigny, 2nd Earl of Arundel and grandparents to William d'Aubigny, 3rd Earl of Arundel.
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He was created 1st Earl of Arundel circa 1138. He held the office of Lord of the Manor of Buckenham, Norfolk in 1139. In 1139 he gave shelter to the Empress Maud at Arundel Castle, but ever after adhered to King Stephen. In 1153 he was influential in arranging the treaty where King Stephen retained the crown for life, but with Henry II as heir. In 1163/64 he was one of the embassy to Rome. In 1168 he was one of the embassy to Saxony. He was commander of the Royal army in Normandy, against the King's rebellious sons, where he distinguished himself with "swiftness and velocity" in August 1173. He fought in the battle near Bury St. Edmunds on 29 September 1173, where he assisted in the defeat of the Earl of Leicester who had, with his Flemings, invaded Suffolk. He has an extensive biographical entry in the Dictionary of National Biography. www.thepeerage.com
He acquired the castle and honour of Arundel through his marriage. He was created Earl of Lincoln in 1139, lost this earldom to William de Roumare, and was created Earl of Arundel or Sussex in 1141.
Was titled the Earl of Sussex in 1176/77, and 2nd Earl if Arundel 27 June 1190. Castle Arundel was retained by the crown after his father's death, but returned to the Earl in 1190. He held the office of Custos Rotulorum of Windsor Castle in 1191 and was one of the receivers for the money raised for the King's raised in 1194.