William Blosseville
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William II, called de Blosseville
, was the consul
and duke of Gaeta from 1103 to 1105. He appears on Gaetan follari of his time as DV or dux Vilelmus.
In 1105, he was exiled by Richard I of Aquila after less than two years as duke.
Blosseville
Blosseville is a commune in the Seine-Maritime department in the Haute-Normandie region in northern France.-Geography:A small farming village situated in the Pays de Caux, some west of Dieppe, at the junction of the D69 and the D57 roads.-Population:...
, was the consul
Consul
Consul was the highest elected office of the Roman Republic and an appointive office under the Empire. The title was also used in other city states and also revived in modern states, notably in the First French Republic...
and duke of Gaeta from 1103 to 1105. He appears on Gaetan follari of his time as DV or dux Vilelmus.
In 1105, he was exiled by Richard I of Aquila after less than two years as duke.
Sources
- Chronology of the ipati, consuls, dukes, princes, kings, and emperors who governed Gaeta from the 9th to the 13th Century.
- The Coins of Gaeta.
- Gregorovius, FerdinandFerdinand GregoroviusFerdinand Gregorovius was a German historian who specialized in the medieval history of Rome. He is best known for Wanderjahre in Italien, his account of the walks he took through Italy in the 1850s, and the monumental Die Geschichte der Stadt Rom im Mittelalter , a classic for Medieval and early...
. Rome in the Middle Ages Vol. IV Part 1. 1905.