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•  William II of England

  William II (c. 1056 – 2 August 1100), the third son of William I of England (William the Conqueror), was King of England from 1087 until 1100, with powers over Normandy, and influence in Scotland. He was less successful in extending control into Wales. William is commonly known as William Rufus, perhaps because of his red-faced appearance.

  

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•  Edgar the Ætheling

  Edgar (the) Ætheling (c. 1051 – c. 1126) was the last male member of the royal house of Cerdic of Wessex. He was proclaimed, but never crowned, King of England.

  

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•  Robert Curthose

  Robert Curthose (c. 1051 or 1054–10 February 1134), sometimes numbered Robert II or Robert III, was the Duke of Normandy from 1087 until 1106 and an unsuccessful claimant to the throne of the Kingdom of England. His nickname, Curthose, comes from the Norman French Courtheuse, meaning short stockings (or in English - curt & hose), as it is sometimes translated, Shortstockings.

  

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•  Michael VII Doukas

  Michael VII Doukas or Ducas, nicknamed Parapinakēs (Παραπινάκης), was Byzantine emperor from 1071 to 1078. Michael VII was the eldest son of Constantine X Doukas and Eudokia Makrembolitissa, and was born c. 1050, in Constantinople. He had been associated with his father on the throne late in 1059, together with or shortly before his newly born brother Konstantios Doukas. When Constantine X died in 1067, Michael VII was 17 years old and should have been able to rule by himself.

  

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•  Bohemond I of Antioch

  Bohemond I, also spelled Bohemund or Boamund, (c. 1058 – 3 March 1111), Prince of Taranto and Prince of Antioch, was one of the leaders of the First Crusade. The Crusade had no outright military leader, but instead was ruled by a committee of nobles. Bohemond was one of the most important of these leaders.

  

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•  Olaf III of Norway

  Olaf III of Norway (c. 1050 – 1093), also known as Olaf Haraldsson (son of Harald) and Olav Kyrre (the peaceful or silent), was king of Norway from 1067 until his death in 1093 in Håkeby. During his reign the nation experienced a rare extended period of peace. A son of King Harald Hardråde and Tora Torbergsdatter, Olaf took part in the Viking invasion of England in 1066 and may have fought in the Battle of Stamford Bridge.

  

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•  Gruffydd ap Cynan

  Gruffydd ap Cynan (c. 1055 – 1137) was a King of Gwynedd. In the course of a long and eventful life, he became a key figure in Welsh resistance to Norman rule, and was remembered as King of all Wales. As a descendant of Rhodri Mawr, Gruffydd ap Cynan was a senior member of the princely house of Aberffraw. Through his mother Gruffydd had close family connections with the Danish settlement around Dublin and he frequently used Ireland as a refuge and as a source of troops.

  

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•  Berenguer Ramon II, Count of Barcelona

  Berenguer Ramon II the Fratricide (1050s - 1090s) was Count of Barcelona (1076-1097). He was the son of Ramon Berenguer I, and initially ruled jointly with his twin brother Ramon Berenguer II. Born in 1053 or 1054 he succeeded his father Ramon Berenguer I the Old to co-rule with his twin brother Ramon Berenguer, in 1075. The twins failed to agree and divided their possessions between them, against the will of their late father.

  

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•  Olaf I of Denmark

  Olaf I of Denmark (c. 1050 – August 18, 1095), was king of Denmark following his brother Canute IV starting from 1086. He was a natural son of king Sweyn Estridson and married Ingegard, princess of Norway, the daughter of Harald Hårdråde. Olaf was the third son of King Sweyn Estridsen to become king of Denmark. The road to the throne was not easy. Olaf was the Count of southern Jutland and was blamed by his brother, Canute IV for stirring up trouble against him.

  

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•  Nestor the Chronicler

  Saint Nestor the Chronicler (c. 1056 - c. 1114, in Kiev) was the reputed author of the Primary Chronicle, (the earliest East Slavic chronicle), the Life of the Venerable Theodosius of the Kiev Caves the Life of the Holy Passon Bearers, Boris and Gleb, and of the so-called Reading. Nestor was a monk of the Monastery of the Caves in Kiev from 1073. The only other detail of his life that is reliably known is that he was commissioned with two other monks to find the relics of St.

  

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•  Pushya

  Pushya is a nakshatra in Indian astronomy. It corresponds to γ, δ and θ Cancri, in the Cancer (constellation). Translation: Nourishing, Deity: Brihaspati This is considered the best nakshatra of all 27 nakshatras in Indian astronomy. The people born under this nakshtra constallation are intelligent, soft-spoken and spiritual. They help others, asking nothing in return. They are self-sufficient and self-reliant. They are also inclined towards intellectual activities.

  

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•  Eustace Grenier

  Eustace Grenier (also Garnier, Granarius, Grenarius) (died June 15, 1123) was an important crusader lord, and Constable of the Kingdom of Jerusalem. He was from Beaurain-Château, in Thérouanne in northern France (at the time in the County of Flanders); he has accompanied Hugues II of St. Pol on the First Crusade, in the retinue of Godfrey of Bouillon.

  

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•  Kaname Ikeda

  Kaname Ikeda, born January 1, 1946, is a Japanese civil servant. Ikeda graduated from the University of Tokyo in 1968, and joined the Atomic Energy Bureau of the Japanese Science and Technology Agency (STA). In 1984 he became Director of the Nuclear Fuels Division of the STA. In 1985 he was appointed Counseler to the Scientific Section of the Japanese Embassy in Washington D.C..

  

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•  Savignies

  Savignies is a commune in the Oise department in northern France.

  

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•  Bazardüzü Dağı

  

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