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MILITARY PERSONNEL

William FitzOsbern, 1st Earl of Hereford

1020 - 1071

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William FitzOsbern, 1st Earl of Hereford, Lord of Breteuil (c. 1011 – 22 February 1071), was a relative and close counsellor of William the Conqueror and one of the great magnates of early Norman England. FitzOsbern was created Earl of Hereford in 1067, one of the first peerage titles in the English peerage. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of William FitzOsbern, 1st Earl of Hereford has received more than 197,350 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia. William FitzOsbern, 1st Earl of Hereford is the 1,331st most popular military personnel, the 449th most popular biography from Belgium and the 7th most popular Belgian Military Personnel.

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, William FitzOsbern, 1st Earl of Hereford ranks 1,331 out of 1,468Before him are Douglas Bader, Hal Moore, Endel Puusepp, Jinichi Kusaka, Adolphe Niel, and Guido Starhemberg. After him are Harry Crerar, Semyon Bogdanov, Pavel Chichagov, Alan Brooke, 1st Viscount Alanbrooke, Filipp Oktyabrsky, and Walter von Brockdorff-Ahlefeldt.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1020, William FitzOsbern, 1st Earl of Hereford ranks 15Before him are Adelaide of Susa, Gunhilda of Denmark, Zhang Zai, Vladimir of Novgorod, Otto of Nordheim, and Conrad I, Duke of Bavaria. After him is William of Poitiers. Among people deceased in 1071, William FitzOsbern, 1st Earl of Hereford ranks 5Before him are Al-Khatib al-Baghdadi, Arnulf III, Count of Flanders, Domenico I Contarini, and Ibn Zaydún. After him is Eleanor of Normandy.

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In Belgium

Among people born in Belgium, William FitzOsbern, 1st Earl of Hereford ranks 449 out of 1,019Before him are Henry Carton de Wiart (1869), Solange Berry (1932), Constant Permeke (1886), Hieronymus Cock (1518), Jan van Kessel the Elder (1626), and Dries Mertens (1987). After him are Jan Decleir (1946), Adam van Noort (1562), Vincent Kompany (1986), Kate Ryan (1980), Peter Benoit (1834), and Alice von Hildebrand (1923).

Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In Belgium

Among military personnels born in Belgium, William FitzOsbern, 1st Earl of Hereford ranks 7Before him are Charles Martel (688), Johann Tserclaes, Count of Tilly (1559), Maxime Weygand (1867), Alfred I, Prince of Windisch-Grätz (1787), Adrian Carton de Wiart (1880), and Charles Eugène de Croÿ (1651). After him are Gérard Leman (1851).