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 211,229 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2019). William FitzOsbern, 1st Earl of Hereford is the 1,718th most popular military personnel (down from 1,330th in 2019), the 585th most popular biography from Belgium (down from 448th in 2019) and the 10th most popular Belgian Military Personnel.

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, William FitzOsbern, 1st Earl of Hereford ranks 1,718 out of 2,058. Before him are Peter Cosgrove, Kiichiro Higuchi, Sefer Halilović, Juan Aldama, Guo Boxiong, and Mikhail Mizintsev. After him are Frederick Browning, Estácio de Sá, Bartolina Sisa, Friedrich von Scholtz, Fernand de Langle de Cary, and Philippicus.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1020, William FitzOsbern, 1st Earl of Hereford ranks 18. Before him are Otto of Nordheim, Gunhilda of Denmark, Conrad I, Duke of Bavaria, Kekaumenos, Henry II, Count of Louvain, and William of Poitiers. After him is Hallvard Vebjørnsson. Among people deceased in 1071, William FitzOsbern, 1st Earl of Hereford ranks 6. Before him are Arnulf III, Count of Flanders, Al-Khatib al-Baghdadi, Ibn 'Abd al-Barr, Domenico I Contarini, and Ibn Zaydún. After him are Eleanor of Normandy, Nuno Mendes, and Edwin, Earl of Mercia.

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In Belgium

Among people born in Belgium, William FitzOsbern, 1st Earl of Hereford ranks 585 out of 1,190. Before him are Hieronymus Cock (1518), Gérard Corbiau (1941), Petra De Sutter (1963), Joos van Craesbeeck (1605), Greg (1931), and Henri de Brouckère (1801). After him are Marcel Minnaert (1893), Emiel Puttemans (1947), Jean Dockx (1941), Luc Nilis (1967), Edward Van Dijck (1918), and André Noyelle (1931).

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In Belgium

Among military personnels born in Belgium, William FitzOsbern, 1st Earl of Hereford ranks 10. Before him are Alfred I, Prince of Windisch-Grätz (1787), Charles Eugène de Croÿ (1651), Johann Peter Beaulieu (1725), Adrian Carton de Wiart (1880), Nicholas, Count of Salm (1459), and Gérard Leman (1851).

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